N. P. Chellappan Nair (1903 - 1972) was a

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and

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writer from

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. He concentrated on social comedy of manners. Of his 200 stories, thirty-one have been published in a separate volume. He received the

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a drama of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya A ...

in 1961 for the play ''Iblisukalude Naattil''. N. P. Chaellappan Nair was born in 1903 in

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, a small town in what is now Alappuzha district of Indian state of Kerala. He died in 1972 at the age of 69.

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'' * ''Aa Prakasham Poliyukayilla'' * ''Vazhivilakkukal'' * ''Devadasi'' * ''N. G. O.'' * ''Gangayum Yamunayum Onnuchernnozhukanam'' * ''Mohangal, Mohabhangangal'' * ''Kakkakalum Kakkathamoburattikalum''

Short stories

* ''NPyude Charithrakathakal'' (Collection of 21 short stories) * ''Ere Nerum Kure Nunayum'' * ''Dasapushpangal''

Films

N. P. Chellappan Nair wrote the screenplay and starred in K. Subrahmaniam's film ''

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'' (1941). He also scripted the films, ''Chandrika'' (1950), ''

Sasidharan ''Sasidharan'' is a 1950 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by T Janaki Ram and produced by Swami Narayanan. The film stars Nagavally R. S. Kurup, N. P. Chellappan Nair and Miss Kumari in lead roles. The film had musical score by P. Kalin ...

'' (1950), ''Chechi'' (1951) and ''Athmasanthi'' (1964).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nair, N. P. Chellappan 1903 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Indian male dramatists and playwrights People from Alappuzha district Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala Malayalam-language writers Malayalam-language dramatists and playwrights Malayalam short story writers Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 20th-century Indian short story writers Indian male short story writers 20th-century Indian male writers