In Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, Benicio Del Toro plays Korda, an amoral industrialist who repeatedly escapes the clutches of death. He commits all kinds of crimes, including tax evasion, ...

Chakyar's legacy Koodiyattam is a traditional performing art form, which is a combination of ancient Sanskrit theatre with elements of Koothu, an ancient performing art from the Sangam era.

The gurukula launched by Padma Bhushan Ammannoor Madhava Chakyar (Chakyars are the proponents of Koothu, an art form), the palace of Kunhikuttan Thampuran and Unnayi Varrior Memorial too figured ...

Prabandha Koothu, also known as Chakyar Koothu, deeply rooted in the thousand-year-old Sanskrit theatre tradition of Koodiyattom, offers a humorous, satirical take on the epic, offering infinite ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In 11th-century Kerala, the temple art of Chakyar Koothu was used to entertain the elite caste through its style of storytelling peppered with wit and humour. The art form has ...

Chakyar Koothu: While not a dance form in the traditional sense, Chakyar Koothu is an integral part of Kerala's performance arts. Performed solo, it involves humorous and dramatic narration of ...

However, the teachers were sceptical about how Sanjay will be learning Chakyar koothu without prior knowledge of the artform. However, to everyone's surprise, he learned the basics of the artform ...

Nambiar, who used to play the mizhavu drum, fell asleep during a chakyar koothu performance. The chakyar, a representative of the upper caste, ridiculed him on stage.

Chakyar Koothu traces its origin in 'soothavruthy', the act of storytelling that dates back to the 16th century, in which the jester narrates episodes from Hindu epics Ramayana, Mahabharata, and ...

A koothu was staged outside the four walls of a temple for the first time by Painkulam Rama Chakyar, a pioneer in secularising the art form, in 1949, at the house of the royal family in Kottarakkara.