Kottakkal Madhu (born 26 October 1968) is a prominent Kathakali Musician, Playback singer and Composer from

Kottakkal Kottakkal (literally-''Land of the Fort'') is a municipality, municipal town in Malappuram District, Malappuram district in Kerala, southern India having 32 Ward (country subdivision), wards. it is a part of Malappuram metropolitan area and a gr ...

, Kerala,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

who specializes in

Kathakali Kathakali ( ml, കഥകളി) is a major form of classical Indian dance. It is a "story play" genre of art, but one distinguished by the elaborately colourful make-up and costumes of the traditional male actor-dancers. It is native to the M ...

music. He works as kathakali music instructor in PSV Natyasangham(c/o Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal). He received the

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of Kerala, set up by the Department of Cultur ...

in 2016.

References

External links

Cyberkerala – Kottakkal Madhu
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List of kathakalipadams sung by Madhu from kathakalipadam.com: ''A comprehensive database for kathakali music with streaming''
People from Malappuram district Living people 1968 births Singers from Kerala 21st-century Indian male classical singers 20th-century Indian male classical singers Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award {{India-singer-stub