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| name = Kedamangalam Sadanandan<br />
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| birth_date = 1926<br />
| birth_place = Ezhikkara, North Paravur, Ernakulam District, India<br />
| death_date = 13 April 2008 (aged 82)<br />
| death_place = Ezhikkara, [[North Paravur]], [[Ernakulam District]], India<br />
| occupation = [[Kadhaprasangam|Kadhaprasangam artist]], [[film actor]], [[screenwriter]], [[lyricist]], [[poet]]<br />
| yearsactive = 1944–2008<br />
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'''Kedamangalam Sadanandan''' (1926 – 13 April 2008) was a [[Kadhaprasangam]] artist, [[film actor]], [[screenwriter]] and [[lyricist]] from [[Kerala]]. He performed Kadhaprasangam (story telling) in more than 15,000 stages for over 50,000 hours in a career spanning about 64 years.<ref name="death">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/14/stories/2008041459090400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421104151/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/14/stories/2008041459090400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2008|title=Kedamangalam Sadanandan dead |date=14 April 2008|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He wrote scripts for 12 films, lyrics for more than hundred films and acted in about 40 films.<ref name="death"/><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Kedamangalam Sadanandan was born in [[North Paravur|Paravur]], Kerala, in December 1926. He debuted on stage as a monodramatist in 1944. During his early years, he performed famous poems including [[Changampuzha]]'s ''Vazhakkula'' and ''[[Ramanan]]''. ''Ramanan'' alone was performed in 3,476 stages.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/29/stories/2005062901130200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112144136/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/29/stories/2005062901130200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 November 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|title=Wish of a story-teller |date=29 June 2005}}</ref> Another one was ''[[Unniarcha]]'', the [[Ezhava]] dame who humbled the rapacious Jonaka gang with mastery over sword fight.<ref>{{cite book|last= Sadasivan|first= S.N.|title= A social history of India|edition= Illustrated Hardcover|series= Popular Culture in the Contemporary World|year= 2006|publisher= ABC-CLIO|location= USA|isbn= 978-1-85109-636-7|page=233|chapter=Cinema}}</ref><br />
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Sadanandan ruled the stage for 64 years as a Kadhaprasangam artiste and he presented over 40 stories for over 50,000 hours on 15,000 stages. He also acted in 40 films, scripted 12 films and wrote songs for about 100 movies. Despite age related infirmities, he continued his vocation till his last years. He died on 13 April 2008 due to [[lung cancer]].<ref name="death"/><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
# ''[[Sreemurukan]]'' (1977)<br />
# ''Amba Ambika Ambalika'' (1976)<br />
# ''Hridayam Oru Kshethram'' (1976)<br />
# ''Thomasleeha'' (1975)<br />
# ''Swami Ayappan'' (1975)<br />
# ''Chandrakantham'' (1974)<br />
# ''Sree Guruvayoorappan'' (1972)<br />
# ''Sree Guruvayoorappan'' (1964)<br />
# ''Devalayam'' (1964)<br />
# ''Veluthampi Dawala'' (1962)<br />
# ''Viyarppinte Vila'' (1962)<br />
# ''[[Kandam Becha Kottu]]'' (1961) as Avuran<br />
# ''Umminithanka'' (1961)<br />
# ''[[Arappavan]]'' (1961) as Pachu Pilla <br />
# ''[[Thaskaraveeran (1957 film)|Thaskaraveeran]]'' (1957)<br />
# ''[[Marumakal]]'' (1952)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=writers&artist=Kedamangalam%20Sadanandan Kedamangalam Sadanandan] at the Malayalam Movie Database<br />
* [http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Kedamangalam%20Sadanandan&limit=16 Kedamangalam Sadanandan at MSI]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090208024633/http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/kerala/performing-arts/kathaprasangam.html An article on Kadhaprasangam]<br />
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