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Kūṭiyāṭṭam: collection of videotapes, part 1

Collection Dr. Heike Moser (S-VHS-copies of Hi8-originals)
Lehrstuhl für Indologie, Universität Würzburg

Universität Würzburg
Lehrstuhl für Indologie
Am Hubland
Philosophiegebäude, Bau 8
D - 97074 Würzburg
Germany

Tape M1

Tape M1, part 1:

Title of performance:	Demonstration of Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	part I: introduction speech by K. P. C. Nārāyaṇan Bhaṭṭatiripāṭŭ introduction by Uṣa Naṅṅyār part II: demonstration Akkitta-Nṛtta: "Candanavallī" +"Kṣīrasāgara" Sāttvika-Abhinaya (Augen + Gesicht): "śikhiniśalabham" (Dhanañjayam, 1. Akt) Sāttvika + āṅgika / male + female: "madhupānam" (Biene trinkt Honig) Alaṅkāram (Ankleiden + Schmücken) drei Abhinayas (? kein Kostüm ?): erklärt, wie ein Vers im Detail gezeigt wird (Rez., Wiederholung durch Hand-gesten, ?); Bsp. aus Kalyāṇasaugandhika "antarguhotgata" (?)? (Schlange schluckt Elefanten)
Performer:	Performer: Uṣa Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: Babu (Rajīv) Tāḷam: Sarita
Duration:	part I: about 1:15:00 h part II: about 1:20:00 h
Place / date:	Peruvanam, 07.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 3 and 4
Remarks:	----

Tape M1, part 2:

Title of performance:	Navarasa
Content:	Demonstration navarasa
Performer:	Uṣa Naṅṅyār
Duration:	about 0:10:00 h
Place / date:	Iriññālakuṭa 23.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 4
Remarks:	----

Tape M2

Tape M2, part 1:

Title of performance:	Kūṭiyāṭṭam lecture-demonstration, 2nd day
Content:	div., demonstration Kapālin / Mattavilāsam
Performer:	Performer: KKM Śailaja KKM Rāma Cākyār Uṣa Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: ?????? Tāḷam: ??????
Duration:	about 1:48:00 h
Place / date:	Kṛṣṇanāṭṭam-Kalari / Guruvāyūr, 15.03.1996 organised by ICK and P. T. K. Mēnōn
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 23
Remarks:	----

Tape M2, part 2:

Title of performance:	Kūṭiyāṭṭam demonstration
Content:	Navarasa Laḷita: text and arttham 24 basic handgestures eyemovements
Performer:	KKM Girija
Duration:	0:17:26 h
Place / date:	Girijas house (teachers quarters KKM), 25.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 7
Remarks:	----

Tape M2, part 3:

Title of performance:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ classes
Content:	practising »paṭapuṟappāṭŭ« (Ugrasēnabandhanam)
Performer:	Teacher: Uṣa Naṅṅyār Performer: Aparṇṇa (Nannyār) and Sarita Miḻāvŭ: Babu
Duration:	about 0:50:00 h
Place / date:	Iriññālakuṭa, 23.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 6
Remarks:	Aparṇṇa and Sarita (aged 11 and 13) studied already for about 3 years

Tape M3

Tape M3, part 1:

Title of performance:	Kūttŭ
Content:	Kūttŭ
Performer:	Performer: Kuṭṭan Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: Nārāyaṇan Nampyār (Vijayan) Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyārs mother
Duration:	about 0:47:00 h
Place / date:	Vaṭakkunnāthan Kūttampalam / Tṛśśūr, 22.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 10
Remarks:	----

Tape M3, part 2:

Title of performance:	Kūttŭ
Content:	Kūttŭ
Performer:	Performer: Ammannūr Mādhava Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: Nārāyaṇan Nampyār (Vijayan Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyārs mother
Duration:	about 0:40:00 h
Place / date:	Vaṭakkunnāthan Kūttampalam / Tṛśśūr, 03.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 10
Remarks:	----

