Appusami ( ta, அப்புசாமி) stories are a series of
Tamil
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novels and short stories written by Bhagyam Ramasamy. The first story was published in ''
Kumudam
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'' 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. A Humour club in
Chennai
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has been named as the "Appusami-Seethapatti Humour Trust" after the protagonists of the series.
Bagyam Ramasami
Bagyam Ramasami ( ta, பாக்யம் ராமசாமி, also spelled as Bakkiyam Ramasamy) is the pseudonym of Ja. Ra. Sundaresan (1 September 1930 to 8 December 2017). He was born in Jalakandapuram,
Salem district
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. 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.
Books
About 30 novels and novellas of Appusami have been published so far. Most of them were serialised in ''Kumudam'' and then published in book form. They are all illustrated by painter
Jeyaraj
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*''Appusami and the African Beauty''
*''1001 Appusamiy Iravugal''
*''Manavar Thalaivar Appusami''
*''Appusamiyum Arupudha vilakkum''
*''Pamara Geethai''
*''Sundakkai Sithar Appusami''
*''Appusami Padam Edukkirar''
*''Berovin pinnal''
*''August Thyagi Appusami''
*''Seethapattiyin Sabadham''
*''Veerappan kattil appusamy''
*''Akasavaniyil Appusamy''
*''Appusami Divorce Ketkirar''
*''Come on Appusamy Come on''
*''Human bomb Appusamy''
*''Appusamiyin Colour TV''
*''Appusamiyum Hypnotisa poonayum''
*''Appusamiyum Azhagi pottiyum''
*''Appusamiyin Thali bakkiyam''
*''Appusamiyum Bharathi Narkaliyum''
References
External links
Official website of Appusami stories* His books are available as ebooks a
Pustaka{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008034138/http://www.pustaka.co.in/home/author/tamil/bakkiyam-ramasamy , date=8 October 2017 .
Novels in Tamil
20th-century Indian novels
Novel series
Indian novels adapted into plays
Indian novels adapted into television shows