Shri Kuttamath Janardhanan was born in 1948 at Kuttamath as the eldest son of Kannayadil Sree Krishnan Nair and Smt. Kallyani Amma. He started practicing "Ottan Thullal" at the age of Eleven. First he performed on stage (Arangettam) in 1960 at Kuttamath Ponmalam Vishnumoorthi Temple