Kothuku Nanappan (12 March 1935 – 26 December 1994) was an Indian theater actor, mimicry artist and film actor in
Malayalam movie
Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...
s during the 1980s and 1990s. His popular movies are ''
Naadodikkaattu'' (1987), ''
Aanaval Mothiram'' (1991), ''Sarapanjaram'' (1979), ''
Paavam Poornima'' (1984) and ''
Chenkol'' (1993). His role as a supervisor role in the comedy film ''
Nadodikattu'' (1987) is well noted for his performance.
Personal life
He was born to Saraswathy Antharjanam and G. Shankaran Namboothiri, of Muttathu Madom,
Perunna,
Changanassery
Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 ...
,
Travancore
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, on 12 March 1935. His official name was S. Narayanan Namboothiri. He had a diploma in Textile Technology from Govt. Polytechnic,
Thiruvananthapuram
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. He worked as a Textile Investigator Textile Commissioner's Office,
Mumbai
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. Later he came back to Kerala to act in movies. He is married to Suseela Devi from Kizhakkedathu House, Varanad, Cherthala in 1962. The couple had two sons. He died on 26 December 1994 on
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
,
Kerala
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.
Partial filmography
References
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External links
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Male actors from Kottayam
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Indian male film actors
1935 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Indian male actors
Indian male stage actors