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'''Sadanam K. Harikumaran''' (also written as '''Harikumar''') is a versatile artiste from [[Kerala]] in south [[India]], known for his engagements with Indian classical [[dance]]s and [[music]], besides [[painting]], [[sculpting]] and [[literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sadanamharikumaran.com/performer.htm |title=Sadanam K. Harikumaran |publisher=Sadanamharikumaran.com |accessdate=2010-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430202220/http://sadanamharikumaran.com/performer.htm |archivedate=2009-04-30 }}</ref>

==Early life==
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, was the daughter of Kakkad Karanavappad, one of the founders of [[Kerala Kalamandalam]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/02/10/stories/2006021000810200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101113111/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/02/10/stories/2006021000810200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-11-01 |title=Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram / Interview : Versatility his forte |date=2006-02-10 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2010-10-05}}</ref>

Harikumaran is an [[All India Radio]]-certified [[Carnatic music]]ian, having been chiefly guided in that art by the late Prof C.S. Krishna Iyer.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} He regularly performs Carnatic concerts throughout Kerala, an important place being [[Chembai Sangeetholsavam]] at [[Guruvayoor]]. He has also written around 50 compositions, mostly in Malayalam. He also used to perform [[Bharatanatyam]] and [[Mohiniyattam]] (guru: Kalamandalam Leelamma) during his college days.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Harikumaran has penned 19 Kathakali story-plays (attakathas). They include Sapamochanam, Karnaparvam, Abhimanyu, Manikantacharitam, Charudattam (based on the story of [[Julius Caesar]]), Chitrangada, Puruvamsodayam, Kadraveyam, Karnaparithyagam, Namami Shankaram, Karthaveerarjuna Nigraham, Maagadheyam, Soorpankhaangam, Hindumbi, Kaali and Sikhandi.

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