Francesa was furious, calling several station bigwigs and demanding an apology. McKinley soothed ruffled feathers of party bigwigs by mail and in person. " The "back room" serves as a "gathering point for local bigwigs. So what about the "phuyai" [bigwigs]? Welch sang in a rock band, the Ottoman Bigwigs. The story revolves round two village bigwigs, Periya Karuppan (Sathyaraj) and Kottaisamy (C. Arunpandian).