Pala. Karuppiah
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2016
ConstituencyHarbour
Personal details
Born
Chinna Karuppiah

(1943-04-02) 2 April 1943 (age 80)
Karaikudi[1]
Other political
affiliations		Congress,Janata Dal, MDMK,

AIADMK (2010-2016) DMK(2016-2019) Makkal Needhi Maiam (2021)

Tamilnadu Thanurimai Kalagam (2023)
OccupationActor, Writer and Cinema Producer[1]

Pala. Karuppiah (born Chinna Karuppiah on 2 April 1943) is an Indian politician, film producer, actor and author. He was an MLA in the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Harbour constituency in the Chennai District.[2] As an actor, he is best known for his role in Sarkar.

Film career

Karuppiah started his film career with Thiruvannamalai (2008). He rose to fame for his role in Sarkar (2018) as Masilamani, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and one of the antagonists. He has gone on to play political and character roles in films such as Action (2019) and Sembi (2022).

Political career

On 28 January 2016 Pala was expelled from AIADMK by party general secretary J. Jayalalithaa after being accused of indulging in activities contrary to party ideology and bringing it into disrepute.[3] A day later, he resigned from his assembly constituency.[4] His house was attacked by unknown assailants following it. He later met the media and accused the AIADMK government of corruption.[5]

Filmography

Actor

List of Pala. Karuppiah film credits as actor
Year Film Role Notes
2008 Thiruvannamalai Local Politician
2010 Angadi Theru Annachi
2018 Sarkar M. Masilamani, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
2019 Action Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
2021 MGR Magan K. R. Thangavel
Friendship Judge
2022 Sembi Adhiyamaan, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
2023 Kannai Nambathey Mu. Aalavanthaan, Health Minister [6]
2023 License

Producer

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Thiru. Pala. Karuppiah (AIADMK) 18. Harbour Chennai District". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
  2. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Pala. Karuppiah expelled from AIADMK". The Hindu. 28 January 2016.
  4. ^ Red Pix, 24x7 (20 July 2016). "After Getting Insulted in AIADMK Pala. Karuppiah Takes Refuge In Karunanidhi Camp". Red Pix 24x7. Retrieved 20 July 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Pala. Karuppiah's house attacked". The Hindu. 31 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Kannai Nambathey Movie Review: Kannai Nambathey falters despite a thrilling setup". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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