MUNSHI PARAMU PILLAI
Not 'Shaw ' but The Show People called him ‘Bernard Shaw’ of Kerala. He told them ‘I am not Shah, I am a show..’ It was cent percent correct that he was a show, obviously a One Man Show. Alternative of Munshi Paramu Pillai was only Munshi Paramu Pillai and he was as bold as the real ‘Shah’. History of Malayalam drama, cinema and satire cannot be written without mentioning Munshi Paramu Pillai. In the period 1945 to 1965, he was the master writer of Malayalam dramas. Famous drama companies of that period presented his dramas which were mostly blockbusters. ] One of his famous dramas ‘SUPRABHA’was a record holder. The main character of that drama was a villain which was unimaginable at that period. Duration of the play was five and a half hours. Whereever it was staged the audience demanded ‘once more’. To fulfil this demand a second part of ‘SUPRABHA’ was written and staged. This was done in an era of heroes who enter and perform with lengthy ‘Keerthanas’ with the hangover o...