Bhasi Pulingara
Bhasi is a professional Kathakali actor based in Kerala, India.
In the early years he first had training in Bharathanatyam and
Mohiniyattam. From 1979-1986 he had intensive training in Kathakali
under the great teacher and performer or Kathakali the late
Keezhmadam Kumaran nair and his students in the Gandhi Seva
Sadanam, Kathakali Academy of Kerala.
He has been performing Kathakali since his training and is not
recognized as one of the top actors of his generation. He has
performed all over India and also conducted many workshops. Since
1990 he has performed Kathakali at various festivals in Singapore,
Edinburg, Portugal, London, Berlin, Munich, Bremen, Switzerland,
Hungary, Japan, and South Korea. He performed King Lear Kathakali
at the Glove in London in 1999. He worked as an actor-dancer in
various productions of Annette Leday of Paris, and toured many
countries.