Unnikrishnan Namboothiri

Unnikrishnan Namboothiri
Born(1923-10-19)19 October 1923
Payyanur, Madras Presidency, British India (Present day Kannur district, Kerala, India)
Died20 January 2021(2021-01-20) (aged 97)
Payyanur, Kannur, Kerala, India[citation needed]
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1996 – 2014
SpouseLeela Antharjanam
Children4 (incl. P. V. Kunhikrishnan)
Parents
  • Pulleri Vadhayarillathu Narayanan Namboothiri
  • Devaki Antharjanam
RelativesKaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
( Son-in-law)

Korom Pulleri Vadhayarillathu Unnikrishnan Namboothiri (19 October 1923 – 20 January 2021) was an Indian actor in Malayalam movies.[1] He mainly handled comedy roles and grandfather roles. His role as Dileep's grand father in the Malayalam movie Kalyanaraman was well noted. P. V. Kunhikrishnan, a judge of the Kerala High Court is his son[2] and the noted lyricist and music director Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri is his son-in-law. He died on 20 January 2021 at a private hospital in Kannur.[3]

  1. ^ "Film on Communist movement in State". The Hindu. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "PV Kunhikrishnan posted as HC judge". 11 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Malayalam actor Unnikrishnan Namboothiri passes away at 98". The Indian Express. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.