Bava Chelladurai has many credentials: he is an Indian writer, storyteller, actor, literary activist and farmer. Bava is famous for his Tamil short stories, and he works as an actor in the Tamil film industry, with Jai Bheem being one of his biggest blockbusters.
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Wiki/Biography
Bava Chelladurai was born on Sunday, 22 April 1962 (age 59 years; as in 2021) in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. His zodiac sign is Taurus. Bava attended the Danish Mission Higher Secondary School in his hometown Tiruvannamalai.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: black
family and caste
He belongs to a Dalit Christian family.
wife and children
Bava is married to KV Shailaja, who owns and manages a publishing house named “Vamsi” in Tamil Nadu. The couple have two children.
Bava Chelladurai with his wife
His son, Vamsi Bava Chelladurai, is studying English Literature at Madras Christian College, and made his first documentary titled Asvaghosha in 2019. Bava had another son named CB, who died in an accident.
Vamsi, son of Bava Chelladurai
They also have a daughter named Manasi Bava Chelladurai.
Bava Chelladurai’s daughter
religion/religious views
When he grew up, Bava became an atheist.
livelihood
Story
Bava is a well-known name in Tamil storytelling clubs. He writes short stories that are unique and have “story mantras”. Most of Chelladuari’s works have already been translated into English, Hindi and Malayalam languages, and are now also being translated into French, Spanish and German. Bava started narrating the story with his friend JP. He revealed in an interview that the duo decided to perform every Friday evening at their friend JP’s Quartis multilingual conversation center in Tiruvannamalai. Bava further said,
We started this storytelling program from next Friday. There was no big plan for this, no poster, no banner, we just put a post on Facebook that storytelling was going to happen at this place. About 60 people came for this.”
acting
The writer utilized his acting skills and debuted in the Tamil film industry in 2016 with the film titled “Joker”, which saw him in a comic role.
Bava Chelladurai in a scene from the film Joker
After his debut, Bava acted in several Kollywood films. In 2019, he appeared as a character named Siddha Kudimagan in the Tamil language film, Peranbu. The next year, the actor did two films – Psycho, as Akbar and Walter, as Ishwarmurthy. Bava played the role of Annam’s husband in the film Sennai in 2021 and in the same year, he was appreciated for his acting skills in the widely acclaimed Tamil drama, Jai Bheem, in which he was seen as a politician named Nataraja.
Write
Chelladurai is a popular Tamil writer who started writing in 2011. His first book, “Ruins of the Night”, was co-written by Janaki Venkatraman. In 2013, he wrote his second book, “Kaalam”, in collaboration with V Nedu Chezhiyan. Bava published two books as an author in 2016 – Bashirin Arai Aththanai Elithil Thirakkapadavilai and Dominic. In 2018, he had two more books titled “Ella Nalum Karthigai,” and “From 19 DM Saron.”
award, achievement
In May 2021, Bava was awarded the Best Actor Award at the Golden Sparrow International Film Festival for his feature film.
salary/income
According to an article published in October 2023, Bava charged between Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 3 lakh per week.
Favorite
Facts/General Knowledge
- Bava is a declared Marxist.
- He is in-charge of the Progressive Writers Association in Tamil Nadu.
- The storyteller turned to the video platform, YouTube, in 2010 to continue telling his story, and his eponymous channel has more than 35 thousand subscribers as of 2021. Chelladurai revealed in an interview that he had no such intention; However, his son, Vamsi, recorded his third and fourth storytelling incident and uploaded the videos on YouTube. This eventually led to Chelladurai’s YouTube channel. Bava further said,
Actually, I have this YouTube channel and I don’t know how to start it. He [Bava’s son] I had just bought a camera and was learning all about photography.”
- Chelladurai is an advocate of Dalit rights, and was part of the jury that held a public hearing on the killings of Dalits in Tamil Nadu in 2017. The hearing was organized by Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO.
- The actor also spoke strongly against the construction of drainage pipes in the Sonagiri forest of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.
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