M. Vasudevan Namboothiri, better known as Artist Namboodiri, is a well-known Indian painter and sculptor. He is the 2003 winner of the Raja Ravi Varma Award. He is renowned for his distinctive style of copper relief artwork and line drawings (rekhachithrangal in Malayalam). For numerous Malayalam authors, including Thakazhy Shivasankara Pillai, Kesavadev, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Uroob, and others, he has created illustrations. He served as the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi's previous chairman. The Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director was given to him as well.