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. lived in Mavelikkara.
Works
Plays
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- 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
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- ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Play)". Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ↑ http://indulekha.biz/np-chellappan-nair-charitrakathakal
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- 1903 births
- 1972 deaths
- Indian writers
- Indian dramatists and playwrights
- People from Alappuzha district
- Writers from Kerala
- Malayalam-language writers
- Malayalam-language dramatists and playwrights
- Malayalam short story writers
- Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
