Pala. Karuppiah

Pala. Karuppiah or Chinna Karuppiah is an Indian politician, film producer, actor and author. He was a member of Legislative assembly in the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Harbour constituency in the Chennai District. He is an actor in Tamil films, starting with "Angadi Theru". He is also an author who wrote "Pattinathaar Oru Paarvai", "Arasiyal Sadhirattangal", "Kaalam Kizhittha Kodugal", "Kannadhaasan", "Kaalathin Velippaadu", "Ellaigal Neettha Rama Kaadhai" and "Karunanidhi Enna Kadavulaa".
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. A day later he resigned from his assembly constituency. His house was attacked by unknown assailants following it. He later met the media and accused the AIADMK government of corruption.