Madavoor Vasudevan Nair

Who is Madavoor Vasudevan Nair?

Madavoor Vasudevan Nair is a veteran and legendary Kathakali artiste and the recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan award from the government of India. He is an equally famous and accomplished instructor of Kaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and is also one of the last practitioners of the pristine south Kerala-style school of the classical dance-drama from the south Indian state of Kerala. His contributions are widely acknowledged as the valuable lessons for the generations of contemporary performers and neophytes in this field

A native of Madavoor in Thiruvananthapuram district, Vasudevan Nair, after his primary education, on 1942 went on to the Gurukula sampradaya for learning Kathakali. He was the disciple of renowned Kathakali master Shri Madavoor Parameswaran Pillai and the legendary Padmasri Guru Chenganur Raman Pillai. He has paved his ways and made impression in the minds of connoisseurs and common people with Pacha, Kathi, Minukku, Kari, Thadi and female role presentations. He has shared the stage with almost all legendary Kathakali performers during the last five decades..

Madavoor Ashan as he is respectfully known, is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Acamdemy Award, Acharya Puraskar, Guru Chenganur Smaraka award, Keraliya Kalakshetram award etc.,