K. Padmanabhan Nair (1919–1990) was an Indian film director, scriptwriter in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

movies. He did dialogue, story and script for almost 20 movies and directed 5 Malayalam movies during the 1960s. He is a recipient of the

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of Kerala, set up by the Department of Cultur ...

(1981). He died in 1990.

Personal life

He was born to Kaithari Raman Nambiar and Kutty Amma at Payyanur in 1919. He worked at All India Radio since 1944. He received Kerala State Awards for the stories, Thacholi Othenan and Kunjalimarakkar. He was married to

Santha P. Nair Shantha P. Nair (6 February 1929 – 26 July 2008) was a playback singer in Malayalam cinema. She was based in Thrissur, Kerala. Early life Born into the famous Ambady family in Thrissur, as one of the five children of Vasudeva Poduval and Lak ...

, a popular Malayalam film playback singer in its early days. They have a daughter

Latha Raju Latha Raju (born 25 June 1951) is an Indian film singer and actress in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. Some of her popular Malayalam songs are "Pinchu Hridayam Devalayam" and "Manjakkilee Swarnakkilee Mayilppeelikkaattile Varnakkilee" from th ...

. Playback singer J. M. Raju is his son-in-law. His grandson

Aalap Raju Aalaap Raju (born 6 June 1979) is a playback singer and a bass player from Chennai, India. His rendition of Enamo Aedho from the movie '' Ko'' composed by Harris Jayaraj topped the music charts for several months in 2011 and won him the Filmfar ...

is also a playback singer.

Filmography

Dialogue

* Moodupadam (1963) * Thacholi Othenan (1964) * Kochumon (1965) * Devatha (1965) * Kadathukaaran (1965) * Kunjaali Marakkaar (1967) * NGO (1967) * Vidhi (1968) * Sandhya (1969)

Screenplay

* Thacholi Othenan (1964) * Kochumon (1965) * Devatha (1965) * Kadathukaaran (1965) * Kunjaali Marakkaar (1967) * NGO (1967) * Vidhi (1968)

Story

* Devatha (1965) * Kadathukaaran (1965) * Kunjaali Marakkaar (1967) * NGO (1967) * Vijayanum Veeranum (1979)

Direction

* Kochumon (1965) * Devatha (1965)

References

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* Malayalam film directors Malayalam screenwriters 1919 births 1990 deaths People from Kannur district Screenwriters from Kerala 20th-century Indian people 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Writers from Kannur Film directors from Kannur district 20th-century Indian screenwriters Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award {{India-film-director-stub