Tape M4

Title of performance:	Bhagavadajjukam
Content:	KKM-version of Bhagavadajjukam, part 1
Performer:	Performer: Śāṇḍilya (Vidūṣaka) - KMM Rāma Cākyār Ajjuka (Vasantasēna) - KKM Girija Cēṭī - KKM Śailaja Yamapuruṣan - KKM Rādhākṛṣṇan Parivrājaka (holy man) - KKM Śivan Nampūtiri Mātā? (Ajjukas mother) - KKM Sindhu Rāmilaka (Vasantasēnas lover) - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Vaidyan - KKM Kanakakumār Miḻāvŭ: ???? Tāḷam: ?????
Duration:	about 1:30:00 h (together with M5, part 1: 2:57:33 h)
Place / date:	Veda-Seminar / Tṛśśūr, 13.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 12.2a
Remarks:	M5, part 1: performance part 2 M16: greenroom-scenes to this performance

Tape M5

Tape M5, part 1:

Title of performance:	Bhagavadajjukam
Content:	KKM-version of Bhagavadajjukam, part 2
Performer:	Performer: Śāṇḍilya (Vidūṣaka) - KMM Rāma Cākyār Ajjuka (Vasantasēna) - KKM Girija Cēṭī - KKM Śailaja Yamapuruṣan - KKM Rādhākṛṣṇan Parivrājaka (holy man) - KKM Śivan Nampūtiri Mātā? (Ajjukas mother) - KKM Sindhu Rāmilaka (Vasantasēnas lover) - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Vaidyan - KKM Kanakakumār Miḻāvŭ: ???? Tāḷam: ?????
Duration:	about 1:30:00 h (together with M4: 2:57:33 h)
Place / date:	Veda-Seminar / Tṛśśūr, 13.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 12.2b and 13
Remarks:	M4: performance part 1, M16: greenroom-scenes to this performance

Tape M5, part 2:

Title of performance:	Kṛṣṇa-Avatāram Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	Kṛṣṇa-Avatāram Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ: verses 16-33
Performer:	Performer: Uṣa Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: ?????? Tāḷam: ??????
Duration:	about 1:35:00 h
Place / date:	Vaṭakkunnāthan Kūttampalam / Tṛśśūr, 08.09.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 37 and 38
Remarks:	----

Tape M6

Title of performance:	Paiṅkuḷam Rāma Cākyār Anusmaranam 14.10.1995, part 1
Content:	speech: Vāsudēvan Nampūtirippāṭŭ demonstrations Cākyār-Kūttŭ, part 1
Performer:	Performer: demonstrations: KKM Rādhākṛṣṇan, KKM Kṛṣṇakumār, KKM Rāma Cākyār, KKM Śivan Nampūtiri, KKM Girija, KKM Śailaja Cākyār-Kūttŭ: Paiṅkuḷam Dāmōdaran Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ?????? Tāḷam: ?????????
Duration:	about 3:06:00 h
Place / date:	Paiṅkuḷam Kūṭalāṯṯupuṟattŭ Mana, 14.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 14.1, 14.2, 14.3a
Remarks:	continuation: M7 and M8

Tape M7

Tape M7, part 1:

Title of performance:	Paiṅkuḷam Rāma Cākyār Anusmaranam 14.10.1995, part 2
Content:	Cākyār-Kūttŭ, part 2
Performer:	Performer: Cākyār-Kūttŭ: Paiṅkuḷam Dāmōdaran Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ?????? Tāḷam: ?????????
Duration:	about 3:06:00 h
Place / date:	Paiṅkuḷam Kūṭalāṯṯupuṟattŭ Mana, 14.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 14.3b, 15
Remarks:	continuation: M6 and M8

Tape M7, part 2:

