N. P. Chellappan Nair

N. P. Chellappan Nair (1903 - 1972) was a playwright and short story writer from Kerala, India. He concentrated on social comedy of manners. Of his 200 stories, thirty-one have been published in a separate volume.^[1] He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama in 1961 for the play Iblisukalude Naattil.^[2]

N. P. Chaellappan Nair was born in 1903 in Mannar, a small town in what is now Alappuzha district of Indian state of Kerala. He died in 1972 at the age of 69.^[3]

Works

Plays

• Pranaya Jambavan (1938)
• Lady Doctor (1940)
• Minnal Pranayam (1941)
• Vanakumari (1942)
• Lieutenant Nani (1946)
• Iblisukalude Naattil (I960)^[4]
• Ksheerabala (1966)
• Itiyum Minnalum
• Vikata Yogi
• Bhavana
• Nurse^[5]
• Minnal Pinarukal
• Aa Prakasham Poliyukayilla^[6]
• Vazhivilakkukal^[7]
• Devadasi^[8]
• N. G. O.^[9]
• Gangayum Yamunayum Onnuchernnozhukanam^[10]
• Mohangal, Mohabhangangal^[11]
• Kakkakalum Kakkathamoburattikalum^[12]

Short stories

• NPyude Charithrakathakal (Collection of 21 short stories)^[13]
• Ere Nerum Kure Nunayum^[14]
• Dasapushpangal^[15]

Films

N. P. Chellappan Nair wrote the screenplay and starred in K. Subrahmaniam's film Prahlada (1941).^{[citation needed]} He also scripted the films, Chandrika (1950), Sasidharan (1950), Chechi (1951) and Athmasanthi (1964).^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Mohan Lal (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot. p. 4056.
2. "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Play)". Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
3. Chelangad, Saju (8 February 2015). "Actor, scenarist, administrator". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
4. Nair, N. P. Chellappan (1966). "Ibilīsukaḷuṭe nāṭṭil: nāṭakaṃ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
5. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1968). "Nēl̲s: nāṭakaṃ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
6. Cellappannāyar, En Pi; Nair, N. P. Chellappan (1962). "ആ പ്രകാശം പൊലിയുകയില്ല" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
7. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1972). "വഴിവിളക്കുകൾ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
8. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1966). "Devadasi: nāṭakaṃ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
9. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1967). "En, Ji.Ō: nā.takaṃ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
10. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1964). "Gaṅgayuṃ Yamunayuṃ onnucērnnol̲ukaṇaṃ" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
11. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1970). "മോഹങ്ങൾ, മോഹഭംഗങ്ങൾ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅkham. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
12. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1963). "കാക്കകളും കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാട്ടികളും" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
13. "N Pyude Charitrakathakal". www.indulekha.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
14. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1968). "Ēr̲e nēr̲uṃ kur̲e nuṇayuṃ: kathakaḷ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avartaka sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
15. Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1970). "Daśapuṣpaṅṅaḷ: kathakaḷ" (in Malayalam). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

External links

• N. P. Chellappan Nair at IMDb