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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = K. K. Aroor<br />
| birth_name = K. Kunju Nair<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_date = 1889<br />
| birth_place = [[Aroor]], [[Alappuzha district]]<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1984|1889}}<br />
| death_place = Pallai, Sri Lanka<br />
| occupation = Actor<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| parents = <br />
| years_active = 1938–1964<br />
}}<br />
'''K. Kunju Nair''' (1889 – 1984) was an Indian actor, singer and music composer in [[Malayalam cinema]]. He was the main character in ''[[Balan (film)|Balan]]'', the first sound film in Malayalam film in history.<ref name="cinemaofmalayalam">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/malayalam_his_1.html |title=History of Malayalam Cinema |author=Rajmohan |publisher=cinemaofmalayalam.net |accessdate=2014-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730234852/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/malayalam_his_1.html |archivedate=2014-07-30 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
After ''[[Balan (film)|Balan]]'', Aroor changed his name to K. K. Aroor. There were 23 songs in [[Balan (film)|Balan]], all of which were composed by Ibrahim and K.K.Aroor and written by [[Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai]].<ref name="newindianexpress">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article1426434.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814175201/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article1426434.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2014|title=Remembering Malayalam's first talkie - The New Indian Express|publisher=newindianexpress.com|accessdate=2014-08-06}}</ref> He subsequently acted in ''Jnanambika''. He later joined the ''Harikatha Kalakshepam'' drama troupe. In 1973, P. A. Thomas gave him a small role in his film ''[[Kudumbini]]'', after which he retired from cinema.<br />
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He was married to Pankajakshiyamma, with whom he had a son, Vasudevan. Struggling financially, he worked as a server in a tea shop during the last days of his life. He died in 1984 in [[Palai|Pallai]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/from-tinsel-world-to-a-tea-shop/article6204014.ece|title=From tinsel world to a tea shop - The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 July 2014|publisher=thehindu.com|accessdate=2014-08-06|last1=Chelangad|first1=Saju}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
===As an actor===<br />
* [[Balan (film)|''Balan'']] (1938)<br />
* ''[[Gnanambika]]'' (1940)<br />
* ''[[Kerala Kesari]]'' (1951)<br />
* [[Jenova (film)|''Jenova'']] (1953)<br />
* ''[[Kudumbini]]'' (1964)<ref>{{Cite web |title=K.K. Aroor {{!}} Actor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037014/ |access-date=2025-12-23 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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===As a playback singer===<br />
*Bhaarathathin Ponvilakkaam as Balan (1938)<br />
*Athisukhamee Jeevitham as Balan (1938)<br />
*Vishaadam Thingum as Jnaanaambika (1940)<br />
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===As a music composer===<br />
All songs are from [[Balan (film)|Balan]] (1938)<br />
* Bhaarathathin Ponvilakkaam<br />
* Jayajagadeeshwara<br />
* Jaathakadoshathaale<br />
* Raghukula Nayakane<br />
* Ha Sahajasaayoojyame<br />
* Durnnaya Jeevithame<br />
* Athisukhamee Jeevitham<br />
* Aaghoshangalenthu Cheyyaam<br />
* Aadayaabharanaadikondu<br />
* Lokam Anaswarame<br />
* Sree Vaasudeva Parane<br />
* Deenadayaaparane<br />
* Snehame Slaakhyam<br />
* Madanavilolane Naadha<br />
* Maanini Maniyothum<br />
* Chethoharamaam madyapaanamathe<br />
* Parama Guruve<br />
* Shock Shock<br />
* Kaaminimaar<br />
* Maaran Khorasarangal<br />
* Enoodidham Kadhikkanadhikaparibhavam<br />
* Bhakthaparaayana<br />
* Aaha Malsodari<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|0037014}}<br />
* [https://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?artist=KK%20Aroor&category=musician Profile of K. K. Aroor] at MSI<br />
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[[Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male singers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Alappuzha district]]<br />
[[Category:Singers from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian composers]]<br />
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