Title of performance:	Paiṅkuḷam Rāma Cākyār Anusmaranam 14.10.1995, part 3
Content:	Pūtana Mōkṣam Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Performer:	Performer: Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ: Heike Moser Miḻāvŭ: ?????? Tāḷam: ?????????
Duration:	about 3:06:00 h
Place / date:	Paiṅkuḷam Kūṭalāṯṯupuṟattŭ Mana, 14.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 15
Remarks:	continuation: M6 and M8

Tape M7, part 3:

Title of performance:	Paiṅkuḷam Rāma Cākyār Anusmaranam 14.10.1995, part 4
Content:	Bālivadham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, part 1
Performer:	Performer: Sugrīvan - KMM Rāma Cākyār Bāli - KKM Śivan Nampūtiri Tārā - KKM Sōfi Śrī Rāma - KKM Ravi Lakṣmaṇa - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Hanumān - Kuṭṭappan Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ???? Tāḷam: ?????
Duration:	about ??? h
Place / date:	Paiṅkuḷam Kūṭalāṯṯupuṟattŭ Mana, 14.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 15
Remarks:	continuation: M6 and M8

Tape M8

Tape M8, part 1:

Title of performance:	Paiṅkuḷam Rāma Cākyār Anusmaranam 14.10.1995, part 5
Content:	Bālivadham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, part 2
Performer:	Performer: Sugrīvan - KMM Rāma Cākyār Bāli - KKM Śivan Nampūtiri Tārā - KKM Sōfi Śrī Rāma - KKM Ravi Lakṣmaṇa - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Hanumān - Kuṭṭappan Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ???? Tāḷam: ?????
Duration:	about 01:50:00 h
Place / date:	Paiṅkuḷam Kūṭalāṯṯupuṟattŭ Mana, 14.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 16
Remarks:	continuation: M6 and M7

Tape M8, part 2:

Title of performance:	Mantrāṅkam: Veṅṅ⁄ṟāṭṭam
Content:	Mantrāṅkam: Veṅṅ⁄ṟāṭṭam
Performer:	Performer: KKM Rāma Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ???????? Tāḷam: ?????????
Duration:	about 00:37:00 h
Place / date:	Perumanam, 16.8.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No.
Remarks:	----

Tape M9

Title of performance:	Tōraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, part 1
Content:	speech: K.G. Paulose, G. Venu Toraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, Iriññālakuṭa-troupe
Performer:	Performer: Bāli - Ammannūr Mādhava Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ?????? Tāḷam: ??????
Duration:	about 03:00:00 h
Place / date:	Govt. Sanskrit College / Tṛppūṇittuṟa, 28.12.1995
Videographer:	Rājmōhan M., Tṛppūṇittuṟa
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 18, 19
Remarks:	continuation: M10

Tape M10

Tape M10, part 1:

Title of performance:	Tōraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, part 2
Content:	Toraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, Iriññālakuṭa-troupe
Performer:	Performer: Bāli - Ammannūr Mādhava Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ?????? Tāḷam: ??????
Duration:	about 02:15:00 h
Place / date:	Govt. Sanskrit College / Tṛppūṇittuṟa, 28.12.1995
Videographer:	Rājmōhan M., Tṛppūṇittuṟa
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 20, 21
Remarks:	continuation: M9

Tape M10, part 2:

Title of performance:	Pūram
Content:	Pūram
Performer:	----
Duration:	about ????? h
Place / date:	?????
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 21
Remarks:	----

Tape M10, part 3:

Title of performance:	Kathakaḷi
Content:	Kathakaḷi
Performer:	????
Duration:	about ????? h
Place / date:	?????
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 21
Remarks:	----

Tape M11

Tape M11, part 1:

