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'''K. Appukuttan Nair''' (1925–2007), better known as '''Kozhikodan''', was a film critic and writer from [[Kerala]], India. He began writing on films from the early 1950s. He started writing in ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'' and ''[[Chandrika (Malayalam newspaper)|Chandrika]]'', and later became a regular columnist of ''[[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.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/21/stories/2007012103070500.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703114713/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/21/stories/2007012103070500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Film critic Kozhikodan passes away - KERALA |date=2007-01-21 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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'Kozhikodan Smaraka Samiti' has instituted Kozhikodan Puraskaram, an award given annually to the best book on cinema in Malayalam.<ref name="dcbooks">{{cite web |url=http://www.dcbooks.com/kozhikkodan-award-to-bhagyalakshmi.html |publisher=dcbooks.com |title=Kozhikkodan award to bhagyalakshmi &#124; "ഭാഗ്യലക്ഷ്മിയ്ക്ക് കോഴിക്കോടന് പുരസ്കാരം" |access-date=26 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229044639/http://www.dcbooks.com/kozhikkodan-award-to-bhagyalakshmi.html |archive-date=29 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
===Cinema===<br />
* ''Chalachitra Sallapam'' (DC Books, 1982)<br />
* ''Chalachitra Niroopanam'' (NBS, 1984)<br />
* ''Chalachitra Jalakom'' (Mathrubhumi,1985)<br />
* ''Chalachitraswadanam Engane'' (PK Brothers, 1988)<br />
* ''Sathyan Enna Natan'' (NBS, 1992)<br />
* ''Malayala Cinema: Ente Premabhajanam'' (Poorna, 1999)<br />
* ''Malayala Cinemayile Ekkalatheyum Ettavum Mikacha Pathu Chithrangal'' (Poorna, 2001)<br />
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===Essays===<br />
* ''Navollekham'' (1966)<br />
* ''Mahanaya Shikari'' (1973)<br />
* ''Eshani Puranam'' (1988)<br />
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===Humour===<br />
* ''Padachonikk Salaam'' (1998)<br />
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===Children's literature===<br />
* ''Vado Njanum Koode Varaam'' (1986)<br />
* ''Vadamalliyum Panineer Poovum'' (1992)<br />
* ''Mahacharithamala'' – Two volumes (1983)<br />
* ''Kuttikalkkoru Sammanam'' (2000)<br />
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==Selection==<br />
Kozhikodan lists the following ten films as the best ever in Malayalam cinema in one of his books.<ref>{{cite book |author=Kozhikodan |author-link=Kozhikodan |year=2001 |title=മലയാള സിനിമയിലെ എക്കാലത്തെയും മികച്ച പത്ത് ചിത്രങ്ങൾ [Malayala Cinemayile Ekkalatheyum Mikacha Pathu Chithrangal: 10 Best Films of All Time in Malayalam Cinema] |location=[[Calicut]], India |publisher=Poorna Publications }}</ref><br />
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* ''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Yavanika]]'' (1982)<br />
* ''[[Sandhya Mayangum Neram]]'' (1983)<br />
* ''[[Njan Gandharvan]]'' (1991)<br />
* ''[[Vasthuhara]]'' (1991)<br />
* ''[[Vembanad (film)|Vembanad]]'' (1991)<br />
* ''[[Aparahnam]]'' (1991)<br />
* ''[[Kadavu (film)|Kadavu]]'' (1991)<br />
* ''[[Thenmavin Kombathu]]'' (1994)<br />
* ''[[Ormakal Undayirikkanam]]'' (1995)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://venkiteswaran.blogspot.in/2007/01/remembering-kozhikodan.html C. S. Venkiteswaran remembering Kozhikodan]<br />
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