Kothuku Nanappan

Kothuku Nanappan (12 March 1935 – 26 December 1994) was an Indian theater actor, mimicry artist and film actor in Malayalam movies during the 1980s and 1990s.^[2][3] His popular movies are Naadodikkaattu (1987), Aanaval Mothiram (1991), Sarapanjaram (1979), Paavam Poornima (1984) and Chenkol (1993).^[4] His role as a supervisor role in the comedy film Nadodikattu (1987) is well noted for his performance.

Kothuku Nanappan
Born	S. Narayanan Namboothiri (1935-03-12)12 March 1935 Changanassery, Travancore Presidency, British India (present-day Kottayam)
Died	26 December 1994(1994-12-26) (aged 59) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1978–1994[1]
Spouse	Suseela Devi
Children	2
Parent(s)	G. Shankaran Namboothiri, Saraswathy Antharjanam

Personal life

He was born to Saraswathy Antharjanam and G. Shankaran Namboothiri, of Muttathu Madom, Perunna, Changanassery, Travancore, on 12 March 1935. His official name was S. Narayanan Namboothiri. He had a diploma in Textile Technology from Govt. Polytechnic, Thiruvananthapuram. He worked as a Textile Investigator Textile Commissioner's Office, Mumbai. Later he came back to Kerala to act in movies. He is married to Suseela Devi from Kizhakkedathu House, Varanad, Cherthala in 1962. The couple had two sons. He died on 26 December 1994 on Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.^[5]

Partial filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Lisa	Sankunni
1980	Lava
1982	Padayottam
	John Jaffer Janardhanan
1983	Aa Raathri	Rahim master
1984	Parannu Parannu Parannu	Menon
	Paavam Poornima
1985	Aarodum Parayaruthu
	Kaiyum Thlayum Purathidaruthe	President
1986	Dheem Tharikida Thom
	Nandi Veendum Varika
	T. P. Balagopalan M. A.	Kannappan
	Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu
	Ithile Iniyum Varu	Joseph
1987	Nadodikattu	Office Staff
1989	Asthikal Pookkunnu
1990	Kadathanadan Ambadi	Beeran
1991	Aanaval Mothiram	Coffin shop owner
	Nettipattom	Peethambaran's uncle
1993	Chenkol