Mani Madhava Chakyar

Indian actor (1899–1990)

Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar (IAST: Māṇi Mādhava Cākyār) (15 February 1899 – 14 January 1990) was an Indian performance artist and Sanskrit scholar from Kerala, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam (ancient Sanskrit drama theatre tradition) artist and authority of modern times. He was considered as the authority of Abhinaya (the classical Indian acting style) and Nātyaśāstra. Known as "the Emperor of Rasa-Abhinaya", he was a practitioner of Rasa-Abhinaya.

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