Deputy Registrar of the Kalamandalam, V Kaladharan is also an art critic. He has edited and published an anthology of authoritative essays on ten living legends in Kerala’s classical arts named ‘Natyavedathile Prathapamudrakal’ and its English version titled ‘Proud Imprints of Natyaveda’. Malayalamudra’, a brief study of all the classical audio-visual art forms of Kerala is his other work. His articles on Indian performing arts and literature regularly appeared in the Indian Express and Mathrubumi. Besides contributing occasionally to weeklies, magazines and journals, many articles on arts are published in the Friday Page of ‘The Hindu.’