THRISSUR: The Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi fellowships for 2010 have been bestowed on Vayala Vasudevan Pillai for drama, Palkulangara Ambika Devi for music and Annamanada Parameswara Marar for panchavadyam.
The Akademi fellowships and awards were announced at a press conference here on Friday.
"In connection with the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Rabindranath Tagore, the Akademi will present lifetime achievement awards to 15 senior artistes," Akademi secretary Ravunni said. The lifetime achievement award carried a purse of `20,000, citation and a plaque. K G Jayan (music), Vasu Pradeep (drama), Kollam Babu (kathaprasangam), Alappuzha Ranganath (dance, drama), Vembayam Appukuttan Pillai (kathakali), C S Radha Devi (radio drama, music), Appunnitharakan (kathakali uduthukettu), Kalanilayam N P K Nair (chavittunatakam), Mannur Rajakumaranunni (classical music), R Subbalakshmi (classical music), Madathil Gopalamarar (chenda), Cochin Ammini (drama, music), Keralapuram Kalam (drama), Kakkayur Appukuttamarar (edakka) and Mankulam Krishnan Namboodiri (chenda) are those who have been selected for the lifetime achievement award. The C I Parameswaran Pillai Endowment Award will be presented to Babu Parasserry (drama, actor) whereas K P Nandipulam (ottan thullal) has been selected for the T P Sukumaran Endowment Award.
The winners of the Akademi awards are K V Prasad (mridangam), Cherthala K N Ranganatha Sarma (classical vocals), Fact Padmanabhan (kathakali vesham), Kalamandalam Narayanan Nair (maddhalam), Mathur Govindankutty (kathakali vesham), Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri (kathakali sangeetam), Geetha Salam (drama), Cheruthazham Chandran (thayambaka), Methil Devika (dance, mohiniyattam), Marayamuttam Johny (kathaprasangam), Machad Ramakrishnan Nair (kombu), Girija Varma (light music), Kottayam Naseer (mimicry), T T Prabhakaran (radio drama), T H Lalitha (violin), Jayaraj Warrier (drama, caricature), A E Asharraf (drama, light) and K P Gopalan (drama, direction).
The winners of the Gurupuja awards of the Akademi are Kizhakkoot Aniyan Marar (melam), Vettakkulam Sivanandan (drama), Kalamandalam Husnabanu (mohiniyattam), A Joseph Abraham (instrumental music), P Kalesan (music), A K Padmini Brahmini Amma (brahmini pattu), Mani Neelakanda Chakyar (koothu), Cherunniyur Jayaprasad (drama), M Bhaskaran (drama), P Suseeladevi (light music), T C Gangadharan (drama, actor), Padman Vengara (drama, direction), Shafath (magic), Pattamthuruth Vilasini (kathaprasangam), Malabar Manoharan (folk music), Vellikkoth Vishnu Bhatt (music, drama) Adinadu Sasi (drama), Saseedharan Naduvil (drama, direction), Kummathu Ramankutty Nair (kombu), Chingavanam sisters K P Rathnamma and K P Radhamani (kathaprasangam) and P R Sukumaran (drama). The fellowships and the awards would be presented at a function to be held at Perumbavur on February 13 ?