K. Appukuttan Nair (1925–2007), better known as Kozhikodan, was a film critic and writer from Kerala, India.
Kozhikodan received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 1988 for Chalathitraswadanam Engane?
and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Humour) in 2010 for the poetry collection Padachonikku Salam.
[1] 'Kozhikodan Smaraka Samiti' has instituted Kozhikodan Puraskaram, an award given annually to the best book on cinema in Malayalam.
[2] Kozhikodan lists the following ten films as the best ever in Malayalam cinema in one of his books.