Madhu Sankar is son of mudiyettu exponent Varanattu Sankara Narayana Kurup. He is trained under his father in Mudiyettu and Kalamezhuthum Pattum. He is also performing Chenda, Thimila & idakka. He is expertise to handle all the characters of Mudiyettu like Bhadrakaali, Darikan, Kooli, Danavendran, Sivan and Naaradan