Kedamangalam Sadanandan

Kedamangalam Sadanandan
Born1926
Died13 April 2008 (aged 82)
Occupation(s)Kadhaprasangam Artist, Actor , Screenwriter, Lyricist, poet
Years active1944–2008
Spouse
Ponnamma
(m. 1988)
ChildrenJiji , Manoj
Parent(s)Manayath Ayyappan and Parvathy
RelativesKarunakaran , Radhakrishnan (Brothers)

Kedamangalam Sadanandan (1926 – 13 April 2008) was a Kadhaprasangam artist, actor, screenwriter and lyricist from Kerala. He performed Kadhaprasangam (story telling) in more than 15,000 stages for over 50,000 hours in a career spanning about 64 years.[1] He wrote scripts for 12 films, lyrics for more than hundred films and acted in about 40 films.[1] He received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship in 1981.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Kedamangalam Sadanandan dead". The Hindu. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship: Kathaprasangam". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 25 February 2023.