DOCTOR WHO IS A DANCER AND A MUSICIAN
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| Dr.Gopalakrishna Pillai, police surgeon, Medical College, Pariyaram, Kannur 670502 |
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While
studying for MBBS, he was considered the ‘nightmare of lady dancers’
at Inter-Medical College Youth Festivals.
For he would compete with them and win laurels in dancing.
And
now as police surgeon in Pariyaram Medical College, Dr.Gopalakrishna
Pillai devotes equal attention to his profession and arts.
Dancing
is not the only art that he excels in.
While studying for M.D at Thiruvananthapuram, he learned veena,
became proficient in it and later became guru for other aspirants.
His disciple Sandya Gopalakrishnan won the 1st prize in
veena in the State School Youth Festival two years ago.
Nor
is he behind in academic brilliance.
He was the only 1st class holder in his school for SSLC.
This post-graduate doctor recently devoted 3 years of his evenings
to the study of law at the School of Legal Court, M.G.University. When the results of the L.L.B exams were announced, he had
won the 1st rank with distinction.
As
a school student he started learning classical music under C.K.Velukkutty
Nair. Simultaneously he
started learning folk dance. While his fathe was skeptical about his 9th
sibiling’s interests, his mother encouraged him.
His
days of MBBS studies during 1974-79 were highly productive.
During this time he learned Kathakali under Kannur Narayanan
Master, veena under Alappuzha Amminiamma and classical music under Janaki
Hariharan, retired Principal of Music College.
It was during these years that he won numerous prizes in dance,
music, Kathakali, mimicry, drama, fancy dress and tableau and became the
‘nightmare’ of the lady dancers.
In
the midst of his artistic pursuits, Dr.Pillai finds time to keep abreast o
the latest knowledge in forensic medicine.
Courtesy: K.K.Surendran, Kerala Kaumudi, November 23, 1997
Contributed by: Administrator
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