Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Born: 1922-09-11 in Kottarakkara, Travancore, British India
Died: 1986-10-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
N. Sreedharan Nair, popularly known as Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair or just Kottarakkara, was an Indian film and play actor in Malayalam movies. 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. He started acting in dramas at the age of 10. He owned drama troupes Jayasree and Kalamandiram
Filmography
1986
- Mizhineerppoovukal as Priest
1984
- My Dear Kuttichathan as The Cruel Magician
1982
1980
1977
- Sree Murugan as Nambi Rajavu
- Siva Thaandavam
1976
- Amba Ambika Ambalika as Parashuraman
- Panchami as Rangan Mooppan
- Paalkkadal
1975
1973
- Kaadu as Menon
- Nirmalyam as Variyar
- Driksakshi as Menon
- Swapnam
- Achani as Raghavan Muthalali
- Padmavyooham
- Chuzhi
- Pacha Nottukal as Rappael
1972
- Panimudakku
- Sree Guruvayoorappan
- Chemparathy as Sankaran
- Pullimaan
- Professor as Vasumathi's Father
- Achanum Bappayum as Krishnan
1971
- Makane Ninakku Vendi as Mathachan
1970
- Aranazhika Neram as Kunjonachan
- Sabarimala Shri Dharmasastha
- Pearl View as Marian
- Cross Belt
1969
- Aalmaram as Kesava Pillai
- Kumara Sambhavam as Dakshan
- Janmabhoomi as Mathai
1968
- Kodungallooramma as Pandya Rajavu
- Viruthan Shanku as Ukkannan Unni Nair
- Hotel High Range as dhanesh
1967
- Jeevikkan Anuvadikku
- Balyakalasakhi
- Cochin Express as Gangster
- Kunjali Marakkar as Kunjali Marakkar
1966
- Rowdy
- Anarkali as Mana Singhan
- Mayor Nair
- Kalyaana Rathriyil? as K.B.Nair
1965
- Inapravugal as Kuncheria
- Kattuthulasi
- Chemmeen as Chembankunju
- Mayavi as Prathapan
- Sarppakkadu
1964
- Pazhassi Raja as Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
- Anna
1962
- Veluthampi Dalawa as Veluthampi Dalawa
- Puthiya Akasam Puthiya Bhoomi
1961
- Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan as Vavar
- Umminithanka
- Bhakta Kuchela as Sishupalan
1959
1958
1957
- Jailppulli as Madhu
- Padatha Painkili as Vendor Kutty
- Thaskaraveeran
1954
1951
1950
- Chechi as Ratheesh
- Sasidharan as Rajasekharan
- Prasanna as Radhakrishna Menon