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| name        = Kavalam Narayana Panicker
| image      = Kavalam.jpg
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| caption    = Kavalam Narayana Panicker
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|05|01}}
| birth_place = [[Kavalam]], [[Travancore]]
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|06|26|1928|05|01}} <ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/kavalam-narayana-panicker-no-more-kerala.html|title=Dramatist, poet Kavalam Narayana Panicker passes away|date=26 June 2016|publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]]|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629131805/http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/kavalam-narayana-panicker-no-more-kerala.html|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = Indian
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| occupation  = Poet, playwright, theatre director, lyricist
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'''Kavalam Narayana Panicker''' (1 May 1928 – 26 June 2016) was an Indian dramatist, theatre director, and poet. He has written over 26 Malayalam plays, many adapted from classical [[Sanskrit drama]] and [[Shakespeare]], notably [[Kalidasa]]'s ''Vikramorvasiyam'' (1981, 1996), ''Shakuntalam'' (1982), [[Bhasa]]'s  ''Madhyamavyayogam'' (1979), ''Karnabharam'' (1984, 2001), ''Uru Bhangam'' (1988), ''Swapnavasavadattam'',  and ''Dootavakyam'' (1996).<ref>[http://www.keral.com/celebrities/kavalam/works.htm Works of Kavalam Narayana Panicker] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201200549/http://www.keral.com/celebrities/kavalam/works.htm |date=1 February 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2004/10/31/stories/2004103100780500.htm|title=Face To Face: From law to theatre |date=31 October 2004|work=The Hindu|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref> He was the founder {{ndash}} director of theatre troupe, Sopanam, which led to the foundation of Bhashabharati: Centre for Performing Arts, Training and Research, in [[Trivandrum]].<ref>[[#Co|Cody, p. 1035]]</ref>
He was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Direction in 1983 by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], and its highest award for lifetime achievement, the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref> In 2007, he was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in the field of Arts, by the [[Government of India]]. He died in his residence on 26 June 2016, aged 88, a few days after returning from the hospital.
== Early life and education==
[[File:Kavalam Narayana-Panicker.jpg|left|thumb|Kavalam Narayana-Panicker]]
He was born in the village of [[Kavalam]], into an ancient family from [[Kuttanad]] in [[Alappuzha]], Kerala, India. His family name is Chalayil and he was a nephew of Sardar [[Kavalam Madhava Panikkar]] and a cousin of Dr. [[K. Ayyappa Panicker]], a [[Malayalam]] poet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indereunion.net/actu/panikkar/interpanikkar.htm|title=Kavalam Narayana Panikkar - Interview|first=Philippe|last=Pratx|website=indereunion.net}}</ref>
He attended [[CMS College]] in [[Kottayam]], whose alumni included [[K. P. S. Menon]] and his uncle Sardar [[K. M. Panikkar]]. He obtained a degree in economics from [[Sanatana Dharma College]] (SD College), [[Alappuzha]] and later a Bachelor of Law degree from [[Madras Law College]].
==Career==
He started his career as a lawyer in 1955 and practised law for six years before devoting himself to art and literature. In 1961 he was nominated as Secretary of [[Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy, Thrissur]] and shifted his base to [[Thrissur]],{{page needed|date=December 2020}} the cultural capital of Kerala. His work has always been rooted in both the classical and folk traditions of Kerala. 
[[File:Kavalam Narayana Panicker Image1.jpg|thumb|upright|Kavalam Narayana Panicker]]
In 1974, Kavalam shifted his residence to the state capital [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. In this period his play ''Avanavan Kadamba'' was filmed by [[G. Aravindan]]. He has worked in many countries, including the former [[Soviet Union]]. In [[Greece]] he worked with Greek artists on a production of the ''Ilyayana'', a fusion of the Indian [[Ramayana]] and the Greek epic [[Iliad]].
He has directed two movies about the greatest [[Kutiyattam]] maestro legendary actor Guru [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]]: ''[[Mani Madhava Chakyar: The Master at Work]]'' (1994) and ''Parvati Viraham'' (1993) in [[Kuttiyattam]] form featuring Mani Madhava Chakyar as [[Ravana]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sangeetnatak.com/film.htm| title=Films of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi| access-date=29 January 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927131850/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/film.htm| archive-date=27 September 2007| url-status=dead}}</ref> As a lyricist in [[Malayalam cinema]], he has written for films like ''Ulsavapittennu'',  ''[[Manjadikuru]]'' (2008), ''Vadakakkoru Hridayam'' (1978) and ''[[Marmaram]]'' (1982). He won [[Kerala State Film Award]] for [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyrics]] for the latter two films.
