PRASANTH NARAYANAN

Prasanth NarayananHe was born to renowned Kathakali playwright Vellayani Narayanan Nair and K. Santhakumari Amma in Thiruvananthapuram on July 16, 1972. He was trained in Kathakali under maestro Chandramana Govindan Namboodiri (Darpana) since childhood. He made his mark in Kathakali by writing and composing an Attakatha (script for Kathakali) titled 'Bharatantam' at the age of 19.He then went on to get training in acting and direction from the School of Drama, Thrissur. He ventured in contemporary theatre scene with his directorial debut of Rabindranatha Tagore's 'Post Office'.Since then, Prasanth Narayanan has directed many plays like Hamlet, Vajramukhan, Oorubhangam, Dootakhadolkacham and Chayamukhi. He attended the India Festival at Bangladesh in 1996, along with Kavalam Narayana Panicker.Prasanth Narayanan has authored many plays which include titles like Kunjanu Bhranthanu, Aracha Charitam, Thoppikkaran, Baloonukal, Vajramukhan, Pravukal, Chayamukhi, Sooryarasipuram and Devayanam.Besides theatre, he has acted in the Malayalam feature film 'Sesham' and in nearly 20 television fiction serials like Vajram, Thaali, Vidhi, Marubhoomiyil Pookalam and Detective Anand. He also worked as a reporter with the Thiruvananthapuram news bureau of Malayalam daily 'Mangalam'. Presently, he is employed with the Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Kerala. --