Chandrababu

Joseph Panimayadas Chandrababu Rodriguez (1927–1974) was an Indian film comedian, actor, director, singer and dancer, whose Chaplinesque style on-screen movements and singing style made him popular from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. He had a mastery of the Madras Bashai, a dialect unique to the Madras region. His slapstick style of comedy has been emulated by subsequent actors. Many of his songs have remained popular. There is confusion regarding his full name. He hails from Paravar community and his catholic church christian name is Panimayadasa Rodriguez - which is a normal way of naming in Paravar community. Since most Tamils do have a family name, Indian passport use his fathers first name, Pichai, is confused as his surname in the media. Both his parents family names are written in his grave in Tuticorin which followed in some family in Paravar community which uses Dutch, Portuguese and French cultures in their lifestyle. His father was Joseph Pichai Rodriguez and his mother Roselin Correra.