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{{Short description|Indian Kathakali exponent}}
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| name = Kalamandalam M. P. S. Namboodiri
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|07|01}}
| birth_place = Karkkad, [[Malabar District]], British Raj
| occupation = Kathakali exponent
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| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] Mukundaraja Smruthi Award
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'''Kalamandalam M. P. S. Namboodiri''' is a [[Kathakali]] exponent and academic in the field of Kathakali from [[Kerala]], India. He received several noted awards including the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 2013 and Kerala Kalamandalam Mukundaraja Smruthi Award 2019.

==Biography==
Namboodiri was born on 1 July 1943 in Karikad in present-day [[Malappuram district]] to Moothedath Palisseri Manakkal Narayanan Namboothiri and Devasena Antharjanam.<ref name="Kathakali">{{Cite web|title=കലാമണ്ഡലം എം.പി.എസ് നമ്പൂ‍തിരി {{!}} കഥകളി.ഇൻഫൊ {{!}} Kathakali.info {{!}} കളിയറിവുകളുടെ തിരമൊഴി {{!}} The internet Kathakali hangout|url=https://kathakali.info/ml/node/27|access-date=2022-01-16|website=kathakali.info|archive-date=2022-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116095444/https://kathakali.info/ml/node/27|url-status=live}}</ref> Namboodiri studied Kathakali in [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] and became a teacher there and retired as a principal.<ref name="Kathakali"/> He was reappointed as the dean of the Department of Kathakali when Kalamandalam was upgraded as Deemed University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KALAMANDALAM M. P. S. NAMBOODIRI|url=https://www.paralimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Namboodiri_BA.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-16|archive-date=2022-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116095438/https://www.paralimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Namboodiri_BA.pdf}}</ref> He is a visiting professor at [[University of California]] (UCLA) and the [[University of Wisconsin]] in the United States.<ref name="Kathakali"/> He has published several articles on Kathakali in English and [[Malayalam]] and co-authored a book titled ''Kathakaliyude Rangapathacharithram'' with Killimangalam Vasudevan Namboodirippad.<ref name="Kathakali"/>

==Family==
He and his wife Leela have three children.<ref name="Kathakali"/>

==Awards and honors==
*Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2013<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2013 |title=India News – എം.പി.എസ്. നമ്പൂതിരിക്ക് കേന്ദ്ര സംഗീതനാടക അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡ് – Kerala, World News – Mathrubhumi Newspaper Edition |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/2635596/2013-11-25/india |access-date=2022-01-16 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126210654/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/2635596/2013-11-25/india |archive-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Kerala Kalamandalam Mukundaraja Smruthi Award 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=കേരള കലാമണ്ഡലം കലാ പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു {{!}} I&PRD : Official Website of Information Public Relations Department of Kerala|url=https://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/ml/node/101660|access-date=2022-01-16|website=www.prd.kerala.gov.in|archive-date=2022-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116101442/https://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/ml/node/101660|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Winners of Kerala}}

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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]
[[Category:Dancers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Kathakali dancers]]
[[Category:People from Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Indian male dancers]]

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