V.D. Rajappan
V D Rajappan was born in Kottayam(Kerala, India) and he was famous for his own way of inventive style in stand-up comedy in the late 70's, 80's and 90's. He was one of the most influential persons in the evolution of humor in Malayalam audio cassette and movie industry. His style of stand-up comedy was basically a kind of story telling about the life experience and situations of characters such as animals(may be pets, mosquitoes, street dogs or any objects you see around). He mixed the story with real time political humor and parody of music from popular movies at that time. This form of stage shows or audio cassette releases were known as "Kadha-prasangam" in Kerala.