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adherence to the pitch, emotive rendition and sense of rhythm found grooming under the tutelage of Venkitakrishna Bhagavatar. He soon mastered anchoring the music part of story plays—be them the choreographically intricate type or ones meriting melodramatic rendition. Nambisan also parallelly received bits of training in
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from Vellattanhur Raman Nambisan. Later, on joining Kerala Kalamandalam as a teenager, Nambisan was initiated into Kathakali singing by veterans Samikutty Bhagavatar and Kuttan Bhagavatar. He also learnt the basics of Carnatic music from Kakkat Karanavappadu. Soon his qualities like dense voice,
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As a teacher, he joined Kerala Kalamandalam in 1946 and retired from his alma mater as its principal. He later served as a tutor in PSV Natyasangham, Kottakkal, as well.
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style, had such cascading effect on Kathakali music that it has since sounded radically different by becoming more ornate, sophisticated and
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Nambisan's weighty yet part-nasal music, which marked a quantum transition of Kathakali songs from its original
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musician who played a crucial role in remoulding the aesthetics of singing for the classical dance-drama of
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district on 2 November 1919. After completing primary schooling, he received training in singing
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Collection of kathakalipadams sung by Neelakantan Nambisan from kathakalipadam.com:
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include virtually the who is who of the Kathakali music of the Kalluvazhi style:
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Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan was accompanied by various artists such as:
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Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award
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Index

Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan
Kathakali
Kerala
India
Mundaya Venkitakrishna Bhagavatar
Sopanam
Carnatic
bhava
Kerala Kalamandalam
Kalamandalam Gangadharan
Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri
Tirur Nambissan
Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri
Kalamandalam Hyderali
Kalamandalam Haridas
Kothachira
Palakkad
Ashtapadis
Sopanam
Ottamthullal
maddalam
Sanskrit
Hindi
English
nadaswaram
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award
Kalamandalam Gangadharan
Kalamandalam
Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri
Tirur Nambissan

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