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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|03|27}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Cheruthazham]], [[Kannur]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Kerala]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1990|08|15|1914|03|27}}<br />
| death_place = [[Tripunithura]], Kerala, India<br />
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| spouse = [[Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma]]<br />
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'''Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair''' (27 March 1914 – 15 August 1990) was a [[Kathakali]] dancer from [[Kerala]] in India.<ref name="hindu2">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article3230591.ece | title=Unmatched range of expressions | work=The Hindu | access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
He is a recipient of [[Padma Shri]], [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]],<ref name="SNA Awardees' List">{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA Awardees' List |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2016 |access-date=5 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref> [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/kathakali-a-ksna/468|title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Kathakali|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref> and [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/kathakali-ksna/460|title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship: Kathakali|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref><br />
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A native of [[Cheruthazham]] in Payyanur Taluk of Kannur district in North Malabar, Kerala he was initiated into Kathakali in his early teenage years under the tutelage of Guru Chandu Panikker. By 19, he was noticed by [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] co-founder, poet [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]], who inducted Krishnan Nair into his institute, then near Mulankunnathukavu, north of [[Thrissur]] in central Keralawhere that Krishnan Nair trained under [[Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon]], Thakazhi [[Kunchu Kurup]], [[Kavalappara Narayanan Nair]] and [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]].<br />
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Krishnan Nair had his higher studies on ''[[Rasa (aesthetics)|Rasa-abhinaya]]'' (facial emotions which stressed on eye exercises) from the [[Kudiyattam]] maestro Natyacharya [[Māni Mādhava Chākyār]], who too won the Padma Shri.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/15/stories/2008081550640300.htm |title=The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Tribute : Unmatched thespian |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110064956/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/15/stories/2008081550640300.htm |archive-date=10 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Krishnan Nair was deeply influenced by Shri. Chakyar.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=TXt1AAAAIAAJ&q=koodiyattam+mani+madhava&dq=koodiyattam+mani+madhava&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VkenUfeVEYiTrgfQhoHoDA&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCTgK|p131, Malayalam Literary Survey - Volume 13, Kerala Sahitya Akademi, 1991]</ref><br />
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Krishnan Nair, towards the second half of his life, had made [[Tripunithura]] near [[Kochi]] his home.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030630185821/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/23/stories/2002092300320200.htm The Hindu : In honour of the thespian couple]</ref> Kathakali was always traditionally performed by men. In 1975 a women's group was formed and they were trained by Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Breaking Stereotypes,all-woman Kathakali Troupe Going Strong|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2015/feb/26/breaking-stereotypesall-woman-kathakali-troupe-going-strong-722121.html|access-date=2021-02-20|website=The New Indian Express|date=26 February 2015 }}</ref> The [[Tripunithura Kathakali Kendram Ladies Troupe]] went on to national recognition.<br />
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Krishnan Nair died on 15 August 1990, aged 76.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kathakali]]<br />
* [[Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon]]<br />
* [[Guru Kunchu Kurup]]<br />
* [[Māni Mādhava Chākyār]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Winners of Kerala}}<br />
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}<br />
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