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'''Kavalappara Narayanan Nair''' (1882–1948) was a prominent 20th-century [[Kathakali]] artiste and tutor who specialised in the [[Hanuman]] roles of the classical dance-drama from [[Kerala]] in south [[India]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}<br />
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A contemporary of greats like [[Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon]] and Guru [[Kunchu Kurup]], Narayanan Nair also shone in virtuous slots like Bahukan and Brihannala, anti-hero roles like [[Shishupala]]n and Keechakan, grotesque characters like Raudra [[Bhima]]n and even minor roles like Mannaan, Aanakkaran, Narasimham, Bheeru and Yavanan. His ability to instantaneously improvise on the stage by employing realistic touches to facial expressions and hand gestures won him massive following in south Kerala's Travancore belt as well. In fact, Narayanan Nair was the only northerner Kathakali artiste to figure on the regular pay rolls of the royal palace in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<br />
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His white-beard (vella thaadi) roles in the form of the monkey-god Hanuman gained him fame, and even inspired [[Malayalam]] poet [[Edasseri Govindan Nair]] to pen a poem titled "Lavanasuravadhathile Hanuman".<br />
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Narayanan Nair, a native of Kavalappara east of [[Shoranur]] in [[Palakkad]] district, was primarily trained under his guru Puthenveettil Sekhara Menon at the local Kaliyogam (Kathakali school) run by the Kavalappara palace.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} He had been an instructor with leading performing arts institutes like [[Kerala Kalamandalam]], PSV Natyasangham in [[Kottakkal]] and Kadathanattu Kaliyogam.<br />
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[[Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair]] was a flag-bearing disciple of Kavalappara, having worked on his guru's portrayal of Hanuman roles. His other prominent disciples include [[Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair]], [[Guru Gopinath]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil13.html | title=Profiles - GURU GOPINATH AND KERALA NATANAM by T Sasi Mohan}}</ref> Kottakkal Krishnankutty Nair, Ananda Sivaram and Kelu Nair. [[Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair]] too had his northern-style classes under Naraynan Nair.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kathakali]]<br />
*[[Guru Gopinath]]<br />
*[[Mani Madhava Chakyar]]<br />
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[[Category:Kathakali exponents]]<br />
[[Category:1881 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian male dancers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Palakkad district]]<br />
[[Category:Dancers from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]<br />
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