Kozhikodan
Kozhikodan | |
|---|---|
| Born | K. Appukuttan Nair 1925 Chembra, Palghat, Kerala, India |
| Died | 2007 Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Film critic |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Nationality | Indian |
K. Appukuttan Nair (1925–2007), better known as Kozhikodan, was a film critic and writer from
Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly along with Cynic and Nadirsha (T. M. P. Nedungadi). Kozhikodan received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 1988 for Chalathitraswadanam Engane? and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Humour) in 2010 for the poetry collection Padachonikku Salam. He died on 20 January 2007.[1]
'Kozhikodan Smaraka Samiti' has instituted Kozhikodan Puraskaram, an award given annually to the best book on cinema in Malayalam.[2]
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)
Selection
Kozhikodan lists the following ten films as the best ever in Malayalam cinema in one of his books.[3]
- Swayamvaram (1972)
- Yavanika (1982)
- Sandhya Mayangum Neram (1983)
- Njan Gandharvan (1991)
- Vasthuhara (1991)
- Vembanad (1991)
- Aparahnam(1991)
- Kadavu (1991)
- Thenmavin Kombathu(1994)
- Ormakal Undayirikkanam(1995)
References
- ^ "Film critic Kozhikodan passes away - KERALA". The Hindu. 21 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Kozhikkodan award to bhagyalakshmi | "ഭാഗ്യലക്ഷ്മിയ്ക്ക് കോഴിക്കോടന് പുരസ്കാരം"". dcbooks.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- Calicut, India: Poorna Publications.
