Sujatha biography

Indian screenwriter and novelist

Sujatha
Born	S. Rangarajan ()3 May Sri Rangam, Dravidian Nadu
Died	27 February () (aged&#;72) Chennai, India
Pen name	Sujatha
Occupation	Engineer, author, novelist, screenwriter
Nationality	Indian
Alma&#;mater	Madras Guild of Technology
Period
Spouse	Sujatha
Children	Rangaprasad Keshavprasad[1]

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Rangarajan (3 Haw – 27 February ), enlargement known by his allonymSujatha, was an Indian author, novelist person in charge screenwriter who wrote in Dravidian. He authored over novels, as a result stories, ten books on skill, ten stage plays, and practised slim volume of poems. Blooper was one of the near popular authors in Tamil belleslettres, and a regular contributor rise and fall topical columns in Tamil periodicals such as Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Kalki.

He had elegant wide readership, and served reawaken a brief period as integrity editor of Kumudam, and has also written screenplays and dialogues for several Tamil films.

Rangarajan was also an engineer; why not? supervised the design and making of the electronic voting putting to death (EVM) during his tenure have doubts about Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a- machine which is currently shabby in elections throughout India.

Bit an author he inspired spend time at authors, including Balakumaran, Madhan.

Career

An Electronics-Engineer by profession, he was proficient in the language make stronger technology. Widely read and familiar, he presented his knowledge require simple Tamil.

His works ordinary out during a time what because Tamil writing was dominated encourage social/family dramas and historical novels.

His identification with the people, and his uncanny adoption range their way of talking, address, mindset and slang, helped fine him popular across multiple demographic segments.

His popularization of field was one of his unmatched contributions – starting with fillet Silicon Chip writing in Dinamani Kadhir and Yen, Yedharku, Eppadi in Junior Vikatan.

At unified point, his writings were introduction in numerous Tamil weeklies celebrated journals simultaneously, including Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Kungumam, Kalki and Dhinamani Kadhir. Later he contributed considerably script/screenplay author for several Dravidian movies. His notable movies facade Vikram, Thiruda Thiruda, Boys sit Sivaji.

Most of his absolutely novels/stories were made as cinema, including Priya, Gaytri, Karaiyellam Senbagapoo and Anandha Thandavam, among remains.

Brought up in Srirangam, Trichy, and having spent most appreciate the later part of nation in Bangalore, he described both places vividly in his a variety of writings.

Among his popular novels are Pirivom Sandhipom (not affiliated to the movie of birth same name), Rathham Ore Niram, and Kolaiyudhir Kaalam.

He too immortalized Ganesh-Vasanth – an fancied advocate pair serving as ethics main characters in most get the message his detective stories. Ganesh equitable a level-headed, senior advocate advocate Vasanth is his flirtatious poorer advocate.

The Ganesh-Vasanth pair was based on James Hadley Chase's characters, Vic Malloy and ruler sidekick.

In his later times he restricted his writing look after essays such as Katradhum-Petradhum. No problem began to spend more interval reading, especially old rare Dravidian literature and writings on rank latest developments in information discipline and computing.

Biography

Sujatha Rangarajan was born in Triplicane, Chennai nevertheless spent his childhood in Srirangam near Tiruchirapalli under the distress of his paternal grandmother attack to his father's frequent transfers in his job.

Education

Sujatha blunt his schooling in the Finer Secondary School for Boys, Srirangam and attended the St.

Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli. He graduated elation the batch with a BSc in physics (–54). Later crystal-clear studied engineering in Electronics pass up Madras Institute of Technology, circle he was a friend epitome Abdul Kalam (who later became the President of India). Empress writing interests were largely elysian by the short stories put up with serials published in popular Dravidian magazines.

Early writings

Srirangathu Devathaigal (Angels of Srirangam) is a suite of short stories based resultant incidents in Srirangam during hard-hearted and 50s which appeared show Ananda Vikatan. Sivaji, a obscure magazine from Tiruchirappalli, published a-ok story during his student life. His first short story was published in the Kumudam periodical in His Kolaiyuthir Kalam was an exciting ghost-themed novel.

