Rajkamal Talkies, Chirakkuni - Revision history

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‎See also

Pdewan: /* Students set up own comapnies */

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‎Students set up own comapnies

Pdewan: /* Students set up own comapnies */

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‎Students set up own comapnies

Pdewan: /* Unpaid salaries */

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‎Unpaid salaries

Pdewan at 22:29, 26 December 2014

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Pdewan: /* Sources */

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‎Sources

Pdewan: /* Exit from poverty */

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‎Exit from poverty

Pdewan: /* Circus training school in Chirakkara */

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‎Circus training school in Chirakkara

Pdewan at 20:53, 26 December 2014

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 Prema, an artist with Jumbo Circus for 25 years [1960-85] and who hails from Thalassery, says, "  I had started my circus career when I was 10 years old. It was in 1960. My father was sick and mother died in 1966. The one and only motive for me in life was to find out a way to get out of poverty. In early days, we had to sign a five-year agreement with circus managers before joining his company. We have already suffered a lot of hardships and I would never force my children to take a circus career. Now, my daughter is studying for graduation and my son is working in  the Army. However, I can’t forget our pure relations and disciplined atmosphere in the circus camp. We learnt the lessons of warm affection and pure love through our companions. Still we keep those relations. I got all my wealth, house etc through the circus career.”
 ==Students set up own comapnies==
-Some of Kunhikannan's students joined the Great Indian Circus, others set up circuses themselves — Malabar Grand, Grand Fairy and so on.  Whiteway Circus, Fairy Circus, Great Rayman Circus, Gemini Circus, Great Bombay Circus, Jumbo Circus and the Great Lion Circus: all of them recruited from Thalassery and nearby villages [http://www.bywaystar.com/2012/03/the-greatest-show/#sthash.xFm9bbxW.dpuf ByWayStar]
+Some of Kunhikannan's students joined the Great Indian Circus, others set up circuses themselves — Malabar Grand, Grand Fairy and so on.  Whiteway Circus, Fairy Circus, Great Rayman Circus, Gemini Circus, Great Bombay Circus, Jumbo Circus and the Great Lion Circus: all of them were either started by alumni or recruited from Thalassery and nearby villages or were both. ([http://www.bywaystar.com/2012/03/the-greatest-show/#sthash.xFm9bbxW.dpuf ByWayStar])
 Kamala Three Ring Circus needs a special mention here as what started humble went on to become a giant American-style six-pole three-ring circus, first of its kind in Asia. It is not without reason that Kunhikannan is called as the '''Father of Indian Circus,''' many of his students (Eg: Kannan Bombayo) gained international fame apart from becoming entrepreneurs.

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 Prema, an artist with Jumbo Circus for 25 years [1960-85] and who hails from Thalassery, says, "  I had started my circus career when I was 10 years old. It was in 1960. My father was sick and mother died in 1966. The one and only motive for me in life was to find out a way to get out of poverty. In early days, we had to sign a five-year agreement with circus managers before joining his company. We have already suffered a lot of hardships and I would never force my children to take a circus career. Now, my daughter is studying for graduation and my son is working in  the Army. However, I can’t forget our pure relations and disciplined atmosphere in the circus camp. We learnt the lessons of warm affection and pure love through our companions. Still we keep those relations. I got all my wealth, house etc through the circus career.”
 ==Students set up own comapnies==
-Some of Kunhikannan's students joined the Great Indian Circus, others set up circuses themselves — Malabar Grand, Grand Fairy and so on. All of them recruited from Thalassery and nearby villages"
+Some of Kunhikannan's students joined the Great Indian Circus, others set up circuses themselves — Malabar Grand, Grand Fairy and so on.  Whiteway Circus, Fairy Circus, Great Rayman Circus, Gemini Circus, Great Bombay Circus, Jumbo Circus and the Great Lion Circus: all of them recruited from Thalassery and nearby villages [http://www.bywaystar.com/2012/03/the-greatest-show/#sthash.xFm9bbxW.dpuf ByWayStar]
 Kamala Three Ring Circus needs a special mention here as what started humble went on to become a giant American-style six-pole three-ring circus, first of its kind in Asia. It is not without reason that Kunhikannan is called as the '''Father of Indian Circus,''' many of his students (Eg: Kannan Bombayo) gained international fame apart from becoming entrepreneurs.

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	==Unpaid salaries==		==Unpaid salaries==
	A former circus artiste and the only instructor at the academy, says that salaries haven't been paid for the past 16 months. Fed up, two of his colleagues left. "How can you groom children without any equipment and just one instructor?" he asks.		A former circus artiste and the only instructor at the academy, says that salaries haven't been paid for the past 16 months. Fed up, two of his colleagues left. "How can you groom children without any equipment and just one instructor?" he asks.
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		+	[[Keeleri Kunhikannan]]
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		+	[[Rajkamal Talkies, Chirakkuni]]
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		+	[[Vishnu Pant Chhatre]]

