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. lived in Mavelikkara.
Works[]
Plays[]
- Pranaya Jambavan (1938)
- Lady Doctor (1940)
- Minnal Pranayam (1941)
- Vanakumari (1942)
- Lieutenant Nani (1946)
- Iblisukalude Naattil (I960)
- Ksheerabala (1966)
- Itiyum Minnalum
- Vikata Yogi
- Bhavana
- Nurse
- Minnal Pinarukal
Short stories[]
- NPyude Charithrakathakal (Collection of 21 short stories)[3]
Films[]
N. P. Chellappan Nair wrote the screenplay and starred in K. Subrahmaniam's film Prahlada (1941). He also scripted the films, Chandrika (1950), Sasidharan (1950), Chechi (1951) and Athmasanthi (1964).
References[]
- ^ Mohan Lal (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: sasay to zorgot. p. 4056.
- ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Play)". Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ http://indulekha.biz/np-chellappan-nair-charitrakathakal
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