Kedamangalam Sadanandan

Kedamangalam Sadanandan
Born1926
Ezhikkara, North Paravur, Ernakulam District, India
Died13 April 2008 (aged 82)
Ezhikkara, North Paravur, Ernakulam District, India
Occupation(s)Kadhaprasangam Artist, Actor, Screenwriter, Lyricist, poet
Years active1944–2008
Spouse
Ponnamma
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(m. 1988)​
ChildrenJiji, Manoj
Parent(s)Manayath Ayyappan and Parvathy
RelativesKarunakaran, Radhakrishnan (Brothers)

Kedamangalam Sadanandan (1926 – 13 April 2008) was a Kadhaprasangam artist, actor, screenwriter and lyricist from Kerala. He performed Kadhaprasangam (story telling) in more than 15,000 stages for over 50,000 hours in a career spanning about 64 years.[1] He wrote scripts for 12 films, lyrics for more than hundred films and acted in about 40 films.[1] He received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship in 1981.[2]

Biography

Kedamangalam Sadanandan was born in Paravur, Kerala, in December 1926. He debuted on stage as a monodramatist in 1944. During his early years, he performed famous poems including Changampuzha's Vazhakkula and Ramanan. Ramanan alone was performed in 3,476 stages.[3] Another one was Unniarcha, the Ezhava dame who humbled the rapacious Jonaka gang with mastery over sword fight.[4] Despite age related infirmities, he continued his vocation till his last years. He died on 13 April 2008 due to lung cancer.[1]

Discography

  1. Ramanan
  2. Vazhakkula
  3. Karuna
  4. Ankakkalari
  5. Pazhassi Raja
  6. Unniyarcha
  7. Thacholi Othenan
  8. Guruvayoorappan
  9. Karnan
  10. Mahanaya AKG
  11. Chiruthappennu
  12. Swami Ayyappan
  13. Sree Ayyappan
  14. Bangladesh
  15. Vyasante Chiri
  16. Avan Veendum Jayililekku
  17. Chirikkunna Manushyan
  18. Rani
  19. Agnipareeksha
  20. Mahabharatham
  21. Vaidehi
  22. Ramayanam

Filmography

  1. Istam (2001)
  2. Sreemurukan (1977)
  3. Amba Ambika Ambalika (1976)
  4. Hridayam Oru Kshethram (1976)
  5. Thomasleeha (1975)
  6. Swami Ayappan (1975)
  7. Chandrakantham (1974)
  8. Sree Guruvayoorappan (1972)
  9. Sree Guruvayoorappan (1964)
  10. Devalayam (1964)
  11. Veluthampi Dawala (1962)
  12. Viyarppinte Vila (1962)
  13. Kandam Becha Kottu (1961) as Avuran
  14. Umminithanka (1961)
  15. Arappavan (1961) as Pachu Pilla
  16. Thaskaraveeran (1957)
  17. Marumakal (1952)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kedamangalam Sadanandan dead". The Hindu. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship: Kathaprasangam". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Wish of a story-teller". The Hindu. 29 June 2005. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007.
  4. ^ Sadasivan, S.N. (2006). "Cinema". A social history of India. Popular Culture in the Contemporary World (Illustrated Hardcover ed.). USA: ABC-CLIO. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-85109-636-7.


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