Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar is well known

Kutiyattam Koodiyattam ( ml, കൂടിയാട്ടം; IAST: kūṭiyāṭṭaṁ; ) is a traditional performing art form in the state of Kerala, India. It is a combination of ancient Sanskrit theatre with elements of ''Koothu'', an ancient perfor ...

artist from

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

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, India. He was trained under his grand uncle Padmabhushan Dr. Guru

Ammannur Madhava Chakyar Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (13 May 1917 – 1 July 2008) was a master of Kutiyattam, the classical Sanskrit theatrical form indigenous to Kerala. He is best known for taking the performances from the temple sanctuaries where they were former ...

. for Fifteen years at Ammannur Gurukulam with the Scholarship from Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi. After the systematic training under his Guru, he is capable to present different characters with subtle Satwika Abhinaya. He widely performing and teaching in India and Abroad.

Notable roles

Ashwatthama In the Hinduism, Hindu epic the ''Mahabharata'', Ashwatthama ( sa, अश्वत्थामा, Aśvatthāmā) or Drauni was the son of guru Drona and Kripi (sister of Kripa, Kripacharya). He was the grandson of the sage Bharadwaja. Ashwa ...

in ''Urubhangam'' directed by G Venu of Natanakairali *Kali in Nala-Damayanthi *Ravana in Thoranayudham Kūțiyāțțam (Kailasodharanam and Parvathiviraham) *Parasurāma in Parasurāmavijayam directed by himself *Bali and Sugreeva in Balivadham Kūțiyāțțam *Ravana and Jatayu in Jatayuvadham Kūțiyāțțam *Shurpanakha with Ninam *Vidūshaka Roles in different Kūțiyāțțam

Reception

VR Prabodhachandran Nayar from

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

remarked "Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar enacted these events convincingly and with attention to fine detail such as Kali’s suffering in the scorching summer and the first drop of rain falling on his body."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chakyar, Ammannur Rajaneesh Living people Artists from Thrissur Dancers from Kerala Indian male dancers 1981 births