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Maddalam Venkicha Swamy The indigenous percussion ensemble in Kerala received a scientific tone and temperament in the early decades of the 20th century under the creative guidance of a few titans. One among them was Thiruvilwawamala Venkichan Swamy (Venkateswara Iyer) Hailing from the Thruvilwamala, Swamy became the greatest exponent of Maddalam both in Panchavadyam (temple orchestra) and Kathakali. Poet Vallathol welcomed him to Kalamandalam in the 1930's. As an exemplary teacher and peerless performer, Swamy soon became the cynosure of all eyes. He systematized the playing-culture of Maddalam in Panchavadyam and Kathakali. His contributions to the percussion ensemble of Kerala are preserved and promoted by his own distinguished discipline.
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Vadakke Koottala Narayanankutty Nair (VKN) VKN (abbreviated from his full name Vadakkke Koottala Narayanankutty Nair), (1932-2004) was a pathbreaking and celebrated Malayalam writer, noted mainly for his high-brow satire. Apart from novels, he wrote short stories and political commentaries. A native of Kerala in south India, his works are considered distinctive for their multi-layered humour, trenchant criticism of the socio-political classes and uncanny ability to twist the meanings of words contextually, thus lend a touch of magic to his language (which, at times, was English too). VKN's works call for an attentive and informed reader who can recognise his allusions and follow his changes in language, where he shifts between English, Hindi, Malayalam a Lalit Vachani Jury Chairman In 2007, Vachani directed In Search of Gandhi as one of ten international filmmakers commissioned to make 52 min. films for the ‘Why Democracy?’ global television series which was broadcast across 35 international television channels, including ZDF/Arte in Germany, BBC and BBC World (UK), Arte (France), Canal + (Spain), SBS (Australia), NHK (Japan) and SABC (South Africa). Vachani’s films have received grant awards from the Soros and Sundance Documentary Foundations, the Jan Vrijman Fund, and the India Foundation for the Arts. Some of the venues and film festivals where his work has been shown are: Kino Arsenal, Berlin; Oberhausen International Short Film Festival and DOK-Leipzig in Germany; International Documentary Film Association (IDFA), Amsterdam; Festival International du Documentaire, Marseille; One World Human Rights Film Festival, Prague; the Asian Social Forum, Hyderabad; the World Social Forum, Mumbai; MIAAC-NYC and the Queens Museum of Art, New York. Vachani has taught on topics related to film analysis, media, politics and the documentary film at the Mass Communication Research Centre in Delhi, India; at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and at Amherst College in the USA. He was visiting scholar at the Center for Media, Culture and History at New York University in 1999, and Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Religious Diversity and at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg in Göttingen in 2011 and 2012. Lalit Vachani lives in Göttingen, Germany where he teaches courses on media and politics, the political documentary film and documentary theory and production at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) at the University of Göttingen. Manilal Member Manilal is a filmmaker based in Kerala who has made several award winning short films and documentaries. His first feature film is Bharathapuzha (Yet Another River) made last year. Kallinte Janmantharanga How did you get introduced to the world of the arts? I was born in Cherpu, a village in Kerala. It is in the Thrissur district. And I was brought up in a place called Inchamudy. The place where I was born is full of percussion art but where I was brought up – Inchamudy, there is nothing. No art, it’s completely barren. What I remember from my childhood, along with the lullabies that my mother used to sing, is that a small rhythmic piece used to be sung along with the deity of the Goddess. Accompanying the goddess, there were chenda players. They would come to houses and play for 45 minutes. That was the first brush with percussion—the chenda players the rhythm of it all keeps echoing in my mind, year after year, every year since I was 3 or 4. This is the first beat that always echoes in my mind. The area is so famous for percussion culture. They have a festival which is 1432 years old. There is a Sanskrit shloka written in the old account books of the temple, which contains this year and which we can derive that this is so old. But as a child, this was not our concern. History is not a concern of a child. We would go this village and hear the festival. Whatever I heard it for the first time, at whatever age, I can hear the same thing today also. As I grew up, I went to the melam every year we know the beats, nobody has taught it. We just learnt it. More than learning, we just experienced it. So it comes naturally to us. So you don’t even have a chenda at home. No, in my childhood, as a toy maybe, no classical or formal training. So all villages in that area know melam that I have initiated into melom. Everybody knows what a melam is. Melam is a percussion ensemble . Everybody knows what this is, no need to define it. During the festival you will see thousands of men, women, children will be there, behind them, men will jumping in ecstasy and everything, but everybody will be holding the right rhythm. A chenda will be holding the righ Welcome to 'The Humans of Thiruvalla Podcast'. Percussion (Chenda) maestro Dr. Thiruvalla Radhakrishnan speaks about his early influences, rigorous training, and incredible experience of playing Chenda with titans like Kadavalloor Achutha Marar, Peruvanam Appu Marar, Guruvayur Kunjan Marar, Pallavur Appu Marar, Padma Shri Mattannoor Sankarankutty Marar, Padma Shri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar, Thrithala Kesava Poduval, and Pallassana Padmanabha Marar. An alumnus of Temple Instrumental Art School (Kshetra Vadya Kala Vidyalaya), Guruvayoor, Dr. Thiruvalla Radhakrishnan is consistently playing Chenda in eminent melams, poorams, and temples in Kerala, including Thrissur Pooram, Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, Chinakkathoor Pooram, Uthralikkavu Pooram, Thali Maha Shiva Kshetram-Kozhikode, Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple- Tripunithura, Kochi, Koodalmanikyam Temple Festival, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, and Arattupuzha Sree Sastha Temple, Thrissur. A master of melam with unmatched precision has received Perummbili Govindan Kuttymarar Smaraka Vadyakala Puraskaram 2018 from Kerala Kshetra Vadyakala Academy, Thrissur, and other numerous awards for his brilliant public life and excellence in Chenda playing. He was conferred Doctor of Letters (Honorary Doctorate) in 2018 by Kings University, United States of America. Read More Stories on https://humansofthiruvalla.com/ [ The Homepage of Thiruvalla ] Made with ❤️ from Thiruvalla. Happy Listening! 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