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{{Short description|Indian Kathakali exponent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan
| image = Kalamandalam ramachandran unnithan.jpg
| caption = Unnithan in female kathakali costume
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|03|08}}
| birth_place = [[Kottarakkara]], [[Kollam district]]
| occupation = Kathakali exponent
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Leela
| parents = Vasu Pillai, Gomathiamma
| children = 3
| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] Gurupooja award
}}
'''Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan''' is a [[Kathakali]] exponent from [[Kerala]], India. He received several awards including the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 2016. His biography titled ''Kachaiyum Mizhukkum'' was published in 2015.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last1=Krishnan |first1=Lalithaa |title=In his own performance space |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/in-his-own-performance-space/article7818401.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 October 2015 |language=en-IN |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182703/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/in-his-own-performance-space/article7818401.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Biography==
Ramachandran Unnithan was born on 1951 March 8, at Ezhukon Placott House in [[Kottarakkara]], Kollam district, to Vasu Pillai and Gomatiamma.<ref name="aswadanam"/> Karithra Vasupillai taught him the basics of Kathakali.<ref name="aswadanam"/> He studied Kathakali at [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] from 1962 to 1975 and passed the 6 year Diploma and 2 year Post Graduate Diploma.<ref name="cyberkerala"/><ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> In Kalamandalam Unnithan studied Kathakali under [[Ramankutty Nair|Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair]], [[Kalamandalam Gopi]] and [[Sadanam Krishnankutty|Sadanam Krishnan Kutty]].<ref name="cyberkerala">{{cite web |title=Kathakali Artists - Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan |url=http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/artists/unnithan.htm |website=www.cyberkerala.com |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2021-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910085453/http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/artists/unnithan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He is an exit in the ''Thadi'' role in the Kathakali.<ref name="cyberkerala"/> In his autobiography Unnithan said that one of his mentors, Sadanam Krishnan Kutty, advised him to focus on role of ''Thadi''.<ref name="aswadanam"/> His most popular roles are ''Mannan'' in ''Lavanasuravadham'' ([[Ramayana]]) and ''Bharata Malayan'' in ''Nizhal kuth'' ([[Mahabharata]]).<ref name="Hindu"/>

He lives in Vettikattiri in [[Thrissur district]].<ref name="cyberkerala"/>

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

==Awards and honors==
*[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 2016<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |title=കലാമണ്ഡലം രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍ ഉണ്ണിത്താന് കേന്ദ്ര സംഗീതനാടക അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡ്‌ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/palakkad/malayalam-news/kollam-1.1987611 |work=Mathrubhumi |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2022-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117050908/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/palakkad/malayalam-news/kollam-1.1987611 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] Gurupooja award 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=ഗുരുപൂജ |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/malayalam/gurupooja/555 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=ml |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182948/http://www.keralaculture.org/malayalam/gurupooja/555 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*HRD Fellowship<ref name="cyberkerala"/>
*Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon Award<ref name="aswadanam">{{cite web |last1=Raveendranath |first1=Purushothaman |title=ക്രൂരനല്ല സാധുവത്രെ ചാരുരൂപൻ.. |url=http://aswadanam.com/index.php/ml/arts/82-kathakali/202-2015-09-13-15-29-14 |website=aswadanam |language=ml-in |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2022-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117050917/http://aswadanam.com/index.php/ml/arts/82-kathakali/202-2015-09-13-15-29-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Kalamandalam Hyderali memorial Kathakali award instituted by the Vendar Subrahmania Swamy temple advisory committee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bags Kalamandalam Hyderali award |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/jan/06/bags-kalamandalam-hyderali-award-216953.html |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182349/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/jan/06/bags-kalamandalam-hyderali-award-216953.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*He has won many local awards such as awards from Kollam Kathakali Club, Kottayam Kaliyarang, Alappuzha Kathakali Club, Alappuzha Kalakshetram and Bombay Keli.<ref name="cyberkerala"/>

==References==
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{{Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Winners of Kerala}}

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[[Category:1951 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]
[[Category:Dancers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Kathakali dancers]]
[[Category:People from Kollam district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Indian male dancers]]

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