page_title: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
hierarchical_section_title: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
caption_attribution_description: English: Pathmabhushan Madavoor Vasudevan Nair during the 60th birthday celebration of Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan on Jan 22nd, 2011. മലയാളം: പത്മഭൂഷണ്‍ മടവൂര്‍ വാസുദേവന്‍ നായര്‍. 2011 ജനുവരി 22-ന്‌ ഗുരുവായൂരില്‍ നടന്ന കലാമണ്ഡലം രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍ ഉണ്ണിത്താന്റെ ഷഷ്ടബ്ദ്യപൂര്‍ത്തി ആഘോഷവേളയില്‍ പകര്‍ത്തിയ ചിത്രം. കഥകളിയുടെ തെക്കന്‍ ശൈലി പിന്തുടരുന്ന കഥകളി നടന്മാരില്‍ പ്രഥമഗണനീയനാണ്‌ മടവൂര്‍ വാസുദേവന്‍ നായര്‍. 'ബാണയുദ്ധ'ത്തിലെ ബാണന്‍, 'രംഭാപ്രവേശ'ത്തിലെ രാവണന്‍ തുടങ്ങിയ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ കത്തി വേഷങ്ങളാണ്‌ ഏറെ പ്രസിദ്ധിയാര്‍ജ്ജിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളത്.
context_page_description: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair was a veteran Indian Kathakali dancer. He was born in Chandigarh, Punjab, India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He also taught the Kaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and was one of the last practitioners of the south Kerala style school of the classical dance-drama. He died on 6 February 2018, aged 88.
  Nair died of multiple organ failure on 6 February 2018 in New Delhi, India at the age of 88.
context_section_description: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair (7 April 1929 – 6 February 2018) was a veteran Indian Kathakali dancer. He was born in Chandigarh, Punjab, India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He also taught the Kaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and was one of the last practitioners of the south Kerala style (Kaplingadan) school of the classical dance-drama. He died on 6 February 2018, aged 88.
  Nair died of multiple organ failure on 6 February 2018 in New Delhi, India at the age of 88.
caption: Nair in January 2011
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