Kozhikode Sarada

{{short description|Indian Malayalam actress}}

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| birth_date = 1937

| birth_place = Kozhikode, Kerala, India

| death_date = 8 November 2021

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1979–2021

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Kozhikode Sarada (1937 – 8 November 2021) was an Indian Malayalam film actress. She has appeared in over 90 Malayalam films in a career spanning over four decades.{{Cite web |title=നടി കോഴിക്കോട് ശാരദ അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/actor-kozhikode-sarada-passed-away-malayala-cinema-actress-1.6161712 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Mathrubhumi |date=9 November 2021 |language=en}} She started her career as a stage actress. Sarada made her debut in Malayalam films with the film Angakkuri in 1979.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-09 |title=Malayalam actor Kozhikode Sarada passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-actor-kozhikode-sarada-passes-away-7614381/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} She is known for appearing in films such as Kuttisrank, Anyarude Bhoomi, Sallapam Anubandham, Ulsavapittennu and Kilichundan Mambapazham.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-09 |title=Veteran Malayalam actor Kozhikode Sarada passes away at 84 |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/veteran-malayalam-actor-kozhikode-sarada-passes-away-84-157408 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The News Minute |language=en}} Sarada's role in Sallapam as the mother of Manoj K Jayan was praised by critics.{{Cite news |title=Malayalam actor Kozhikode Sharada passes away - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/malayalam-actor-kozhikode-sharada-passes-away/articleshow/87601386.cms |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Times of India |date=10 November 2021 |language=en}} She is also known for appearing in several Malayalam serials.{{Cite web |title=ചികിത്സയിലിരുന്ന മുതിർന്ന നടി കോഴിക്കോട് ശാരദ അന്തരിച്ചു; മരണം ഹൃദയാഘാതത്തെ തുടർന്ന്! |url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/malayalam-cinema/celebrity-news/old-actress-kozhikode-sarada-passes-away/articleshow/87598678.cms |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Samayam Malayalam |language=ml}} She is a recipient of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award (2016).{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/drama-a-ksna/465 |title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Drama |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala|access-date=26 February 2023}}