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Kalakkathu Kunchan Nambiar (Malayalam: ?????? ????????), was an early Malayalam language poet, performer, satirist and the inventor of local art form Ottamtullal. He is often considered as the master of Malayalam satirist poetry. The chief contribution of Kunchan Nambiar is the popularization of a performing art known as Tullal. The word literally means "dance".Kunchan Nambiar is believed to have written over forty Tullal compositions. The most important of Nambiar's Thullals are: Syamantakam, Ghoshayatra, Kiratam, Santanagopalam, Patracaritam, Kartaviryarijunavijayam, Bakavadham, Kalyana Saugandhikam, Hariniswayamvaram, Tripuradahanam and Sabha Pravesam.


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