In 1993 Erin B. Mee directed his play ''Ottayan'' in New York City. The Village Voice said: "the haunting pungency of a rich Asian folk-theatre tradition shines through every stylized gesture."<ref>Faber, Roderick Mason,  7 July 1992. The Village Voice.</ref>
Erin B. Mee devotes an entire chapter of her book ''Theatre of Roots'' to Panikkar's work.<ref>Mee, Erin B. 2008 Theatre of Roots: Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage. Seagull Books.</ref> His work is also the subject of the volume ''K.N. Panikkar: The Theatre of Rasa'' edited by Udayan Vajpeyi.<ref>Vajpeyi, Udayan, ed. 2012. K.N. Panikkar: The Theatre of Rasa. Delhi: Nyogi Books.</ref>  His play ''Aramba Chekkan'' is included in ''Drama Contemporary: India'', edited by Erin B. Mee<ref>Mee, Erin B. ed. 2001. Drama Contemporary:India. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press</ref> and Erin B. Mee conducted an interview with him for PAJ magazine<ref>Mee, Erin B. 1995. "Kavalam Narayana Panikkar: Meaning Into Action." PAJ #55.</ref> and his work is the subject of an interview by Erin B. Mee in Seagull Theatre Quarterly: 1995 "The Use of Folk Philosophy in Kavalam Narayana Panikkar's Poetic Theatre of Transformation." Seagull Theatre Quarterly 7:58-62.
He has remained a consultant at Asianet Communications and vice-chairman for [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], New Delhi.
==Personal life==
He was married and had two sons. He lived in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] with his wife Saradamani and also had another house in his native village of Kavalam. He had two sons {{mdash}} Kavalam Harikrishnan and Kavalam Sreekumar. Kavalam Harikrishnan served as BHASABHARATHI's Chief contact person before he died of [[cancer]] in October 2009. His younger son [[Kavalam Sreekumar]], is a singer in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.devaragam.com/vbscript/MusicNew.aspx?ArtistID=127|title=Kavalam Sreekumar Hits, Devaragam on the web|first=Prasannakumaran|last=Sarasijanayanan|website=devaragam.com}}</ref> Sreekumar sang folk and light music numbers over three decades. He also sang for [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam films]] over the years.<ref>[http://msidb.org/songs.php?tag=Search&singers=Kavalam%20Sreekumar&limit=32 Kavalam Srikumar on MSI]</ref>
==Awards and recognition==
[[File:Kavalam - Narayana Panicker.jpg|thumb|Kavalam Narayana Panicker]]
[[File:Kavalam Narayana Panicker.jpg|thumb|Kavalam Narayana Panicker]]
He was awarded [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1983 and [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 2002 and the [[Padma Bhushan]] civilian decoration in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=80307|title=Padma Bhushan for Nooyi, Mittal|date=26 January 2007|publisher=ExpressIndia|access-date=26 May 2009}}</ref>
He has won [[Kerala State Film Award]] for [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyrics]] twice, in 1978 for ''Vadakakkoru Hridayam'' and in 1982 for ''[[Marmaram]]'', and the [[Kalidas Samman]] by the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] in (1994–1995).
;Other
* 2013 – TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards – Best Lyricist – ''[[Amen (2013 film)|Amen]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kerala9.com/news-category/news/movie-news/ttk-prestige-vanitha-film-awards-shobhana-prithviraj-win-best-actor-actress-awards|title=TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards: Shobhana, Prithviraj win best actor, actress awards - Kerala9.com|website=kerala9.com}}</ref>
Best Male Singer
* 2013 – [[Asiavision Awards]] – Best Lyricist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/mammotty-kavya-madhavan-bag-asiavision-awards-2013-11-05-1.526962 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060116/http://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/mammotty-kavya-madhavan-bag-asiavision-awards-2013-11-05-1.526962 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref>
==Death==
Kavalam Narayana Panicker suffered from age-related ailments in his later life. Although he was hospitalized many times for their treatment, he remained active in the social field. He died at his home on 26 June 2016.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
==Works==
* ''The Right to rule (Kōyma) ; and, The domain of the sun (Sūryasthāna)''. Seagull Books, 1989. {{ISBN|81-7046-071-9}}.
* ''Folklore of Kerala''. National Book Trust, India, 1991.
* ''Karimkutty ; and, The lone tusker''. Seagull Books, 1991. {{ISBN|81-7046-092-1}}.
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Mee, Erin B. 2008 ''Theatre of Roots: Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage''. Seagull Books.
* Mee, Erin B. 1995. "Kavalam Narayana Panikkar: Meaning Into Action." PAJ #55.
* Mee, Erin B. 1995 "The Use of Folk Philosophy in Kavalam Narayana Panikkar's Poetic Theatre of Transformation." Seagull Theatre Quarterly 7:58-62.
* Panikkar, K. N. "Aramba Chekkan" In Mee, Erin B. ed. 2001. ''DramaContemporary:India''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
* {{cite book|last=Cody|first=Gabrielle H. |author2=Evert Sprinchorn|title=The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, Volume 2|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2007 |isbn=978-0-231-14424-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQqOKWmjdQUC&q=Kavalam++Narayana+Panikkar&pg=PA1035|ref=Co}}
* {{IMDb name|0659500}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Kavalam Narayana Panicker}}
* [http://www.devaragam.com/vbscript/MusicNew.aspx?ArtistID=89 Hits of Kavalam Narayana Panikkar]
* [http://www.bhasabharathi.com/kavalam.htm Kavalam Narayana Panikkar Profile] – a detailed profile of Kavalam Narayana Paniker.
* [http://www.bhasabharathi.com/ BhashaBharati, website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041128130822/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/10/31/stories/2004103100780500.htm Interview with Kavalam]
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=writers&artist=Kavalam%20Narayana%20Panicker Kavalam Narayana Panicker at MSI]
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