Title of performance:	Durgāvatāram Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	makeup (old style) performance of Durgāvatāram Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ (verse 40 etc.)
Performer:	Performer: Taṅkam Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: Rāmacandran Nampyār (her nephew) Tāḷam: Sarōjini Naṅṅyār (her younger sister) (Uṣa Naṅṅyār helps)
Duration:	makeup: about 00:20:00 h performance: about 00:40:00 h
Place / date:	Kiḻakkē Nampyārmaṭham (Taṅkam Naṅṅyārs home), Ēṭanāṭŭ / Āluva, 10.08.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 32
Remarks:	----

Tape M11, part 2:

Title of performance:	Bālacaritam: Sūtradhāra-Puṟappāṭŭ
Content:	Sūtradhāra-Puṟappāṭŭ
Performer:	Sūtradhāra: Ammannūr Paramēśvara Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: Nārāyaṇa Nampyār Tāḷam: Sarōjini Naṅṅyār
Duration:	about 00:05:00 h
Place / date:	Aṅṅāṭipuṟam (Kūttampalam), 26.03.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 25.1
Remarks:	just 5 minutes recorded

Tape M11, part 3:

Title of performance:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verses 1-4
Performer:	Performer: Sarōjini Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: Nārāyaṇa Nampyār Tāḷam: Kōmal Naṅṅyār ???
Duration:	about 00:15:00 h
Place / date:	Aṅṅāṭipuṟam (Kūttampalam), 27.03.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 25.2
Remarks:	just 15 minutes recorded; verse 3 omitted in the recording

Tape M11, part 4:

Title of performance:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verses 1-3 Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verses 30, 32-35 (Kṛṣṇa-Avatāram)
Performer:	Performer: Sarōjini Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: –––– Tāḷam: ––––
Duration:	verses 1-3: 00:10:25 h verses 30, 32-35: about 00:09:00 h
Place / date:	Tṛppūṇittuṟa, 31.08.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 22.1
Remarks:	with costume, without Miḻāvŭ; no light during the first part

Tape M11, part 5:

Title of performance:	Subhadra Naṅṅyār, interview and demonstrations
Content:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verse 30 Laḷita (»mā mā …«) Aṅgul⁄yāṅkam Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verse 51 Nāgānandam (just before »hanging scene«)
Performer:	Performer: Subhadra Naṅṅyār
Duration:	abou 00:08:00 h
Place / date:	Subhadra Naṅṅyārs house in Iriññālakuṭa, 23.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 22.2
Remarks:	without costume and Miḻāvŭ

Tape M11, part 6:

Title of performance:	Kuññippiḷḷakkuṭṭi Naṅṅyār, interview and demonstrations
Content:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verse 1 (»rājadhāni …«) handgesture for »yādavan« handgesture for »uṟi« (hanger for joghurtpots) Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verse 15 »candanavalli«-Akkitta Goṣṭhi-Akkitta
Performer:	Performer: Kuṅṅippiḷḷakkuṭṭi Naṅṅyār
Duration:	about 00:07:00 h
Place / date:	Kuññippiḷḷakkuṭṭi Naṅṅyārs house in Iriññālakuṭa, 30.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 22.3
Remarks:	without costume and Miḻāvŭ; confined to bed, just a few weeks before her death

Tape M11, part 7:

Title of performance:	Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	makeup (old style mixed with modern elements) costume (old style mixed with modern elements) Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verses 1, 2, 35
Performer:	Performer: Sarasvati Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: ---- Tāḷam: ----
Duration:	about 00:12:00 h
Place / date:	Sarasvati Naṅṅyārs house in Tiruvāṇkuḷam / Tṛppūṇittuṟa, 22.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 22.4
Remarks:	without costume and Miḻāvŭ; she mixes old and modern elements in her makeup and costume

Tape M11, part 8:

