Margi Vijayakumar

{{Short description|Indian Kathakali performer}}

{{BLP sources|date = January 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Margi Vijayakumar

| image = Margi-Vijayakumar.jpg

| image_size = 225px

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| caption = Margi Vijayakumar at Margi, Thiruvananthapuram on 16 June 2009.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|05|30}}

| birth_place = Thonnakkal, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

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| nationality = Indian

| other_names = Margi Vijayakumar

| known_for =

| occupation = Kathakali Actor, Actor

}}

Margi Vijayakumar is a Kathakali artist who has specialised in female roles in the classical dance-drama from Kerala, south India.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/artists/vijayakumar.htm|title=Kathakali Artists – Margi Vijayakumar}} A disciple of the late Padma Shri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, he has gained name in his poised handling of Purana characters like Damayanti, Panchali, Mohini and Kunti, mostly opposite star dancer Kalamandalam Gopi.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}

The 1960-born Vijayakumar, a native of Thonnakkal in Thiruvananthapuram district, was initially trained under Thonnakkal Peethambaran, Inchakkattu Ramachandran Pillai, and Mankulam Vishnu Namboodiri.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}} Equally at ease with choreographically dense roles and those that more profile the Kathakali character, many buffs consider Vijayakumar as a legitimate successor to septuagenarian Kottakkal Sivaraman. Vijayakumar lives in Kudavoor near Thiruvananthapuram.{{Cite web|url=http://www.narthaki.com/kathakali/ktkl1b.htm|title = Kathakali Artistes in Kerala, India}}