‘Nokkuvidya Pavakali’s’ lone practitioner
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April 28, 2021 12:15 IST
A documentary film that puts the spotlight on the form of puppet theatre in Kerala that has only one practitioner left
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Moozhikkal Pankajakshi with her granddaughter Renjini KS
| Photo Credit: Praveen Elayi
A documentary film that puts the spotlight on the form of puppet theatre in Kerala that has only one practitioner left
Freelance journalist-filmmaker Reshmi Radhakrishnan first heard about
Nokkuvdiya Pavakkali, a form of puppet theatre, in 2017. “What was even more shocking or surprising was, Monipally, where the practitioners live, is barely 15-odd kilometres from my hometown, Ramapuram, in Kottayam district. And I had not heard about it,” she says. Curious, she travelled to Monipally to visit one of the last two surviving practitioners of the art form: Moozhikkal Pankajakshi.