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| name = Kalamandalam Kshemavathy<br />
| image = Kalamandalam Keshemavathi Wiki DSC 1803.JPG<br />
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| caption = Kalamandalam Kshemavathy<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}}<br />
| occupation = Danseuse, Actress<br />
| website = {{URL|www.kshemavathy.com}}<br />
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'''Kalamandalam Kshemavathy''' (born 1948) is a [[Mohiniyattam]] dancer from [[Thrissur]], Kerala. She is an alumna of the [[Kerala Kalamandalam]]. She joined the institute when she was ten. After completion of the course, she undertook advanced training in [[Bharata Natyam]] under [[Muthuswamy Pillai]] and [[Chitra Visweswaran]], and in [[Kuchipudi]] under [[Vempati Chinna Satyam]], but chose to remain within the Mohiniyattam tradition.<ref name=Kaladharan /> She has been in the field for 47 years.<br />
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== Credentials ==<br />
[[File:Malavika Wales lights the lamp of D.F.M.F Trust inauguration.jpg|thumb|Kshemavathy (leftmost) at an inauguration function along with [[Malavika Wales]]]]<br />
She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2011 for her contributions to Mohinyattam.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> She has also received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]],<ref name=Kaladharan>{{cite news |last=Kaladharan |first=V. |title=In step with tradition |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/in-step-with-tradition/article1152547.ece |access-date=18 January 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=4 February 2011}}</ref> and Nrithya Natya Puraskara.<br />
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Kshemavathy is known for her [[abhinaya]] and traditionalist approach to the art form.<ref name=Sadasivan>{{cite news |last=Sadasivan |first=T. K. |title=Lyrical moves |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/article1546674.ece |access-date=18 January 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 March 2011}}</ref> She encourages research and believes that experimentation is inevitable, but must be explored leaving the basics of the art form untarnished. Her dance school has attracted international talents from Germany, France,<ref name=Times>{{cite news |title=Mohiniyattom wins a French heart |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-22/thiruvananthapuram/31381843_1_dance-form-indian-dance-indian-culture |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216065935/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-22/thiruvananthapuram/31381843_1_dance-form-indian-dance-indian-culture |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |access-date=18 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=22 April 2012}}</ref> Sweden and Finland in the past. She continues to be noticed.<br />
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She has done a lot of innovative choreographies. She has given a visual representation for about 100 poems, including those of cherrusseri and sugathakumari, "kuchelavrittam", classics like chinthavishtayaya seetha, leela etc., and even ghazals. She is a teacher with a large number of students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profl113.html |title=Kalamandalam Kshemavathy |publisher=narthaki.com |access-date=2009-11-06}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Kshemavathy is the wife of well known film director late [[V. K. Pavithran]]. She has two daughters, Eva Pavithran and Lakshmi Pavithran.<ref name=Santosh>{{cite news |last=Santosh |first=K. |title=Filmmaker Pavithran dead |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/27/stories/2006022710850400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024113916/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/27/stories/2006022710850400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2012 |access-date=18 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 February 2006}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography==<br />
===As Actress===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Year !! Film<br />
|-<br />
|1972<br />
|[[Panimudakku]] <br />
|-<br />
|1973<br />
|[[Eanippadikal]] <br />
|-<br />
|1975<br />
|[[Niramaala]] <br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|1978<br />
|[[Ahalya (1978 film)|Ahalya]] <br />
|-<br />
|[[Paadasaram]] <br />
|-<br />
|[[Samayamaayilla Polum]] <br />
|-<br />
|1980<br />
|[[Makara Vilakku (film)|Makara Vilakku]] <br />
|}<br />
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===As Choreographer===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Year !! Film<br />
|-<br />
|1968<br />
|[[Karutha Pournami]]<br />
|-<br />
|1976 <br />
|[[Njavalppazhangal]]<br />
|-<br />
|1977<br />
|[[Yudhakaandam]]<br />
|-<br />
|2014<br />
|[[Swapaanam]]<br />
|}<br />
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