Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
| Died | 19th October, 1986 |
| Career | Cast (160) |
| First Movie | Prasanna (1950) |
| Children | Saikumar, Shobha Mohan |
Sreedharan Nair (popularly known as Kottarakkara and Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair) 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).
His son Saikumar and daughter Shobha Mohan are also film actors.
Prepared by: Dr. Susie Pazhavarical
Statistics
| Year | Cast |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1951 | 1 |
| 1952 | 1 |
| 1953 | 1 |
| 1954 | 4 |
| 1955 | 2 |
| 1956 | 3 |
| 1957 | 3 |
| 1958 | 2 |
| 1959 | 2 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1961 | 4 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1964 | 4 |
| 1965 | 8 |
| 1966 | 10 |
| 1967 | 12 |
| 1968 | 7 |
| 1969 | 8 |
| 1970 | 8 |
| 1971 | 4 |
| 1972 | 8 |
| 1973 | 17 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1975 | 4 |
| 1976 | 5 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |