K. Appukuttan Nair (1925–2007), better known as Kozhikodan, was a film critic and writer from
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, India. He began writing on films from the early 1950s. He started writing in ''
Mathrubhumi
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'' and ''
Chandrika'', and later became a regular columnist of ''
Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly
''Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu'' ( en, Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly) is an Indian general interest weekly magazine published by the Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company in Calicut. The Malayalam language magazine started publishing on 18 ...
'' along with Cynic and Nadirsha (T. M. P. Nedungadi). TKozhikodan received the
Kerala State Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 1988 for ''Chalathitraswadanam Engane?'' and the
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit. The awards are given in various categories. (Humour) in 2010 for the poetry collection ''Padachonikku Salam''. He died on 20 January 2007.
'Kozhikodan Smaraka Samiti' has instituted Kozhikodan Puraskaram, an award given annually to the best book on cinema in Malayalam.
Works
Cinema
* ''Chalachitra Sallapam'' (DC Books, 1982)
* ''Chalachitra Niroopanam'' (NBS, 1984)
* ''Chalachitra Jalakom'' (Mathrubhumi,1985)
* ''Chalachitraswadanam Engane'' (PK Brothers, 1988)
* ''Sathyan Enna Natan'' (NBS, 1992)
* ''Malayala Cinema: Ente Premabhajanam'' (Poorna, 1999)
* ''Malayala Cinemayile Ekkalatheyum Ettavum Mikacha Pathu Chithrangal'' (Poorna, 2001)
Essays
* ''Navollekham'' (1966)
* ''Mahanaya Shikari'' (1973)
* ''Eshani Puranam'' (1988)
Humour
* ''Padachonikk Salaam'' (1998)
Children's literature
* ''Vado Njanum Koode Varaam'' (1986)
* ''Vadamalliyum Panineer Poovum'' (1992)
* ''Mahacharithamala'' – Two volumes (1983)
* ''Kuttikalkkoru Sammanam'' (2000)
References
External links
C. S. Venkiteswaran remembering Kozhikodan
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1925 births
2007 deaths
Indian film critics
Malayali people
People from Palakkad district
Novelists from Kerala
Malayalam-language writers
Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Kerala State Film Award winners
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Indian essayists
20th-century Indian novelists
Indian children's writers
Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala
20th-century Indian male writers