Title of performance:	Kuñcikkuṭṭi Naṅṅyāramma, interview and demonstrations
Content:	Cēṭi-Puṟappāṭŭ: »anatamhi« Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, verses 1-2 handgestures for »Kṛṣṇan«, »Śivan«, »Viṣṇu«, »Balabhadran«, »Kaṃsan«, »Dramiḷan« beginning of the flashback / nirvahaṇam, sitting on the stool / pīṭham Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ, Kaṃsajananam: pañcāṅgam of Śaurasēni, kāmaśaram (āṭṭaprakāram) Bhārya, adarśayat (?????????) Paṭapuṟappāṭŭ, Krīḍa and Pāṭṭŭ: only gestures (like it was done in former times) parts of Nityakriya, with Vayttāri or Akkitta
Performer:	Performer: Kuñcikkuṭṭi Naṅṅyāramma
Duration:	about 00:19:00 h
Place / date:	Kuñcikkuṭṭi Naṅṅyārammas house in Pālapuṟam / Oṯṯappālam, 19.02.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 22.5
Remarks:	without costume and Miḻāvŭ

Tape M12

Tape M12, part 1:

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam, day 1: Śrī Rāma Puṟappāṭŭ
Performer:	Śrī Rāma: Paiṅkuḷam Nārāyaṇa Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 01:45:00 h
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 07.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 26.1
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M13-M16

Tape M12, part 2:

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam, day 2: Śrī Rāma Nirvahaṇam, day 1
Performer:	Śrī Rāma: KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 01:10:00 h
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 08.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 26.2
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M13-M16

Tape M13

Tape M13, part 1:

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam, day 3: Śrī Rāma Nirvahaṇam, day 2
Performer:	Śrī Rāma: Paiṅkuḷam Nārāyaṇa Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 02:00:00 h
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 09.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 27
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M12, M14-M16

Tape M13, part 2:

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam, day 4: Śrī Rāma Nirvahaṇam, day 3
Performer:	Śrī Rāma: Paiṅkuḷam Nārāyaṇa Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 01:40:00 h
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 10.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 28
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M12, M14-M16

Tape M14

Tape M14, part 1:

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam, day 4: Śrī Rāma Nirvahaṇam, day 3
Performer:	Śrī Rāma: Paiṅkuḷam Nārāyaṇa Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 01:40:00 h
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 10.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 28
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M12-M13, M15-M16

Tape M14, part 2:

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam, day 5: Śrī Rāma Nirvahaṇam, last 2 verses Kūṭiyāṭṭam: beginning
Performer:	Śrī Rāma - Mārgi Madhu Laḷita - Uṣa Naṅṅyār Śūrpaṇakha - KKM Rāma Cākyār Lakṣmaṇa - Surēṣ (Iriññālakuṭa) Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 03:05:00 h ????
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 11.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 29
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M12-M13, M15-M16

Tape M15

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam, day 5: Śrī Rāma Nirvahaṇam, last 2 verses Kūṭiyāṭṭam: upto Laḷitas »hōdu …«
Performer:	Śrī Rāma - Mārgi Madhu Laḷita - Uṣa Naṅṅyār Śūrpaṇakha - KKM Rāma Cākyār Lakṣmaṇa - Surēṣ (Iriññālakuṭa) Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 02:31:47 h ??????
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 11.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 29 and 30
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M12-M14, M16

Tape M16

Tape M16, part 1:

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam
Content:	Kūṭiyāṭṭam: end
Performer:	Śrī Rāma - Mārgi Madhu Laḷita - Uṣa Naṅṅyār Śūrpaṇakha - KKM Rāma Cākyār Lakṣmaṇa - Surēṣ (Iriññālakuṭa) Miḻāvŭ: Kṛṣṇan Nampyār, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār, Hariharan, Rajīv Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār, Mañju
Duration:	about 02:31:47 h ??????
Place / date:	Śiva-Kṣētram / Veṅṅānallūr, 11.05.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 30
Remarks:	5 days Kūṭiyāṭṭam: 07.-11.05.1996; continuation: M12-M15

Tape M16, part 2:

