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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*
*
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
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