K. Velappan
| K. Velappan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 May 1949 Kerala, India |
| Died |
15 July 1992 (aged 43) Kerala, India |
| Spouse(s) | Rosamma Velappan |
| Awards | Kerala state film award, Kerala film critic award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |
K. Velappan (May 12, 1949 – July 15, 1992) was a Malayalam journalist and film critic.
K. Velappan was born in Uchakkada, India, the eldest son of Omana Krishanan and father Krishnan Nair. After completing his master's degree in Linguistics he worked in Kerala University as a clerk before moving to write articles for Kalakaumudi Weekly. In 1984 he joined Kalakaumudi where he worked until his death. In 1985 he married a Christian, Rosamma Velappan and a year later they had a son, Apu, whom he named after the main character in Satyjit Ray's The Apu Trilogy. An asthmatic, he died on July 15, 1992 of a heart attack.
After his death his work was published as a book called Cinimayum Samoohavum (Cinema and the Society) which won the Kerala state film award and film critic award in 1994. His other book named 'Adivasicalum Adivasi Bashakalum' (Tribes and Tribal Languages) about the tribal languages in Wayanad won the Kerala Sahithya Academy award in 1994.