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.