R. Velappan Nair was a former

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

film director, producer and cinematographer. His movie in 1969,

Aaryankavu Kollasangam ''Aaryankavu Kollasangam'' is a 1969 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by R. Velappan Nair. The film stars Keralasree Sunny, Khadeeja, Polachira Ramachandran and Santo Krishnan. The film had musical score by B. A. Chidambaran ...

was a very new experiment in

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n cinema.

Biography

Velappan Nair was born in an affluent, aristocratic family Illickal in

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on 29 November 1907. His passion for theatre brought his school education to an abrupt halt. He even joined a drama troupe from

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and went off with them without informing his family. This troupe travelled and reached Madras. He worked there in Syamala Film Studio as assistant director and also picked up the basics of cinematography. In 1950, he directed his first

movie named Sthree story based on the drama with the same name of

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (16 October 191611 March 1997) was an Indian poet, playwright, script writer, lyricist, orator, film director and actor, though he is best known as an actor in Malayalam cinema. He is the recipient of Padma Shri from t ...

. And, he was also the cameraman of the film. After, Velappan Nair directed Yachakan in '51, Lokaneethi in '53, Kalam Marunnu in '55,

Minnunnathellam Ponnalla ''Minnunnathellam Ponnalla'' () is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by R. Velappan Nair. It is a remake of the 1956 Hindi film ''CID'' and stars Sathyan, P. K. Sathyapal and Kumari Thankam. This was A. Janaki's debut ...

in '57,

in'69.

Filmography

*'' Sthree'' (1950) *'' Yachakan'' (1951) *'' Lokaneethi'' (1953) *'' Kalam Marunnu'' (1955) *''

'' (1957) *''

'' (1969)

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