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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}{{Infobox person
| name = Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar
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| birth_date = 30 January 1981
| birth_place = Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala
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| occupation = Kutiyattam Practitioner, Trainer, Choreographer.
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'''Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar''' is well known [[Kutiyattam]] artist from [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article334711.ece
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216010908/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article334711.ece
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=16 December 2015
|title=Keeping Ammannur’s legacy alive
|publisher=The New Indian Express
|date=2012-01-22
|accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/02/02/stories/2007020200790200.htm
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125135630/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/02/02/stories/2007020200790200.htm
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2013-01-25
|title=Memorable festival of theatre and dance
|date=2007-02-02
|work=[[The Hindu]]
|accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Phukan|first=Vikram|date=2017-12-08|title=Mythology through dance|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/mythology-through-dance/article21335868.ece|access-date=2020-12-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was trained under his grand uncle Padmabhushan Dr. Guru [[Ammannur Madhava Chakyar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kailasodharanam - A Kutiyattam performance {{!}} LBB|url=https://lbb.in/mumbai/Kailasodharanam-A-Kutiyattam-performance-496d85/|access-date=2020-12-11|website=LBB, Mumbai|language=en}}</ref> for Fifteen years at Ammannur Gurukulam with the Scholarship from Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.

After the systematic training under his Guru, he is capable to present different characters with subtle Satwika Abhinaya. He widely performing and teaching in India and Abroad.

== Notable roles ==

* [[Ashwatthama]] in ''Urubhangam'' directed by G Venu of Natanakairali<ref>{{Cite news|last=Govind|first=Ranjani|date=2020-01-24|title=The other side of Duryodhana|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/urghangam-g-venu/article30644219.ece|access-date=2020-12-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bringing alive Gandhari’s wrath|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2020/jan/23/bringing-alive-gandharis-wrath-2093149.html|access-date=2020-12-11|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
*Kali in Nala-Damayanthi <ref name=":0" />
*Ravana in Thoranayudham Kūțiyāțțam (Kailasodharanam and Parvathiviraham)
*Parasurāma in Parasurāmavijayam directed by himself
*Bali and Sugreeva in Balivadham Kūțiyāțțam
*Ravana and Jatayu in Jatayuvadham Kūțiyāțțam
*Shurpanakha with Ninam
*Vidūshaka Roles in different Kūțiyāțțam

== Reception ==
VR Prabodhachandran Nayar from [[The Hindu]] remarked "Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar enacted these events convincingly and with attention to fine detail such as Kali’s suffering in the scorching summer and the first drop of rain falling on his body."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Nayar|first=Vr Prabodhachandran|date=2019-11-14|title=‘Naishadhanandam’ Koodiyattam recital in Thiruvananthapuram came up with an interesting interpretation of the Nala-Damayanthi story|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/naishadhanandam-koodiyattam-recital-in-thiruvananthapuram-came-up-with-an-interesting-interpretation-of-the-nala-damayanthi-story/article29962362.ece|access-date=2020-12-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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Kartikeyar at 02:26, 17 February 2024