Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar

Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar is well known  Kutiyattam artist from Thrissur, Kerala, India. He was trained under his grand uncle Padmabhushan Dr. Guru Ammannur Madhava Chakyar. for Fifteen years at Ammannur Gurukulam with the Scholarship from Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.

After the systematic training under his Guru, he is capable to present different characters with subtle Satwika Abhinaya. He widely performing and teaching in India and Abroad.

Notable roles

 * Ashwatthama in Urubhangam directed by G Venu of Natanakairali
 * Kali in Nala-Damayanthi
 * Ravana in Thoranayudham  Kūțiyāțțam (Kailasodharanam and Parvathiviraham)
 * Parasurāma in Parasurāmavijayam  directed by himself
 * Bali and Sugreeva in Balivadham Kūțiyāțțam
 * Ravana and Jatayu in Jatayuvadham Kūțiyāțțam
 * Shurpanakha with Ninam
 * Vidūshaka Roles in different Kūțiyāțțam

Reception
VR Prabodhachandran Nayar from The Hindu remarked "Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar enacted these events convincingly and with attention to fine detail such as Kali’s suffering in the scorching summer and the first drop of rain falling on his body."