Title of performance:	Jaṭāyuvadham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	Jaṭāyuvadham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, KKM-troupe
Performer:	Rāvaṇa - KKM Śivan Nampūtiri Lakṣmaṇa – KKM Sōphi Sītā - KKM Sindhu Sūtan - KKM Kanakakumār Jaṭāyu - KKM Rāma Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ??? Tāḷam: ???
Duration:	about 02:30:00 h
Place / date:	KKM-Kūttampalam, 09.11.1995 (Vaḷḷattōḷ-Jayanti)
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 17
Remarks:	first time, that a woman performs a male role: KKM Sōphi as Lakṣmaṇa

Tape M16, part 3:

Title of performance:	Bhagavadajjukam-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	KKM-version of Bhagavadajjukam, part 3: greenroom
Performer:	Performer: Śāṇḍilya (Vidūṣaka) - KMM Rāma Cākyār Ajjuka (Vasantasēna) - KKM Girija Cēṭī - KKM Śailaja Yamapuruṣan - KKM Rādhākṛṣṇan Parivrājaka (holy man) - KKM Śivan Nampūtiri Mātā? (Ajjukas mother) - KKM Sindhu Rāmilaka (Vasantasēnas lover) - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Vaidyan - KKM Kanakakumār Miḻāvŭ: ???? Tāḷam: ?????
Duration:	about 00:30:00 h (together with M4 and M5: 2:57:33 h)
Place / date:	Veda-Seminar / Tṛśśūr, 13.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 12.1
Remarks:	performance / part 1 and 2: M4 and M5

Tape M17

Title of performance:	Mantrāṅkam-Puṟappāṭŭ
Content:	Mantrāṅkam-Puṟappāṭŭ
Performer:	Vasantakan - KKM Rāma Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇa Nampyār Tāḷam: Uṣa Naṅṅyār
Duration:	about 02:03:00 h
Place / date:	Peruvanam, 17.07.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 31
Remarks:	----

Tape M18

Title of performance:	Nāgānandam-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	Nāgānandam-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, part 1 (KKM-troupe)
Performer:	Nāyakan - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Nāyika - Heike Moser / »KKM Priya« Cēṭī - KKM Girija Vidūṣaka - KKM Rāma Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ????? Tāḷam: ?????
Duration:	about 03:00:00 h
Place / date:	Regional Theatre / Tṛśśūr, 24.08.1996
Videographer:	Kuñju Vāsudēvan
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 34
Remarks:	for the first time a foreigner - Heike Moser - performs as part of the official KKM-Kūṭiyāṭṭam-troupe; continuation: M19

Tape M19

Tape M19, part 1:

Title of performance:	Nāgānandam-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	Nāgānandam-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, part 2 (KKM-troupe)
Performer:	Nāyakan - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Nāyika - Heike Moser / »KKM Priya« Cēṭī - KKM Girija Vidūṣaka - KKM Rāma Cākyār Miḻāvŭ: ????? Tāḷam: ?????
Duration:	about 00:10:00 h
Place / date:	Regional Theatre / Tṛśśūr, 24.08.1996
Videographer:	Kuñju Vāsudēvan / P.L. Śāji
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 35
Remarks:	for the first time a foreigner - Heike Moser - performs as part of the official KKM-Kūṭiyāṭṭam-troupe; continuation: M18

Tape M19, part 2:

Title of performance:	Jaṭāyuvadham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	Jaṭāyuvadham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam, KKM-junior-troupe
Performer:	Rāvaṇa - KKM Kṛṣṇakumār Jaṭāyu - KKM Kanakakumār Sūtan - KKM Sōphi Sītā - Heike Moser / »KKM Priya« Miḻāvŭ: KKM Hariharan, »Vijayan« Nārāyaṇan Nampyār Tāḷam: KKM Lata, KKM Jyōti Iṭakka: Kalānilayan Uṇṇikṛṣṇan
Duration:	about 02:40:00 h
Place / date:	Paḷuṅkil-Tempel / Kiḷḷimaṅgalam, 15.12.1996
Videographer:	Kuñju Vāsudēvan?
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 50-52
Remarks:	----

Tape M20

Tape M20, part 1:

Title of performance:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ and Kathakaḷi
Content:	introduction, speeches
speaker:	???
Duration:	???
Place / date:	Nehrucenter / Mumbāy, 07.10.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 39.1
Remarks:	continuation: M21

Tape M20, part 2:

Title of performance:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ and Kathakaḷi
Content:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Performer:	Uṣa Naṅṅyār
Duration:	???
Place / date:	Nehrucenter / Mumbāy, 07.10.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 39.2, 40
Remarks:	continuation: M21

Tape M21

Tape M21, part 1:

Title of performance:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ and Kathakaḷi
Content:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Kathakaḷi
Performer:	Mārgi Vijayakumār
Duration:	about 1:30:00 h
Place / date:	Nehrucenter / Mumbāy, 07.10.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 41, 42.1
Remarks:	continuation of: M20

Tape M21, part 2:

Title of performance:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ and Kathakaḷi
Content:	conclusion, speeches
Speaker:	???
Duration:	about 0:10:00 h?
Place / date:	Nehrucenter / Mumbāy, 07.10.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 42.2
Remarks:	continuation of: M20

Tape M22

Tape M22, part 1:

Title of performance:	Kaṃsajananam Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	verses 5-7
Performer:	Aparna Naṅṅyār
Duration:	0:45 h
Place / date:	Vaṭakkunnāthan Kūttampalam / Tṛśśūr, 05.09.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 36
Remarks:

Tape M22, part 2:

Title of performance:	Akrūragamanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Content:	Akrūragamanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Performer:	Uṣa Naṅṅyār
Duration:	about 1:55 h
Place / date:	Model English School / Ḍōmpivilli / Mumbāy, 12.10.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 43, 44
Remarks:

Tape M23

Tape M23, part 1:

Title of performance:	Ugrasēnabandhanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Content:	Ugrasēnabandhanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Performer:	KKM Sōfi
Duration:	1:10:08 h
Place / date:	Kalyān / Mumbāy, 13.10.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 45
Remarks:

Tape M23, part 2:

Title of performance:	Vṛndāvanavarṇṇanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Content:	Vṛndāvanavarṇṇanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Performer:	KKM Sōfi
Duration:	???
Place / date:	Kalyān / Mumbāy, 14.10.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 46
Remarks:

Tape M24

Tape M24, part 1:

Title of performance:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Performer:	Girija
Duration:	1:26 h
Place / date:	Vēṅṅēri / Oṯṯappālam, 28.09.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 8, 9
Remarks:

Tape M24, part 2:

Title of performance:	Vṛndāvanavarṇṇanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Content:	Vṛndāvanavarṇṇanam Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Performer:	KKM Girija, Tāḷam: Priya-Heike, Uṣa Ratnam
Duration:	1:13 h
Place / date:	Tīrtthapādamaṇḍapam / Tiruvanantapuram, 23.10.1996
Videographer:	Shaji
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 48
Remarks:	Part II: Performance Girija

Tape M25

Title of performance:	Svapnāṅkam
Content:	Svapnavāsavadatta
Performer:	Māṇi Mādhava Cākyār Gurukulam Udayana – Māṇi Dāmōdaran Cākyār Vidūṣaka – P. K. Gopi Nampyār Vasavadattā – Jayanti [P. K. N. Nampyār's daughter] Cēṭī – Jyōti Mukundan [P. K. G. Nampyār's daughter] Tāḷam: Amminnikuṭṭi Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: P. K. Nārāyaṇan Nampyār u. Sohn
Duration:	2:57 h
Place / date:	Int. Conference on Sanskrit and Culture / Town Hall / Tṛśśūr, 12.01.1997
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 53
Remarks:

