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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.
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-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.
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-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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