Vayala Vasudevan Pillai (22 April 1945 – 29 August 2011) was a Malayalam-language playwright from Kerala, India.
He was the disciple of eminent playwright G.
Sankara Pillai.
He directed over 40 plays.
Some of his popular plays include Viswadarsanam (1977), Thulaseevaram (1979), Agni (1982), Rangabhasha (1984), Varavelpu (1985), Kuchelagadha (1988), The Death of Nestling (1992), Suthradhara, Ethile...
Ethile? (1993), Kunji Chirakukal (1994), and Swarnakokkukal (1999).
Agni won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 and Thulaseevaram won the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award.
Vayala also received the Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2009 for his contributions to theatre - playwriting in Malayalam.
He was the director of School of Drama, Thrissur for more than two decades.