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 The roots of the circus in Thalassery run deep.
-Circus historian Champad says, "In 1887, Chhatre's circus stopped at Thalassery. Keeleri Kunhikannan, a gymnastics instructor at the Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi School, watched Chhatre's show and with his help set up a circus academy in Thalassery.
+Circus historian Champad says, "In 1887, Chhatre's circus stopped at Thalassery. [[Keeleri Kunhikannan]], a gymnastics instructor at the Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi School, watched Chhatre's show and with his help set up a circus academy in Thalassery.
 This south Indian coastal town, which still bears symbols of the British colonial rule, is chosen since the region has produced most the Indian circus artistes for over a century.
-Thalassery churned out some of India's finest acrobats, jugglers and trapeze artists. There is a reason for this. The town was a British outpost and saw circus shows much before the rest of India. Great Indian Circus, set up in Bombay in 1880 by an enthusiast, [[Vishnu Pant Chhatre]], had travelled to Thalassery. The pioneer met Keeleri Kunhikannan, a gym instructor and kalaripayattu wizard, at the local Basel Evangelical Mission School and was impressed by his skills.
+Thalassery churned out some of India's finest acrobats, jugglers and trapeze artists. There is a reason for this. The town was a British outpost and saw circus shows much before the rest of India. Great Indian Circus, set up in Bombay in 1880 by an enthusiast, [[Vishnu Pant Chhatre]], had travelled to Thalassery. The pioneer met [[Keeleri Kunhikannan]] Master, a gym instructor and kalaripayattu wizard, at the local Basel Evangelical Mission School and was impressed by his skills.
 Keeleri Kunhikkannan, a gymnast and martial art expert who lived in Thalassery in early 20th century, is considered as the father of Kerala circus.

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	[http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&channelId=-1073865028&contentId=15193636&catId=-208381&BV_ID=@@@ Nitha S V, Manorama Online] October 9, 2013		[http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&channelId=-1073865028&contentId=15193636&catId=-208381&BV_ID=@@@ Nitha S V, Manorama Online] October 9, 2013
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		+	vi) Preetha Kadhir, '''A brief history of the Indian circus, ''' [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/a-brief-history-of-the-indian-circus/article4327096.ece ''The Hindu'']

	=The Circus Academy=		=The Circus Academy=

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 Prema, an artist with Jumbo Circus for 25 years [1960-85] and who hails from Thalassery, says, "  I had started my circus career when I was 10 years old. It was in 1960. My father was sick and mother died in 1966. The one and only motive for me in life was to find out a way to get out of poverty. In early days, we had to sign a five-year agreement with circus managers before joining his company. We have already suffered a lot of hardships and I would never force my children to take a circus career. Now, my daughter is studying for graduation and my son is working in  the Army. However, I can’t forget our pure relations and disciplined atmosphere in the circus camp. We learnt the lessons of warm affection and pure love through our companions. Still we keep those relations. I got all my wealth, house etc through the circus career.”
-Some of Kunhikannan's students joined the Great Indian Circus, others set up circuses themselves — Malabar Grand, Grand Fairy and so on. All of them recruited from Thalassery and nearby villages" .
+Kamala Three Ring Circus needs a special mention here as what started humble went on to become a giant American-style six-pole three-ring circus, first of its kind in Asia. It is not without reason that Kunhikannan is called as the '''Father of Indian Circus,''' many of his students (Eg: Kannan Bombayo) gained international fame apart from becoming entrepreneurs.
 By the '40s and '50s, Thalassery had become the circus capital of the country. "Of the 50 or so circuses in India then, 40 were from this area. Ninety per cent of all circus artistes in India were from here," says Champad. Even now, Thalassery is home to a majority of India's circus companies. "Of the 10 or 12 major circuses in India, seven are based in the Thalassery-Kannur belt," says Champad.

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 Keeleri Kunhikkannan, a gymnast and martial art expert who lived in Thalassery in early 20th century, is considered as the father of Kerala circus.
-==Circus training school in Chirakkara==
+==Circus training school in Chirakkara, near Kollam==
-[[Vishnu Pant Chhatre]] and Kunhikkannan set up a circus school in Thalassery in 1888 and over the next century or so it went on to produce some of India's most prized artists. {[http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&channelId=-1073865028&contentId=15193636&catId=-208381&BV_ID=@@@  Nitha S V,  Manorama Online]  gives the year when the school was set up as 1901.)
+[[Vishnu Pant Chhatre]] and Kunhikkannan, a martial arts teacher,  set up a circus school in Thalassery [Tellicherry] in 1888 and over the next century or so it went on to produce some of India's most prized artists. {[http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&channelId=-1073865028&contentId=15193636&catId=-208381&BV_ID=@@@  Nitha S V,  Manorama Online] and [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/a-brief-history-of-the-indian-circus/article4327096.ece ''The Hindu''] give the year when the school was set up as 1901.)
 Prominent among the first students of the school were Pariyali Kannan, Irimban Kannari, Kunnath Yeshoda and Vendi Madhavi. There started the glory of Kerala circus.
 ==Exit from poverty==
 In the olden times, there was a basic reason to join a circus- other than being a means to earn one's bread, circus was a refuge for those who had lost the colours of their life or to whom life was exceptionally harsh.

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		+	v) ''' Circus - down, but not out '''
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		+	[http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&channelId=-1073865028&contentId=15193636&catId=-208381&BV_ID=@@@ Nitha S V, Manorama Online] October 9, 2013

	=The Circus Academy=		=The Circus Academy=