Karamana Janardanan Nair (25 July 1936 – 24 April 2000) was a Malayalam film actor, who was active during the 1980s and 1990s.

[3] He won wide acclaim especially for the role of the protagonist in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Elippathayam (1981).

[4] He played the lead role in the K. G. George directed film Mattoral, supported by Mammootty, which was released in 1988.

He had his primary education from Govt Model Boys High School, Chalai.

[6] He died of a massive stroke complicated by prolonged diabetes on 24 April 2000, aged 64.