Tape M26

Title of performance:	Toraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	Toraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Performer:	KKM-Troup Rāvaṇan – Rāma Cākyār Śaṅkukarṇan – Śivan Nampūtiri Vijaya – Sōfi
Duration:	about 3:30 h
Place / date:	Paḷuṅkil-Tempel / Kiḷḷimaṅgalam, 11.2.1997
Videographer:	Manu
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 54
Remarks:

Tape M27

Tape M27, part 1:

Title of performance:	Toraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	Toraṇayuddham-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Performer:	KKM-Troup
Duration:	1:29 h
Place / date:	Paḷuṅkil-Tempel / Kiḷḷimaṅgalam, 11.02.1997
Videographer:	Manu
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 55
Remarks:	Part II

Tape M27, part 2:

Title of performance:	Toraṇayuddham
Content:	Śaṅkukarṇan-Puṟappāṭŭ
Performer:	Ammannūr Nārāyaṇan Cākyār Tāḷam: Aparna and Uṣa Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: Nārāyaṇan u. Kṛṣṇan Nampyār
Duration:	0:36 h
Place / date:	Vaṭakkunnāthan-Kūttampalam / Tṛśśūr, 03.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 11.1
Remarks:	Toraṇayuddham-Cycle: 03.-08.10.1995; performer is about 15 years old; recording was stopped, because Venu demanded 1000 Rs/night; bad recording, no light

Tape M27, part 3:

Title of performance:	Toraṇayuddham
Content:	Śaṅkukarṇan-Puṟappāṭŭ
Performer:	Ammannūr Nārāyaṇan Cākyār Tāḷam: Aparna and Uṣa Naṅṅyār Miḻāvŭ: Nārāyaṇan u. Kṛṣṇan Nampyār
Duration:	0:05 h
Place / date:	Vaṭakkunnāthan-Kūttampalam / Tṛśśūr, 05.10.1995
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 11.2
Remarks:	Toraṇayuddham-Cycle: 03.-08.10.1995; performer is about 15 years old; recording was stopped, because Venu demanded 1000 Rs/night; bad recording, no light

Tape M28

Title of performance:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Content:	Śūrpaṇakhāṅkam-Kūṭiyāṭṭam
Performer:	KKM-Troup Laḷita – Girija Śrī Rāma – Kṛṣṇakumār Lakṣmaṇa – Kanakakumār Sītā – Sindhu Śūrpaṇakha – Śivan Nampūtiri Miḻāvŭ: Hariharan, Vijayan Iṭaykka: Uṇṇikṛṣṇan Tāḷam: Sofi, Heike-Priya Commentary: Nārāyaṇan, Girija
Duration:	about 3:00 h
Place / date:	Saṃskṛta Samēlanam / High School / Vaḷāṅcēri, 27.02.1997
Videographer:	H. Brückner
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 56
Remarks:

Tape M29

Tape M29, part 1:

Title of performance:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Content:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār-Kūttŭ
Performer:	Śailaja
Duration:	1:30 h
Place / date:	Mammyūr-Tempel / Guruvāyūr, 15.03.1996
Videographer:	Heike Moser
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 24
Remarks:	Organised by Kūṭ.-Center Tṛppūṇittuṟa / P. T. K. Mēnōn

Tape M29, part 2:

Title of performance:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Content:	Pūtana Mōkṣam: Naṅṅyār Kūttŭ
Performer:	Heike-Priya Tāḷam: Lata, Jyōti Miḻāvŭ: Uṇṇikṛṣṇan Nampyār, Harīṣ Nampyār Iṭaykka: Kuṅcu Vāsudēvan
Duration:	1:39 h
Place / date:	Cuḍuvālattūr Śivakṣētram / Íorṇūr, 07.03.1997 (Śivarātri)
Videographer:	Manu
Original / copy of:	Hi8 Moser No. 57
Remarks:

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