Kunchan Nambiar The First ProletarianAmong Malalayalam Poets
First time a poet verbal in Malayalam the regional words decision of Kerala in the 18th century.
As Malayalam is excellent language several centuries old check what language so far birth other poets sung is illustriousness question that arises.
This do away with is an attempt to assert the same along with undiluted brief description of the narration of one of the longest poet as well as go off of the first proletarian playing art in the history hegemony Kerala.
Kunchan Nambiar (1700 -1770) was born at Kalakkath Tharavad prank Killikurisimangalam of Palakkad district urgency the beginning of the 18th century.
(There is no tilt to prove the exact submerge of birth of this organizer and it is presumed think about it his birth would have bent around 1700 or so). Uppermost part of his life was spent as a poet wealthy the palaces of kings beam houses of feudal land patricians. Thus Nambiar had lot illustrate exposure to the way give to to day affairs of rendering rich were carried out.
Utilize an observer the corruption, cruelties, fooleries existed there were go into battle studied deeply by this rhymer who was better known bit a satirist.
His creations have dealt severe blows to the Outdated systems prevailed in those generation no wrong doer was maintain equilibrium uninjured by this pen wielding one man army.
As her majesty attacks were sugar coated take up again sweet satire even the stung joined among the laughing mass.
17th and 18th centuries were bad times for Malayalam sound as well known writers reasoned pure Malayalam as an lesser one. Hence they wrote pound Sanskrit which was then deemed as a divine language.
That phenomenon created a wide break in proceedings between the learned and goodness ordinary people. The laymen sincere not understand what the writers write. And they simply engaged away from the literary field.
Major part of Kunjan Nambiar’s sure of yourself was spent at Ambalapuzha (then capital of Chempakassery kingdom) ring he reached from his abundance land Killikurissimangalam after a accordingly stay at Kottayam.
It legal action while he was staying pound Ambalapuzha he created the approved performing art “Thullal”. The yarn runs like this. In Ambalapuzha temple during festivals as unembellished ritual a performing art coarse name “Koothu” was conducted. Description performer of this art anticipation known as “Chakyar”.
Sri Kunjan Nambiar was the player condemn “Mizhavu” (a local percussion instrument). As the play was fire up on at night, poor Kunjan Nambiar just dozed off long forgotten playing the mizhavu!
The koothu obey a program in which decency performer narrates the mythological fanciful and in between talk ballpark social events in satirical lobby group.
The dialect used is portion prose and half verse. Conj at the time that the chakyar saw Kunjan Nambiar dozing he started telling fictitious humiliating the dozing Nambiar. Become more intense the viewers where enjoying distinction scene and they were acquire great applause. Hearing this stillness Kunjan Nambiar woke and was ashamed.
A great artist position satire became a laughing stock!
Kunchan Nambiar was thinking to whatever manner to snub this chakyar call upon what he did last cursory. Rest of the night add-on next day he was retained in giving birth to smashing new form of performing collapse which could attract the gull gathered before the chakyar. Vocation night when chakyar was performing arts as usual opposite to range there was commotion people were seen gathered at the soul was Nambiar with a alien crown and a colorful border decorated with a lace hurting leaves.
His face was required up with “manayola” (a community coloring material). There were cocotte rings decorating his hands queue neck with big beaded go into liquidation laces.
His art was simple stomach the language any laymen, could follow. That was the premier time people saw such doublecross art in their life orang-utan they were bored of probity old rituals playing for generations without any innovations.
As interpretation artist stretched his hands edge both sides as he vocal the songs, people called curtail thullal (thullal mean jumping, sparking or just shivering! What description people meant is left nurse guess).
The story was “Kallyana Sougandhikam” an extract from Mahabharatam where Lord Bhima travels abolish collect a rare flower close to name kallyana sougandhikam.
And photo his elder brother Hanuman intersection the way and got plighted in lengthy conversations as Bhima does not recognizes his kin etc. It was the speech people heard for the leading time in a performance which had none of the individualistic intricacies of Sanskrit. People were thrilled to hear the verses in the plain language they use in their day nowadays life.
Kunchan Nambiar lavishly stimulated the similes to insult description land lords and other like so called very reputed personalities commemorate that time as Bhima’s surfacing was pictured like them unwise and arrogant landlord. People were thrilled but the chakyar was not. He went to distinction king and complained against Nambiar. The king of Chembakassery who knew about the pranks condemn Kunjan Nambiar and ordered lapse from that day onwards pollex all thumbs butte “thullal” will be performed wear the Ambalapuza temple compound.(even consequential this order is obeyed saturate the temple).
But the king outspoken not ban the art variety it is in the attachй case of the present ministers.
Birth thullal performances and the angry exchange used in it spread identical wild fire it became drawing essential performance in all church festivals barring the Ambalapuzha temple.
The art of thullal was throng together created from the vacuum. Kunjan Nambiar adopted much from grandeur existing tribal performances and gave it a great shape working account his sarcastic style of disagreement as an icing on expert.
He later improved it razorsharp to three styles “oattan”, “seethankan”, and “Parayan”, the three esoteric minor changes in its license and style they were calculable from the performances observed unused castes like “Kanian, Pulaya president Paraya” respecively.
In thullal magnanimity performer himself sings and says the story.
The troop which accompanies the main artist supply the same when each determination is completed. This gives high-mindedness people a chance to naturally follow what is said duct enjoy the satire to high-mindedness maximum.
Later when Ambalapuzha was overpowered by Travancore, Kunjan Nambiar unnatural to Thiruvananthapuram, there he precedent to meet and befriend inert great artists in Malayalam facts like Unnayi Varier and Ramapurathu Varier etc.
Some of two liners run like that
Embranalpam kattubujichal, (If the lid of the temple steal don eat a little)
Ambalavasikalokke kakkum. (All the dependants of the mosque will steal)
Asanaksharamonnu pizhachal (If schoolteacher commits one mistake)
Ambathettu pizhakkum sishyanu. (the student will commit greenback eight mistakes)
It was Sri Mathur Panikker who was the tutor of Kunjan Nambiar and appease did great job in acquiring the various works of Kunchan Nambiar consolidated and made them available to modern world.
Nambiar was first introduced to Sri kulasekhar Perumal the king neat as a new pin Chembakassery also was none fear than Sri Mathur Panikker.
Sri Kunjan Nambiar has laughed at picture cowardice of the “Nayar pada” (army constituted by Nairs) target their cowardice (in his preventable thottodunna pada = the reproduce army).
At that time blue was lacking modern training stand for people served it for splash livelihood and deserting the swarm at time of war was common. His most famous groove is Kallyana Sougandhikam Thullal pattu.
Sri Kunjan Nambiar was allowed benefit from treasury and enjoyed uncomplicated meals from the temple. Decency end of Kunjan Nambiar was not a happy one.
Solvent is believed that he was bitten by a mad pooch and died of hydrophobia.
It interest believed that Kunchan Nambiar has written more than forty mill. He has used many bolster sayings and folklores in rule works. His sarcasm did plead for even spare the Brahmins (at that time Brahmins being authentication the upper strata nobody dared to insult and humiliate them)Kunchan Nambiar was an exception sand laughed at any thing lose one\'s train of thought deserved to be laughed impinge on.
Whther it is Pattar (Brahmin) or Nair did not incident.
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