Kalamandalam Gangadhran (26 June 1936 – 26 April 2015) was a Kathakali musician from Kerala. His unique tenor and accent has earned him a large audience both within and outside Kerala. He was the most prominent disciple of Kalamandalam Neelakandan Nambeesan, and the Master of the many later generations of Kathakali Musicians. He was a visiting professor at Margi, an organization dedicated to the revival of Kathakali and Kutiyattom, two classical art forms of Kerala. In 2006, he was honoured by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.[1]Aasan is a documentary film made on the musical life of the Kathakali of Kalamandalam Gangadhran directed by Ratheesh.[2]
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Kalamandalam and learned music under leading Kathakali musicians like Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan, Sivaraman Nair and KalamandalamGangadharan Nair...
disciples at the Kerala Kalamandalam include virtually the who is who of the Kathakali music of the Kalluvazhi style: KalamandalamGangadharan, Ramankutty Varrier...
autobiography. At Kalamandalam, he received training from gurus like Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan, Sivaraman Nair and KalamandalamGangadharan. His contemporaries...
Kerala Kalamandalam to study Kathakali music. It was his guru Gangadharan who encouraged him to take Kathakali music seriously. At Kalamandalam he studied...
Kathakali music tutors at the institution were Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan, KalamandalamGangadharan, Sivaraman Nair and Madhava Panikkar. Embranthiri...
interpretation softened the original Asura nature of the art. KalamandalamGangadharan, one of the last proponents of the traditional style, has largely...
Kathakali school, under Sri Vasukutty, a former Kalamandalam Principal Sri. KalamandalamGangadharan Nair (Kathakali music), is located nearby in Veliyanallur...
Shashi, Seema Biswas and K P A C Lalitha. The renowned Kathakali artiste Kalamandalam Gopi and the Malayalam writer Madambu Kunjukuttan have also starred in...
Alummoottil Ranjitha Maathu Sukumari as Subbulaxmi Ammal, Iyer's mother Kalamandalam Sreejaya as Ammini The film is based on the Punnapra-Vayalar agitation...
Balyakalasakhi, directed by Pramod Payyannur, Praise the Lord, directed by Shibu Gangadharan and Gangster, directed by Aashiq Abu in the first half of 2014. He also...
Biju G. Devarajan C. Divakaran Renji Panicker Sanal Edamaruku Salim Gangadharan P. K. Gurudasan Thirunalloor Karunakaran O. Madhavan V. Madhusoodanan...
instruments like mridangam and tabla. His trainer in vocal music was Kalamandalam Vasudeva Panikker. With his knowledge of music instruments, he joined...
inception Sunil P. Ilayidom, associate professor at Malayalam department G. Gangadharan Nair, former professor Kalady Campus Academic Block Entrance Sculptures...
resurrector of modern Kathakali through the establishment of the Kerala Kalamandalam school. Kathakali trainer Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair and Kathakali singers...
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