K Appukuttan Nair
malayaalatthile prashastha chalacchithra niroopakanaayirunnu kozhikkotan enna thoolikaanaamatthil ariyappetunna ke appukkuttan naayar. 1925-l paalakkaatu thiruvegappuram chemprayil janicchu. Posttumaasttaraayi sevanam anushticchirunnu. Maathrubhoomi aazhchappathippile chithrashaala enna sinimaa niroopana pamkthiyaanu addhehatthe prashasthanaakkiyathu. Randaayirattholam sinimaa niroopanangalezhuthi, kerala philim krittiksu asosiyeshante aadya prasidantaayirunnu.
malayaala sinimayile ekkaalattheyum mikaccha patthu chithrangal chalacchithra sallaapam, chalacchithra jaalakam, sathyan enna natan, malayaala sinima ente prema bhaajanam thutangiya chalacchithrasambandhiyaaya pusthakangal rachicchittundu. Mahaanaaya shikkaari, eshanipuraanam thutangiya haasya kruthikalum verum makkaar, snehaadarapoorvvam ennee kavithaasamaahaarangalum rachicchu. Chalacchithra aasvaadanam engane enna pusthakatthinu 1988-le samsthaana chalacchithra avaardum patacchonikku salaam enna kavithaasamaahaaratthinu 2002-le haasyasaahithyatthinulla kerala saahithya akkaadami avaardum labhicchu. 2007 januvari 20-nu antharicchu.