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'''Appusami''' ({{lang-ta|அப்புசாமி}}) stories are a series of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] novels and short stories written by Bhagyam Ramasamy. The first story was published in ''[[Kumudam]]'' magazine in 1963. The stories have been in print for over four decades and many of them have been made into stage plays and Television shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/14/stories/2007111459870200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116104600/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/14/stories/2007111459870200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2007|title= Yesteryear laugh riot now on DVD |date=14 November 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020308/rsouth.html|title= Appusami - Seetha Patti on Win TV|date=8 March 2002|work=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dinamalar.com/Supplementary/varamalar_detail.asp?news_id=546 |title=தொடர் - 5 பொக்கிஷமாக நீங்கள் கருதுவது எவற்றை? |date=2 May 2009 |work=[[Dina Malar]] |language=Tamil |accessdate=9 May 2010 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A Humour club in [[Chennai]] has been named as the "Appusami-Seethapatti Humour Trust" after the protagonists of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/06/stories/2009070650760200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709105734/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/06/stories/2009070650760200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2009|title= Kathadi Ramamurthy felicitated |date=6 July 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Bagyam Ramasami==<br />
Bagyam Ramasami ({{lang-ta|பாக்யம் ராமசாமி}}, also spelled as Bakkiyam Ramasamy) is the pseudonym of Ja. Ra. Sundaresan (1 September 1930 to 8 December 2017).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-journalist-and-humourist-ja-ra-sundaresan-dead/article21296533.ece | title= Tamil journalist and humourist Ja Ra Sundaresan dies aged 87 | first=T. | last=Ramakrishnan | date=8 December 2017 | accessdate=22 August 2020 }}</ref> He was born in Jalakandapuram, [[Salem district]]. His pen name is a combination of his mother's name (Bhagyam) and his father's (Ramasamy). His first breakthrough was the publication of the story ''Appusami and the African Beauty'' in ''Kumudam'' in 1963. Since then he has published a number of serialized novels, stage plays and short stories featuring the same set of characters. Some of the stories were published under various pen names including Yogesh, Vanamali, Selvamani, Mrinalini, Sivathanal, and Jwalamalini. He also worked as a journalist in Kumudam, eventually retiring in 1990 as its joint editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilauthors.com/writers/india/Pakkiyam%20Ramasamy.html|title=Bhakkiyam Ramasamy profile|work=Tamil Authors.com|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://youthful.vikatan.com/youth/Nyouth/shyam06042010.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100420155333/http://youthful.vikatan.com/youth/Nyouth/shyam06042010.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2010|title= "வித்தியாசமா யோசிச்சா ஜெயிக்கலாம்!" - ஓவியர் ஸ்யாம்|work=[[Ananda Vikatan]]|language=Tamil|accessdate=9 May 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Books==<br />
About 30 novels and novellas of Appusami have been published so far.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.dinamalar.com/AuthorBooks.aspx?Page=3&id=2429 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823152410/http://books.dinamalar.com/AuthorBooks.aspx?Page=3&id=2429 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2011 |title=Bhakkiyam Ramasamy books |work=Dina Malar |accessdate=9 May 2010 }}</ref> Most of them were serialised in ''Kumudam'' and then published in book form. They are all illustrated by painter [[Jeyaraj]].<br />
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*''Appusami and the African Beauty''<br />
*''1001 Appusamiy Iravugal''<br />
*''Manavar Thalaivar Appusami''<br />
*''Appusamiyum Arupudha vilakkum''<br />
*''Pamara Geethai''<br />
*''Sundakkai Sithar Appusami''<br />
*''Appusami Padam Edukkirar''<br />
*''Berovin pinnal''<br />
*''August Thyagi Appusami''<br />
*''Seethapattiyin Sabadham''<br />
*''Veerappan kattil appusamy''<br />
*''Akasavaniyil Appusamy''<br />
*''Appusami Divorce Ketkirar''<br />
*''Come on Appusamy Come on''<br />
*''Human bomb Appusamy''<br />
*''Appusamiyin Colour TV''<br />
*''Appusamiyum Hypnotisa poonayum''<br />
*''Appusamiyum Azhagi pottiyum''<br />
*''Appusamiyin Thali bakkiyam''<br />
*''Appusamiyum Bharathi Narkaliyum''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.appusami.com Official website of Appusami stories]<br />
* His books are available as ebooks at [http://www.pustaka.co.in/home/author/tamil/bakkiyam-ramasamy Pustaka].<br />
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[[Category:Tamil novels]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Novel series]]<br />
[[Category:Indian novels adapted into plays]]<br />
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