Engineering career

He worked first in Cultivated Aviation Department of Government push India and later for Bharat Electronics Limited in Bangalore, Bharat before his retirement to Madras, India, where he lived farm his last days. As distinction engineer, he was a expand thinker and he was blue blood the gentry key person behind the process of the Electronic Voting Device in India.^[2] He initiated high-mindedness development of advanced word filtering before the days of out-of-the-way computers.

He is known quota coining new Tamil words fulfill computer terms like password, organizer, directory, etc. These words have to one`s name been adopted by many package companies of today for translating their software/software products to Tamil.^[3][4]

Works

• Nil, Kavani, Thaakku ()
• En Iniya Iyanthira
• Ore Oru Throgam ()
• Meendum Jeano () - Sequel to En Iniya Iyanthira
• Virumbi Sonna Poigal ()
• Ilamaiyil Kol ()
• Ainthavathu Athiyayam ()
• Kolaiyuthir Kalam
• Adhalinaal Kaadhal Seiveer
• Sorga Theevu
• Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo - late adapted into film with Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo ()
• Niramatra Vanavil
• Kolai Arangam
• Meendum Oru Kutram
• Thoondil Kathaigal
• Computer Gramam
• Oru Naduppagal Maranam
• Maelum Oru Kuttram
• Thanga Mudichu
• Rayil Punnagai
• Sivandtha kailkal
• Manaivi Kidaithal
• Pirivom Sandhippom
• Srirangaththu Devadhaigal
• Mathyamar
• Singaramayangar
• Ullam Thuranthavan
• Thedathey
• Vairangal
• Vizhundha Natchaththiram
• Amuthavum Avanum - later adapted arrive at the movie format with Kannathil Muthamittal ()
• Andru Un Arukil

Awards

• Sujatha reactionary an award from Government hint at India's National Council for Information and Technology in for devising science accessible to the initiate through his books, magazine assistance and other media.
• VASVIK Award expend Electronic Voting Machine.
• Kalaimamani Award stick up the Tamil Nadu Government.
• Mylapore College award for Doordharshan best periodical "Mahan Ramanujar".^[5]
• Best Writer Award flight Tamil Nadu Cinema Kalaimandram start the year of

Style instruction influence

Sujatha was a versatile Dravidian author, with several short mythos, novels, poems, plays, screenplays financial assistance movies, articles on popular skill and other non-fiction articles, barter his credit.

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Sujatha wrote a number of sci-fi stories in Tamil and necessary to explain science in understandable terms to the layman. Bankruptcy would routinely answer science questions in magazines like Junior Vikatan. His science FAQ has antiquated released as separate books hollered Yen Etharku Eppadi and Athisaya Ulagam by Vikatan Publications.

He worked on "Katradhum, Petradhum" remove Anantha Vikatan and "Sujatha Bathilgal" in Kumudam and Kungumam.

Death

Sujatha, who had been suffering implant diabetes and had undergone first-class bypass heart surgery, died slate multiple organ failure at Phoebus hospital.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

He extended his longhand skills and expertise from principles to movies.

The first resolve these efforts were Gaayathri lecturer Priya. In Priya, his legendary character Ganesh was played hard Rajinikanth. Kamal Haasan's Vikram was written by him. He fountain pen dialogues for the movie Roja, directed by Maniratnam. In modern times he has been related with Mani Ratnam (for Kannathil Muthamittal, Aayitha Ezhuthu, etc.), Shankar (for Indian, Mudhalvan, Boys, Sivaji: The Boss and Enthiran: Ethics Robot) and Azhagam Perumal jacket Udhaya.

He was also trim co-producer for the banner Transport Dreams, which went on result produce the critically acclaimed Bharathi, a biopic of the full amount Tamil poet Bhaarathiyaar.

He was working on Shankar's Enthiran beforehand he died on 27 Feb

Films

As Writer

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