V. Sambasivan

Keezhoottu 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 Keezhottu Velayudhan and Sarada. 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 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 son Vasanthakumar Sambasivan, a Professor of Chemistry at Sree Narayana College, Kollam follows his father's way.[4] Other than Vasanthakumar, he has two sons named Jinaraj and Jesus, and a daughter named Aishwarya.

Discography

  1. Aayisha
  2. Anna Karenina
  3. Aneesiya
  4. Artham
  5. Chandanakattil
  6. Devalokam
  7. Deshasnehi
  8. Divyatheertham
  9. Don Santhamayi Ozhukunnu
  10. Irupatham Noottandu
  11. Jalasechanam
  12. Karamazov Sahodaranamar
  13. Kumaranasan
  14. Kuttavum Sikshayum
  15. Kochu Seetha
  16. Laabham Laabham
  17. Nellinte Geetham
  18. Othello
  19. Prathi
  20. Premasilpi
  21. Pathivrathayude Kamukan
  22. Pulliman
  23. Romeo Juliet
  24. Rani
  25. Samkranthi
  26. Sanaatta
  27. Sidhartha
  28. Sre Narayana Gurudevan
  29. Tharavadinte Manam
  30. Uyirthezhunellpu
  31. Vilakku Vangam
  32. Vyasanum Marxum
  33. Yanthram
  34. Z
  35. 1857

References
  1. "Othello - V. Sambasivan - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. "Karamazov Sahodaranmar - V. Sambasivan Part 1". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. Akhilavijnanakosam;D.C.Books; Kottayam
  4. "Marie Curie's story in Kathaprasangam". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 August 2013.


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