Pazhani Swami is one of the master performers in Irula dance of Irula tribal community and an actor in

Malayalam movie Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ''Elippathayam' ...

industry. He is the leader of Azad Kala Sangham, a prominent troupe from Attappadi which performs Irula dance of

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community of Kerala. One of this troupe member

Nanjiyamma Nanjiyamma (born 1 January 1958) is an Indian singer who hails from a tribal community in Kerala. She garnered public attention after singing playback in the Malayalam film '' Ayyappanum Koshiyum'' in 2020. The film's title song "Kalakkatha" wr ...

’s song 'Kalakkatha' in Malayalam movie

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gone viral.

Awards and Recognitions

Pazhani Swami is a popular Irula dance artist. He was honored by P. K. Jayalakshmi the Minister for Welfare of Backward Communities in the state

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at the National Tribal Fest held at Valliyurkavu

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on 2012. He received the 'Young Pratibha Folklore Award' by the Kerala Folklore Academy on 2015. He gets the Kerala Chief Minister's 'Distinguished Service Award' in 2018 as a worker in the Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department. Azad Kala Sangham is performing the Irula dance in various cities of India like

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and

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Filmography

Personal life

He is from the Irula community and lives in Choriyannoor tribal village in

Attappadi Attappady (HQ:Agali) is a tribal taluk in Kerala state covering an area of . It is carved out from Mannarkkad taluk in Palakkad district on February 2021. Attappady Reserve Forest is a protected area comprising 249 km2 of land area in ...

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with his wife Shobha and two children, Anu Prashobhini and Adithyan. He is an officer in Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department at Mannarghat division of

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References

Living people Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors Scheduled Tribes of Kerala 1979 births {{India-actor-stub