Kalamandalam Gopi
Kathakali Performer
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Vadakke Manalath Govindan Nair, popularly known as Kalamandalam Gopi, is an acclaimed Indian classical dancer and master exponent of Kathakali, born on May 21, 1937, in Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala, India. He initially trained in Ottanthullal before transitioning to Kathakali in 1951 at the Kerala Kalamandalam in Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur, at…
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- Kerala Kalamandalam Award (1985)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987)
- Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award (1995)
- Kerala Kalamandalam Fellowship (2002)
- Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship (2007)
- Padma Shri (2009)
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