N. P. Chellappan Nair

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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.[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[edit | edit source]

Plays[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

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

Films[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  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 മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1968). "Nēl̲s: nāṭakaṃ" (in മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi; Nair, N. P. Chellappan (1962). "ആ പ്രകാശം പൊലിയുകയില്ല" (in മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1972). "വഴിവിളക്കുകൾ" (in മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1966). "Devadasi: nāṭakaṃ" (in മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1967). "En, Ji.Ō: nā.takaṃ" (in മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  10. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1964). "Gaṅgayuṃ Yamunayuṃ onnucērnnol̲ukaṇaṃ" (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1970). "മോഹങ്ങൾ, മോഹഭംഗങ്ങൾ" (in മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅkham. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  12. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1963). "കാക്കകളും കാക്കത്തമ്പുരാട്ടികളും" (in മലയാളം). 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 മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avartaka sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. ↑ Cellappannāyar, En Pi (1970). "Daśapuṣpaṅṅaḷ: kathakaḷ" (in മലയാളം). Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

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