| 1 | '''Kuttan Pillai Kottarakkara (b. 1924)''' |
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| 3 | |
| 4 | Scenarist, dialogue writer and one of the |
| 5 | most successful producers in 70s Malayalam |
| 6 | cinema. Born in Kottarakkara, Kerala. Stage |
| 7 | actor aged 8. Début in 1950 as film actor |
| 8 | (Atmasakhi, 1950; Ponkathir, 1953; Avakashi, |
| 9 | 1954). Dialogues for Ponkathir were |
| 10 | followed with scripts for over 25 films, after |
| 11 | which he débuted as producer with the Tamil |
| 12 | film Parisu (1963), directed by Yoganand |
| 13 | and starring MGR. Concentrated on |
| 14 | producing films which he scripts himself, |
| 15 | making c.50 films in three languages |
| 16 | (Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil), mainly love |
| 17 | stories and suspense dramas. Noted scripts |
| 18 | include the Sivaji Ganesan hit Pasamalar |
| 19 | (1961). |
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| 21 | [[Writer]] |