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Harikumaran was born on 8 February 1958, in Peroor village of Palakkad district. His father, K. Kumaran, was a freedom fighter and founder of Gandhi Seva Sadan. His mother, Sarojini Amma, is daughter of Kakkad Karanavappad, one of the founders of Kerala Kalamandalam.^[2] He took to Kathakali at an early age, but parallelly did his formal education, completing his masters in his mother tongue Malayalam in the process.

Career

Harikumaran had left Kerala for a while when he worked as a professor in Kathakali at the Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, in West Bengal for five years since 1989. It was during that stint that he began doing painting and sculpting in a prolific way.^[3] Back in Kerala, he continued his experiments with plastic arts even as he rejoined Sadanam and subsequently became its principal. For over a decade, Harikumaran has also been making Kathakali costumes (koppu), sometimes in an innovative way, and also experimenting with its make-up (chutti). He also delivers talks at seminars on Kathakali.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

As of 2008 he is principal of Gandhi Seva Sadan (Sadanam Kathakali Akademi), he is basically an actor-dancer of Kathakali, but also sings for it besides writing storyplays for the classical dance-drama. Padma Shri Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair is his main Kathakali guru.^[4]

Harikumaran is an All India Radio-certified Carnatic musician, having been chiefly guided in that art by the late Prof C.S. Krishna Iyer.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} He also used to perform Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattam (guru: Kalamandalam Leelamma) during his college days.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Harikumaran has penned seven Kathakali storyplays (attakathas). They are Sapamochanam, Karnaparvam, Abhimanyu, Manikantacharitam, Charudattam (based on the story of Julius Caesar), Chitrangada,Puruvamsodayam.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}, Hidumpi, Kadraveyam, Karnaparithyagam, Namami Shankaram, Karthaveerarjuna Nigraham, Maagadheyam, and Soorpankhaangam.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://sadanamharikumaran.com/performer.htm |title=Sadanam K. Harikumaran |publisher=Sadanamharikumaran.com |date= |accessdate=2010-10-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430202220/http://sadanamharikumaran.com/performer.htm |archivedate=2009-04-30 |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|author=CyberNet Communications Kerala |url=http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/artists/harikumar.htm |title=Kathakali Artists - Sadanam. K. Harikumaran |publisher=Cyberkerala.com |date= |accessdate=2010-10-05}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/02/06/stories/2006020601280400.htm |title=The Hindu : Metro Plus Kochi / Arts & Crafts : Heavily drawn from mythology and life |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=2006-02-06 |accessdate=2010-10-05}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/02/10/stories/2006021000810200.htm |title=Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Interview : Versatility his forte |publisher=The Hindu |date=2006-02-10 |accessdate=2010-10-05}}

Early life

Career

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