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V. Sambasivan
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Velayudhan Sambasivan (4 July 1929 – 23 April 1996) was a famous "Kadhaprasangam" artist of Kerala, India. He was born on 4 July 1929 in Chavara Thekkumbhagom in Kollam district, as the eldest son of Meloottu Velayudhan and Sarada. He had seven siblings. After schooling in his native village he joined Sree Narayana College, Kollam for higher studies where he was associated with the Communist Party of India and its student wing AISF. His gift for singing and acting earned him the name of an artist very early in his life. He started his career as a teacher but quit the job to become a full-time artiste. With his inimitable style in story-telling, he soon became one of the most popular artists of Kerala with immense mass appeal. He presented more than 50 stories on stage including Shakespeare's Othello[1] and Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.[2] Being a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) he was arrested and imprisoned in 1975, during the Indian Emergency declared by the then regime headed by Indira Gandhi. He died of lung cancer on 23 April 1996, aged 67.
He has acted in a feature film 'Pallamkuzhi' and in a documentary on poet Kumaran Asan.[3]
V. Sambasivan was married to Subhadra. His eldest son Dr. Vasanthakumar Sambasivan, a Professor of Chemistry at Sree Narayana College, Kollam follows his father's way.[4] Other than Vasanthakumar, he has three more sons named Prasanth, Jinaraj and Jesus, and a daughter named Aishwarya. Mrs. Subhadra Sambasivan died on 20 February 2021 aged 80.
Discography
- Aayisha
- Anna Karenina
- Aneesiya
- Artham
- Chandanakattil
- Devalokam
- Deshasnehi
- Divyatheertham
- Don Santhamayi Ozhukunnu
- Irupatham Noottandu
- Jalasechanam
- Karamazov Sahodaranamar
- Kumaranasan
- Kuttavum Sikshayum
- Kochu Seetha
- Laabham Laabham
- Nellinte Geetham
- Othello
- Prathi
- Premasilpi
- Pathivrathayude Kamukan
- Pulliman
- Romeo Juliet
- Rani
- Samkranthi
- Sanaatta
- Sidhartha
- Sre Narayana Gurudevan
- Tharavadinte Manam
- Uyirthezhunellpu
- Vilakku Vangam
- Vyasanum Marxum
- Yanthram
- Z
- 1857
References[edit]
- ↑ "Othello - V. Sambasivan - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ↑ "Karamazov Sahodaranmar - V. Sambasivan Part 1". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ↑ Akhilavijnanakosam;D.C.Books; Kottayam
- ↑ Pereira, Ignatius (10 January 2012). "Marie Curie's story in Kathaprasangam". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
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