Kalamandalam Sindhu
Kalamandalam Sindhu | |
|---|---|
 Kalamandalam Sindhu (right side) performing Koodiyattam | |
| Born | Sindhu 1977 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Koodiyattam-Nangiar koothu dancer |
| Awards | Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award |
Kalamandalam Sindhu (born 1977) is an Indian Koodiyattam-Nangiar koothu artist from Kerala.[1] An ICCR empaneled artiste, she is the recipient of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 2019.[2]
Biography
[edit]Sindhu was born in Thrissur district as the daughter of Mukundan Nair and Parukutty Amma. She joined Kalamandalam in 1992 at the age of fifteen and got training under Kalamandalam Ramachakyar, Kalamandalam Sivan Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Girija and Kalamandalam Shailaja. Sindhu obtained a scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development and trained for two years under Usha Nangyar. She has also played the lead role in the play Punarjani of Niriksha theater, Thiruvananthapuram.[3]
After working at Kalamandalam for a year, she then worked at the Painkulam Ramu Chakyar Memorial Kalapeeth for a year. Later she worked at the Mani Madhava Chakyar Memorial Gurukulam.[4] Sindhu has performed Koodiyattam-Nangyarkuth in France, Germany, Holland, Russia, Siberia, Japan and Singapore and has also performed in Russia on the invitation of UNESCO. In 2020, she won the for Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award for Nangiyarkoothu. She has also won the Bhagavatar Kunjunnithampuran Award, Thiruvananthapuram Swaralaya Award, Thrissur Doctor T. I Radhakrishnan Foundation Award and Sri Ramakrishna Ashramam Award.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Art of theatre". The Hindu. 1 June 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "കേരള സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി: ഫെലോഷിപ്പ്, അവാര്ഡ്, ഗുരുപൂജാ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള് പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു". News18 Malayalam (in Malayalam). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Interview - Kalamandalam Sindhu | സിന്ധു ചോദിക്കുന്നു "കൂടിയാട്ടത്തെ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കാത്തതെന്തേ?"". malayalam.webdunia.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "In Ravana's garden". The Hindu. 27 February 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "മാർഗി സതിയുടെസ്വപ്നത്തിലേക്ക് ചുവടുവച്ച് കലാമണ്ഡലം സിന്ധു; മാർഗി സതി രചിച്ച ശ്രീരാമചരിതം നങ്യാരമ്മ കൂത്ത് സമ്പൂർണ അവതരണം, നാളെ കഥ സീതാ ജനനം | Janachinda Daily". 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2023.