Bava Chelladurai (Bigg Boss) Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Actor, Writer, Storyteller, Literary Activist, Farmer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet & inches- 5’ 9”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Career
Publications	• 2011: Ruins of the Night (co-written by Janaki Venkatraman) • 2013: Kaalam (co-written by V Nedu Cheziyan) • 2016: Bashirin Arai Aththanai Elithil Thirakkapadavillai • 2016: Dominick • 2018: Ella Nalum Karthigai • 2018: From 19 DM Saron
Filmography	• 2016: Joker • 2019: Peranbu, as Siddha Kudimagan • 2020: Psycho, as Akbar • 2020: Walter, as Eshwaramoorthi • 2021: Sennai, as Annam's husband • 2021: JaiBhim, as Natraja (a politician)
Award, Achievement	May 2021: Won the Best Actor Award at Golden Sparrow International Film Festival
Personal Life
Date of Birth	22 April 1962 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2021)	59 Years
Birthplace	Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
School	Danish Mission Higher Secondary School, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
Religion/Religious Views	Atheism [1]Fountain Ink
Caste	Dalit [2]Fountain Ink
Political Ideology	Marxism [3]Fountain Ink
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	K. V. Shylaja (Runs a publishing house called Vamsi in Tamil Nadu)
Children	Son- Vamsi Bava Chelladurai (Pursuing English Literature at Madras Christian College and made a documentary titled Asvagosh) Note: His other son, CB, died in an accident. Daughter- Manasi Bava Chelladurai
Parents	He was born to Dalit Christian parents. [4]Fountain Ink
Favourites
Colour	White
Actor	Shah Rukh Khan
Money Factor
Salary/Income (approx.)	Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 3 lakhs per week (as of October 2023) [5]The Times of India

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bava Chelladurai

• Bava Chelladurai is an Indian film actor, writer, literary activist, storyteller, and farmer, who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry.

• Chelladurai was also a part of the jury that did a public hearing on the murders of Dalits in Tamil Nadu. The public hearing was organised by Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO. ^[6]The Hindu He also once stood up against the construction of drainage pipe in Sonagiri Forest in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. He also founded the Progressive Writers’ Association. ^[7]The Hindu

• The Tamil writer became a popular figure with his modern Tamil short stories that are known for their unique language and story mantras. Bava’s works have already been translated into English, Hindi, and Malayalam languages, and they are also being considered for translating into other languages including Spanish, German, and French. ^[8]The Indian Express

• Chelladurai revealed in an interview that he, along with his friend J. P., decided to perform storytelling on Friday evenings at J. P.’s Quartis Multilingual Conversation Center, in Thiruvannamalai. ^[9]The Indian Express He said,
  

  We started this storytelling event next Friday. With no big plan for it, no poster, no banner, we simply put a post on Facebook that storytelling is going to happen in this place. About 60 people came for it.”

  

  Bava Chelladurai at one of his storytelling events

• Bava has a YouTube channel that boasts around 35.6K subscribers as of 2021. According to Chelladurai, his son recorded his third and fourth storytelling events and uploaded the videos on YouTube, which eventually started Chelladurai’s YouTube channel in 2010. Bava added in an interview,
  

  Actually, I have this YouTube channel and I have no idea how to get started with it. He [Bava’s son] had just bought a camera and was learning all about photography.”

• The storyteller stepped into acting in 2016 with the Tamil movie named Joker. He played a comic character in the film. Since then, Bava has worked in various Kollywood and Tollywood movies.
  

  Bava Chelladurai with the cast of the movie Joker

• In 2021, Chelladurai played an important character named Natraja, in the Tamil drama film “Jai Bhim.” The Kollywood film went on to become one of the biggest box office hits.