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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
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'''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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot|page=4056|editor=Mohan Lal}}</ref> He received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama]] in 1961 for the play ''Iblisukalude Naattil''.<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw4.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Play)"]. [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]].. Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref>

N. P. Chaellappan Nair was born in 1903 in [[Mannar, Alappuzha|Mannar]], a small town in what is now [[Alappuzha district]] of Indian state of Kerala. He died in 1972 at the age of 69.<ref name="Actor, scenarist, administrator">{{Cite web |last=Chelangad |first=Saju |date=2015-02-08 |title=Actor, scenarist, administrator |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/actor-scenarist-administrator/article6869008.ece |access-date=2022-02-22 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Works==

===Plays===
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* ''Pranaya Jambavan'' (1938)
* ''Lady Doctor'' (1940)
* ''Minnal Pranayam'' (1941)
* ''Vanakumari'' (1942)
* ''Lieutenant Nani'' (1946)
* ''Iblisukalude Naattil'' (I960)<ref name="Ibilīsukaḷuṭe nāṭṭil: nāṭakaṃ">{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=N. P. Chellappan |date=1966 |title=Ibilīsukaḷuṭe nāṭṭil: nāṭakaṃ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G30RAQAAIAAJ&q=Ibil%2525C4%2525ABsuka%2525E1%2525B8%2525B7u%2525E1%2525B9%2525ADe+n%2525C4%252581%2525E1%2525B9%2525AD%2525E1%2525B9%2525ADil |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Ksheerabala'' (1966)
* ''Itiyum Minnalum''
* ''Vikata Yogi''
* ''Bhavana''
* ''Nurse''<ref name="Nēl̲s: nāṭakaṃ">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1968 |title=Nēl̲s: nāṭakaṃ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6JQRAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Minnal Pinarukal''
* ''Aa Prakasham Poliyukayilla''<ref name="ആ പ്രകാശം പൊലിയുകയില്ല">{{Cite web |last1=Cellappannāyar |first1=En Pi |last2=Nair |first2=N. P. Chellappan |date=1962 |title=ആ പ്രകാശം പൊലിയുകയില്ല |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hpQRAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Vazhivilakkukal''<ref name="വഴിവിളക്കുകൾ">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1972 |title=വഴിവിളക്കുകൾ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3cRAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor%25253A%252522N.%252520P.%252520Chellappan%252520Nair%252522 |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Devadasi''<ref name="Devadasi: nāṭakaṃ">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1966 |title=Devadasi: nāṭakaṃ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D3oRAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor%25253A%252522N.%252520P.%252520Chellappan%252520Nair%252522 |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''N. G. O.''<ref name="En, Ji.Ō: nā.takaṃ">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1967 |title=En, Ji.Ō: nā.takaṃ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1XwRAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor%25253A%252522N.%252520P.%252520Chellappan%252520Nair%252522 |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Gangayum Yamunayum Onnuchernnozhukanam''<ref name="Gaṅgayuṃ Yamunayuṃ onnucērnnol̲ukaṇaṃ">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1964 |title=Gaṅgayuṃ Yamunayuṃ onnucērnnol̲ukaṇaṃ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYQRAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2022-02-22 |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Mohangal, Mohabhangangal''<ref name="മോഹങ്ങൾ, മോഹഭംഗങ്ങൾ">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1970 |title=മോഹങ്ങൾ, മോഹഭംഗങ്ങൾ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4QRAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅkham |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Kakkakalum Kakkathamoburattikalum''<ref name="കാക്കകളും കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാട്ടികളും">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1963 |title=കാക്കകളും കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാട്ടികളും |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npkRAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2022-02-22 |language=ml}}</ref>
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===Short stories===
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* ''NPyude Charithrakathakal'' (Collection of 21 short stories)<ref name="N Pyude Charitrakathakal">{{Cite web |title=N Pyude Charitrakathakal |url=https://www.indulekha.com/np-chellappan-nair-charitrakathakal |access-date=2022-02-22 |website=www.indulekha.com}}</ref>
* ''Ere Nerum Kure Nunayum''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1968 |title=Ēr̲e nēr̲uṃ kur̲e nuṇayuṃ: kathakaḷ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynwRAQAAIAAJ&q=inauthor%25253A%252522N.%252520P.%252520Chellappan%252520Nair%252522 |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
* ''Dasapushpangal''<ref name="Daśapuṣpaṅṅaḷ: kathakaḷ">{{Cite web |last=Cellappannāyar |first=En Pi |date=1970 |title=Daśapuṣpaṅṅaḷ: kathakaḷ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1JwRAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2022-02-22 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ |language=ml}}</ref>
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===Films===
N. P. Chellappan Nair wrote the screenplay and starred in K. Subrahmaniam's film ''[[Prahlada (1941 film)|Prahlada]]'' (1941).{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}} He also scripted the films, ''Chandrika'' (1950), ''[[Sasidharan]]'' (1950), ''Chechi'' (1951) and ''Athmasanthi'' (1964).{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm10943425}}

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