Kalamandalam K. G. Vasudevan Nair

Kalamandalam K.G. Vasudevan Nair is a Kathakali dancer from Kerala in India. He is a recipient of Kerala Kalamandalam Award, Takazhi Kunju Kurup Fellowship by Kerala Kalamandalam, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by Sangeet Natak Akademi, Government of India.

Biography Kalamandalam Kombil Gopalan Vasudevan Nair was born in 1937 in the Keerikkad in present-day Alappuzha district in Kerala. Vasudevan Nair began his Kathakali training at a very early age under Kathakali guru Evoor Raghavan Pillai, who lived in his neighborhood. At the age of 11, he made his debut as Krishna in Gurudakshina at the Evur Sree Krishna Temple. Later, he started playing small roles with Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, Chengannur Raman Pillai, Mankulam Krishnan Namboothiri, Haripad Ramakrishnan, and Chennithala Chellappan Pillai. He received the Takazhi Kunju Kurup Fellowship by the Kerala Kalamandalam in January 2025. In 2025 June, he received the Madhavapriya Award 2025, instituted by the Thiruvilvamala Ivarmatham Madhav Warrior Memorial Trust in memory of Pampady Ivarmatham Madhav Warrior.