Velayudhan Sambasivan (4 July 1929 – 23 April 1996) was a famous "Kadhaprasangam" artist of Kerala, India. He was born on 4 July 1929 in Chavara Thekkumbhagom in Kollam district, as the eldest son of Meloottu Velayudhan and Sarada. He had seven siblings. After schooling in his native village he joined Sree Narayana College, Kollam for higher studies where he was associated with the Communist Party of India and its student wing AISF. His gift for singing and acting earned him the name of an artist very early in his life. He started his career as a teacher but quit the job to become a full-time artiste. With his inimitable style in story-telling, he soon became one of the most popular artists of Kerala with immense mass appeal. He presented more than 50 stories on stage including Shakespeare's Othello^[1] and Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.^[2] Being a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) he was arrested and imprisoned in 1975, during the Indian Emergency declared by the then regime headed by Indira Gandhi. He died of lung cancer on 23 April 1996, aged 67.

V. Sambasivan received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship in 1980.^[3] He has acted in a feature film 'Pallamkuzhi' and in a documentary on poet Kumaran Asan.^[4]

V. Sambasivan was married to Subhadra. His eldest son Vasantakumar Sambashivan , a Professor of Chemistry at Sree Narayana College, Kollam follows his father's way.^[5] Other than Vasanthakumar, he has three more sons named Prasanth, Jinaraj and Jesus, and a daughter named Aishwarya. Mrs. Subhadra Sambasivan died on 20 February 2021 aged 80.His house still contain valuable memmories and his works. Also his office is still maintained in the same style. His famous songs was

                      "Pushpitha Jeevithavadiyilo
                      -rapsara Sundariyananeesia" from Aneesia
                      
                

                       "Chumbichu ninne njan 
                        Nigrahichu Omane"     from Othello and more on.

Discography

1. Devatha (1949)
2. Kochuseetha (1949)
3. Magdalanamariyam (1950)
4. Vazhakkula (1951)
5. Vathsala (1951)
6. Bharathastreekalthan Bhavashudhi (1952)
7. Aayisha (1953) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTuB_p5aKyg&list=OLAK5uy_njAdMmWzaVGrG5DcojovYQErEZej7Yxu0
8. Tharavadinte Manam (1953) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oalJ9y_Vzs8&list=OLAK5uy_lN9BUhT62fIAx26WzZ3r-BKiGXWLMdEfE
9. Puthankalavum Arivalum (1954)
10. Rani (1955)
11. Pattunoolum Vazhanarum (1956)
12. Kudiozhikkal (1957)
13. Premashilpi (1958)
14. Thara (1959)
15. Pareekshanam (1960)
16. Pulliman (1961)
17. Chandanakattil (1962)
18. Aneesya (1963) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNvas7fG8f8&list=OLAK5uy_my1h1w5VGXmmbO31iOq_etCMABekAoxCM
19. Othello (1964) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apHR6bSK9lk&list=OLAK5uy_nU-b1ZtJKEFU4Z1JvmRYQAipRE9qQRNI0
20. Antigone (1965)
21. Kakkathampurati (1966)
22. Melangi (1967)
23. Annakarenina (1968)
24. Romeo & Juliet (1969)
25. Uyirthezhunelppu (1970)
26. Don shanthamayi ozhukunnu (1971)
27. Hena (1972)
28. Kumaranasan (1973) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-bUYZ7DJBc&list=OLAK5uy_n_OfZSDVqI_TZZ_3vJidNNaImd6m85_NQ
29. Vilakk Vangam (1974)
30. Nellinte Geetham (1975)
31. Irupatham Noottandu(1976) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Aa_E8ut3ow&list=OLAK5uy_l6Yomlxa6RZemtPZ0AhLTAdWLI6_VoG3o
32. Sree Narayana Gurudevan (1976)
33. Nallabhoomi (1977)
34. Rainbow (1978)
35. Samkranthi (1979)
36. Ghost (1980)
37. Yanthram (1981) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZK2ii2cGW4&list=OLAK5uy_n338Uc01cvOoZUB6je872Nn0avuIWAGE8
38. Cleopatra (1982)
39. Karamazov Sahodaranamar (1983)
40. Devalokam (1984)
41. Prathi (1985)
42. Divyatheertham (1986) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUUrRIx8D7s&list=OLAK5uy_nxqbY1hKhMovnvjSM0KQw4dDwMYmG5Zsg
43. Sanatta (1986) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7cbqzx1azs&list=OLAK5uy_m3nd0TJd_qmk8qRO3oli7vRc0vTmk8HEM
44. Deshasnehi (1987)Audio -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BxcOILoV80&list=OLAK5uy_lYdmhgPnC54Amufcw6DKYUP95Tz_sEbtM
45. Artham (1988) AUDIO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BxcOILoV80&list=OLAK5uy_lYdmhgPnC54Amufcw6DKYUP95Tz_sEbtM
46. Vyasanum Marxum (1989)
47. Labham Labham (1990) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwMRbhzTdSw&list=OLAK5uy_nKlAsTFGcdxtB9zo_zJI-sT49zZd7W3Jg
48. 1857 (1990) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfDBfOxWdTE&list=OLAK5uy_k3CfnBH5eELsJSM3We-Etlcj5d_vc-0go
49. Z (1991)Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xatUwUbMT1U&list=OLAK5uy_kJ4B89Low7pqoSuhhHXBPG2cbmBlxlq1U
50. Jalasechanam (1991)
51. Kuttavum Shikshayum (1992) Audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB9TYCjz0kA&list=OLAK5uy_np8GbxOwFpzyzZTl0uWIx1SPcyyiB0Mxw
52. Siddhartha (1993) Audio -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL_nsXQHX7c&list=OLAK5uy_mY86_R7aenS0BCFRqaeZoSvYgggALQAaI
53. Pathivrethayude Kamukan (1994) Audio -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir4jmh0AEIE&list=OLAK5uy_kdLuhJXr1T3bULHCBG2oXwYO11RxA22B4
54. Ezhu Nimishangal (1995)

Sambasivan's last stage performance was on 7 March 1996, Pankulam Madan Nada temple, Attingal where he performed "Ezhu Nimishangal".

Troup

Sambashivan's "Kadhaprasangam" troup consisted of six members including him. Kochi Rajappan (Thabalist) , Kadavoor Madhu and Venmony Vijayakumar (Harmonist) Changanassery Rajan, Babu and Yousef and more on . He and his troup travelled across various contries and covered more than thousand stages.

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