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{{Infobox person
| name = N. Harikumar
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|07|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]], India
| alma_mater = [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Adyar Film Institute]]
| occupation = [[Sound design]]er<br />[[Audio mixing#Film and television|Mixing engineer]]
| yearsactive = 1979{{En dash}}present
| notable_works = [[Manju (film)|Manju]], [[Anantaram]], [[Mathilukal (film)|Mathilukal]], [[Mazha]]
| spouse = Shalini Harikumar
}}

'''Narayanan Nair Harikumar''' (born 19 July 1955) is a [[Sound editor (filmmaking)|sound editor]], [[Sound design|designer]] and [[Audio mixing#Film and television|mixing engineer]], known for his works in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam films]]. He has won two [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|National Film Awards]] and nine [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist|Kerala State Film Awards]] for [[audiography]]. He has worked for many [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] movies like [[Anantaram]], [[Mathilukal]], [[Nizhalkuthu]], [[Naalu Pennungal]], [[Oru Pennum Randaanum]] etc.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otJDRkUxKGwC&q=harikumar&pg=PA59 | title=Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Life in Cinema | publisher=[[Penguin Books]], India | date=8 July 2010 | accessdate=4 August 2014 | pages=59, 91, 92, 149, 194, 201, 209, 210| isbn=9780670081714 }}</ref> He worked as Chief Sound Engineer and Studio Manager at [[Kerala State Film Development Corporation]]'s [[Chithranjali Studio]] and later as the Chief Audio Engineer at Aries Vismayas Max.

==Early life==
N. Harikumar was born on 19 July 1955 in [[Kollam]]. He completed his schooling from Kollam Govt. Model Boys High School, [[Thumba]] St.Xaviers College and Diploma in Sound Engineering from [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute]]. He started his career as a sound recordist at [[Delhi]] [[Doordarshan]] Kendra. In 1979, he joined [[Chitranjali Studio]] as sound recordist under renowned sound engineer [[:ml:പി._ദേവദാസ്|P. Devadas]].<ref name="award" />

==Awards==
; [[National Film Award for Best Audiography|National Film Awards]]
* 1987 - [[Anantaram]] (shared with P. Devadas and [[T. Krishnanunni]])<ref name="award">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/82_35thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=1 September 2020 | pages=44, 45}}</ref>
* 1989 - [[Mathilukal (film)|Mathilukal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/80_37thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=1 September 2020 | pages=50, 51}}</ref>

; [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist|Kerala State Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards4.htm|title=Kerala State Film Awards 2000-2012|publisher=Kerala I & PRD|accessdate=4 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707210332/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards4.htm|archivedate=7 July 2015}}</ref>
* 2000 - [[Mazha]]
* 2002 - [[Nizhalkuthu]]
* 2003 - [[Margam (film)|Margam]]
* 2004 - [[Perumazhakkalam]]
* 2006 - [[Drishtantham]]
* 2008 - [[Oru Pennum Randaanum]] (shared with [[T. Krishnanunni]])
* 2009 - [[Patham Nilayile Theevandi]]
* 2013 - [[Kanyaka Talkies]] (Sound mixing)
;[[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-17 |title=Film critics awards complete list |url=https://www.keralafilmcritics.com/2020/10/film-critics-awards-complete-list-from.html |access-date=2025-08-02 |website=[[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards|Kerala Film Critics Association]]}}</ref>
* 1997 - [[Kaliyattam]] (shared with [[T. Krishnanunni]])
* 2002 - [[Bhavam]] (shared with T. Krishnanunni)
* 2004 - [[Perumazhakkalam]], [[Kaazhcha]], [[Oridam]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oridam.com/Awards.htm | title=Oridam - Awards | publisher=www.oridam.com | accessdate=7 August 2014 | archive-date=31 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831013901/http://www.oridam.com/Awards.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/oridam/awards.html | title=Oridam awards | publisher=[[Oneindia]] | access-date=7 August 2014 | archive-date=10 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810145017/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/movies/oridam/awards.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2008 - [[Pakal Nakshatrangal]]
* 2010 - [[Makaramanju]], [[Karmayogi (2010 film)|Karmayogi]]
* 2014 - Mizhi Thurakku
* 2018 - [[Oru Kuprasidha Payyan]]
;Other awards
* 2011 - [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] National Award Special Mention for Sound mixing<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ffsi.in/gallery2.html | title=Signs 2011 Opening and Closing Ceremonies | publisher=Federation of Film Societies of India | accessdate=7 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810210047/http://www.ffsi.in/gallery2.html | archive-date=10 August 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Asianet Award, Mathrubhumi Medimix Award, Amritha Film Fraternity Award, Kerala State TV Award for Best Audiography, Kerala State TV award for Best Sound Editor.

==References==
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==External links==
{{IMDb name|1411304|N. Harikumar}}

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[[Category:Indian sound designers]]
[[Category:Musicians from Kollam]]
[[Category:Kerala State Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Film musicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian composers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian composers]]
[[Category:Film people from Kerala]]

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