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	'''Guru Kunju Kurup''' (~~1881-1970~~) was one of the most famous Kathakali artistes to have born and celebrated in south Kerala, and gained popularity in central and north Kerala as well.		'''Guru Kunju Kurup''' (1881–1970) was one of the most famous Kathakali artistes to have born and celebrated in south Kerala, and gained popularity in central and north Kerala as well.

	Born in Poypallilkulam family of [[Thakazhi]] village of [[Kuttanad]] in present-day [[Alappuzha]] district, Kurup was initiated into [[Kathakali]] at the age of 13 by his own uncles Kochappi Panikker and Rama Panikker. He later joined the famous Kaliyogam (repertory) of the renowned [[Mathur Kunhu Pillai Panikker]], and subsequently had tutelage under gurus Champakulam Sankara Pillai and [[Thottam Sankaran Namboodiri]]. His grooming later under Vechur Ayyappa Kurup paved the way for his entry into the [[Kochi, India\|Kochi]] and [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)\|Malabar]] belts.		Born in Poypallilkulam family of [[Thakazhi]] village of [[Kuttanad]] in present-day [[Alappuzha]] district, Kurup was initiated into [[Kathakali]] at the age of 13 by his own uncles Kochappi Panikker and Rama Panikker. He later joined the famous Kaliyogam (repertory) of the renowned [[Mathur Kunhu Pillai Panikker]], and subsequently had tutelage under gurus Champakulam Sankara Pillai and [[Thottam Sankaran Namboodiri]]. His grooming later under Vechur Ayyappa Kurup paved the way for his entry into the [[Kochi, India\|Kochi]] and [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)\|Malabar]] belts.
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'''Guru Kunju Kurup''' (1881-1970) was one of the most famous Kathakali artistes to have born and celebrated in south Kerala, and gained popularity in central and north Kerala as well.

Born in Poypallilkulam family of [[Thakazhi]] village of [[Kuttanad]] in present-day [[Alappuzha]] district, Kurup was initiated into [[Kathakali]] at the age of 13 by his own uncles Kochappi Panikker and Rama Panikker. He later joined the famous Kaliyogam (repertory) of the renowned [[Mathur Kunhu Pillai Panikker]], and subsequently had tutelage under gurus Champakulam Sankara Pillai and [[Thottam Sankaran Namboodiri]]. His grooming later under Vechur Ayyappa Kurup paved the way for his entry into the [[Kochi, India|Kochi]] and [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] belts.

Kunju Kurup's marriage with a relative of Palayil Karunakara Menon, a Kathakali exponent living near [[Palakkad]] in 1910, cemented his ties with central Kerala. Soon, he was made a tutor at the famous [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] following an invitation from its co-founder, poet [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]]. He later had brief stints as a Kathakali guru in [[Bangalore]] (1943) and [[Madras]] (or [[Chennai]], in 1914, during which [[Mrinalini Sarabhai]] was his student), and later (1948–52) at Chembakassery Natana Kalamandalam in [[Ambalappuzha]], his home territory.

Kunju Kurup, a [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee of 1971,<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}}</ref> wasn't exactly an exemplary tutor, but he had lot of fans as a performer. And they included the great [[Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair]] as well. He succeeded in creating fresh [[aesthetics]] of Kathakali [[acting]]-[[dancing]] through sublime presentation of rasa and bhava [[abhinaya]]. Kurup was renowned for his varied roles like [[Nala]], Hamsam (swan), [[Rugmangada]], [[Arjuna]] and [[Krishna]] besides minukku veshams such as Kuchelan, Brahmanan and Sundara Brahmanan. He also excelled in anti-hero roles like [[Ravana]] and [[Keechaka]], besides the black-bearded Kaatalan.

Kurup was honoured with the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Kathakali in 1956 for his unique contributions to the four-century old classical dance-drama from the southern Indian state.<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/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | archive-date=31 March 2016 }}</ref> He also won the [[Central Sangeet Natak Akademi]] fellowship in 1969.

He was a [[paternal]] uncle of the [[Malayalam]] writer and [[Jnanpith]] winner [[Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai]].

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