Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair

Sreedharan Nair (11 September 1922 – 19 October 1986), popularly known as Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair or just Kottarakkara, was an Indian film actor in Malayalam movies. He hailed from Kottarakkara in Kollam district of Kerala.Sreedharan Nair won two Kerala state film awards. In 1970, he won the best actor award and in 1969 the second best actor award.He is best remembered for his role as Chempankunju in the national award winning film Chemmeen directed by Ramu Kariat. Other impressive performances were in the films Veluthampi Dalava (as Veluthampi Dalava), Thommante Makkal (1965) as Thomman, and Pazhassi Raja (1964) as Pazhassi Raja, Viruthan Shanku (1968) by P. Venu.Sreedharan Nair was born in 1922 to Padinjattinkara Korattiyode Narayana Pillai and Ummini Amma. His son Saikumar, daughter Shobha Mohan, his son-in-law Mohan Kumar, his grand children Anil Pappan, Vinu Mohan, Anu Mohan, his great-grandson Kailasveswar S Nair are all film/TV actors.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1922
Birth nameSreedharan Nair
Birth place
India , Kottarakkara
Date of deathJanuary 01, 0019
Place of death
India
Children
Shobha Mohan
Saikumar (Malayalam actor)

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