Acting in Malayalam
Acting on stage or screen is നടനം (nadanam) in Malayalam, a word that also takes in dancing, since the classical arts treat the two together. Reviews and film talk use it freely. The related compound for training in acting is built on the word abhinaya.
Most common translation
Acting, dancing.
അവളുടെ നടനം എല്ലാവരും അഭിനന്ദിച്ചു.
avalude nadanam ellaavarum abhinandhichu.
Everyone praised her dancing.
All Malayalam words for “acting”
- നടനം (nadanam) — Acting, dancing.
- നാട്യം (naatyam) — Dance, dancing accompanied by playing on instruments, acting, pretension.
- അഭിനയ പരിശീലനം (abhinaya parisheelanam) — Training in acting.
- കലാകാരന്മാർ (kalaakaaranmaar) — Artists. People who create art such as painting, music, dance or acting.
- നാടകം (naadakam) — Play, opera, a literary work that gives scope for music, acting and dancing.
അഭിനയ പരിശീലനം (abhinaya parisheelanam) is specifically acting practice, നാട്യം (naatyam) is dance with instruments and can slide into pretence, നാടകം (naadakam) is the play itself, and കലാകാരന്മാർ (kalaakaaranmaar) are the artists who do it.
Common questions
How do you say acting in Malayalam?
നടനം (nadanam) covers acting as a performance art.
How do you talk about acting classes?
Use അഭിനയ പരിശീലനം (abhinaya parisheelanam), the term for training in acting.