Guru Mampuzha Madhava Panicker

Guru Mampuzha Madhava Panicker (1900–1973) was a traditional Kathakali dancer and instructor. He was the former principal of the Kerala Kalamandalam University of Art and Culture in Cheruthuruthi in Kerala State in India. Panicker was of the Kalluvazhi (midland) school of Kathakali. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1972.^[1]

He was born in Kottappadi, near Guruvayur, in Thrissur district in 1900. Panicker was one of the first pupils of Pattikkantodi Ramunni Menon. He became an expert in handling heroes like Arjuna, Bhima, and Daksha, and villains like Ravana, Duryodhana, and Herod. His main contribution lay in presenting Biblical stories, compressing full-length productions, and even introducing Hindi songs. He was chief artiste in several palace troupes at Punnathur, Katathanad, and Nilampur, and art centres in Kerala and beyond. He taught at Kerala Kalamandalam and the International Centre for Kathakali, New Delhi, where he also served as principal. Mampuzha Madhava Panicker died in 1973.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Winners of Kerala

Carnatic Music - Vocal	Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar K. V. Narayanaswamy Neyyattinkara Vasudevan Trichur V. Ramachandran

Instrumental - Carnatic Violin	B. Sasikumar

Instrumental - Mridangam	Guruvayur Dorai Palghat Mani Iyer Palghat R. Raghu T. V. Gopalakrishnan

Creative and Experimental Music	K. P. Udayabhanu

Dance - Kathakali	Chenganoor Raman Pillai Guru Gopinath Guru Kunchu Kurup Guru Mampuzha Madhava Panicker Kalamandalam Gopi Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair Kavungal Chathunni Panicker Kottakkal Chandrasekharan Kottakkal Sivaraman Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri Padmanabhan Nair Ramankutty Nair Sadanam Krishnankutty Vasu Pisharody Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair Vazhenkada Vijayan

Dance - Mohiniattam	Deepti Omchery Bhalla Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Kalamandalam Leelamma Kalamandalam Satyabhama Vimala Menon

Creative Dance/Choreography	Mrinalini Sarabhai

Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre	Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri

Music for Dance	Kalamandalam Gangadharan

Theatre - Acting	N. N. Pillai

Theatre - Direction	Kavalam Narayana Panikkar

Theatre - Traditional / Folk / Dance / Music / Puppetry	Ammannur Madhava Chakyar Neralattu Rama Poduval Mani Madhava Chakyar P. K. Narayanan Nambiar Appukutty Poduval Mattannoor Sankarankutty

Performing Arts in the Media	K. J. Yesudas

References

↑ "SNA Awardees' List". Sangeet Natak Akademi. 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.

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