I have a faint memory that when I was studying in college, I was the only one with the name 'Chellappa' in that college where there were more than a thousand students. While Subramanian and Srinivasan were kolachi, there was some happiness with a different name. During my school days, a student named 'Pal Chellappa' studied with me in class seven. Around the same time, a religious preacher named 'Sadhu Chellappa' used to hold prayer meetings for the salvation of sinners. Every time I see his name on the posters, it is a small joy. There was a very big wedding contractor named 'Chellappa' in Chennai Mylapore. It is an unwritten law that before the wedding hall is confirmed, the date must be bought from this contractor before the groom is searched. I am very proud of this as I have a passion for good food.
The name 'Chellappan' is very popular in the neighboring state of Kerala. Because I always wear sandalwood on my forehead and have a beard, the Satans think I am a special-data countryman and fondly call me Chellappan. They will shower love. Like a good malayali, I say 'oh' and move away. There are also some unwritten rules for naming characters in films. But director Sridhar made a big revolution. In his hit film 'Kathalikka Naramilli', the great comedian and character actor Nagesh named the character 'Chellappa'. To this day I am confused as to who the hero of this film is. In this film, Nagesh, D. The story-telling scene for S. Balayya is unforgettable, like Nagesh and Sivaji Ganesan clashing in Thiruvilayadal. Kamala Haasan, my favorite actor after Sivaji Ganesan, played a character named Chaplin Chellappa in 'Punnagai Mannan'.
The same is the case with novels. Strange names will not appear. As a teenager, while flipping through books in a library near home, I saw the name Chellappa in one of the books. I read the book out of curiosity. It introduced me to the great writer Aadhavan. Chellappa, the protagonist of the novel Paper Flowers, is a troublemaker. But I'm a quickie. Chellappa is also the name of the protagonist of Malan's novel 'The Lost Butterflies'. Like him, I had a bitter experience during the state of emergency. That is a separate story. My favorite writer, Sundara Ramasamy, in his novel 'Kids, Women, Men' named Chellappa as a minor character in the story. Above all this, one of the best writers of Tamil Nadu, C. who ran the magazine 'Ehuthu Su.