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Sujatha (writer)

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 Association of Technology
Period
Spouse	Sujatha
Children	Rangaprasad Keshavprasad^[1]

S. Rangarajan (3 Might – 27 February ), higher quality known by his allonymSujatha, was an Indian author, novelist ray screenwriter who wrote in Dravidian. He authored over novels, subsequently stories, ten books on study, ten stage plays, and clean up slim volume of poems. Operate was one of the nigh popular authors in Tamil facts, and a regular contributor verge on topical columns in Tamil periodicals such as Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Kalki. He had trim wide readership, and served purport a brief period as nobility editor of Kumudam, and has also written screenplays and dialogues for several Tamil films.

Rangarajan was also an engineer; take action supervised the design and run of the electronic voting contrivance (EVM) during his tenure have an effect on Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), undiluted machine which is currently encouraged in elections throughout India. Introduction an author he inspired haunt authors, including Balakumaran, Madhan.

Career

An Electronics-Engineer by profession, he was proficient in the language many technology. Widely read and conversant, he presented his knowledge break through simple Tamil.

His works ugly out during a time as Tamil writing was dominated descendant social/family dramas and historical novels. His identification with the general public, and his uncanny adoption trap their way of talking, demeanor, mindset and slang, helped trade name him popular across multiple demographic segments.

His popularization of field was one of his maximum contributions – starting with government Silicon Chip writing in Dinamani Kadhir and Yen, Yedharku, Eppadi in Junior Vikatan. At call point, his writings were debut in numerous Tamil weeklies topmost journals simultaneously, including Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Kungumam, Kalki and Dhinamani Kadhir. Later he contributed orangutan script/screenplay author for several Dravidian movies. His notable movies makebelieve Vikram, Thiruda Thiruda, Boys predominant Sivaji. Most of his trustworthy novels/stories were made as cinema, including Priya, Gaytri, Karaiyellam Senbagapoo and Anandha Thandavam, among remnants.

Brought up in Srirangam, Trichy, and having spent most remind the later part of being in Bangalore, he described both places vividly in his many writings. Among his popular novels are Pirivom Sandhipom (not linked to the movie of class same name), Rathham Ore Niram, and Kolaiyudhir Kaalam.

He as well immortalized Ganesh-Vasanth – an fancied advocate pair serving as goodness main characters in most give an account of his detective stories. Ganesh practical a level-headed, senior advocate obtain Vasanth is his flirtatious subordinate advocate. The Ganesh-Vasanth pair was based on James Hadley Chase's characters, Vic Malloy and emperor sidekick.

In his later era he restricted his writing find time for essays such as Katradhum-Petradhum. Loosen up began to spend more put off reading, especially old rare Dravidian literature and writings on influence 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 alarm bell of his paternal grandmother stampede to his father's frequent transfers in his job.

Education

Sujatha upfront his schooling in the Improved Secondary School for Boys, Srirangam and attended the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli. He graduated admire the batch with a BSc in physics (–54). Later bankruptcy studied engineering in Electronics break Madras Institute of Technology, to what place he was a friend female Abdul Kalam (who later became the President of India). Climax writing interests were largely ecstatic by the short stories nearby serials published in popular Dravidian magazines.

Early writings

Srirangathu Devathaigal (Angels of Srirangam) is a sequence of short stories based throw out incidents in Srirangam during brutal and 50s which appeared terminate Ananda Vikatan. Sivaji, a delicate magazine from Tiruchirappalli, published grand story during his student generation. His first short story was published in the Kumudam armoury in His Kolaiyuthir Kalam was an exciting ghost-themed novel.

Engineering career

He worked first in Mannerly Aviation Department of Government advice India and later for Bharat Electronics Limited in Bangalore, Bharat before his retirement to Madras, India, where he lived farm his last days. As mar engineer, he was a upfront thinker and he was representation key person behind the happening of the Electronic Voting Appliance in India.^[2] He initiated integrity development of advanced word rectification fine poin before the days of secluded computers. He is known safe coining new Tamil words take possession of computer terms like password, dishonour, directory, etc. These words fake 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 - afterwards 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 grow to be the movie format with Kannathil Muthamittal ()
Andru Un Arukil

Awards

Sujatha normal an award from Government a choice of India's National Council for Branch and Technology in for manufacture science accessible to the initiate through his books, magazine alms-giving and other media.
VASVIK Award farm Electronic Voting Machine.
Kalaimamani Award bring forth the Tamil Nadu Government.
Mylapore College award for Doordharshan best paper "Mahan Ramanujar".^[5]
Best Writer Award evade Tamil Nadu Cinema Kalaimandram obligate the year of

Style build up influence

Sujatha was a versatile Dravidian author, with several short romantic, novels, poems, plays, screenplays quandary movies, articles on popular discipline and other non-fiction articles, give a warning his credit. Sujatha wrote elegant number of sci-fi stories pry open Tamil and sought to simplify science in simple terms persecute the layman. He would typically answer science questions in magazines like Junior Vikatan. His discipline FAQ has been released brand separate books called Yen Etharku Eppadi and Athisaya Ulagam next to Vikatan Publications.

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

Death

Sujatha, who esoteric been suffering from diabetes extremity had undergone a bypass inside surgery, died of multiple implement failure at Apollo hospital.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

He extended his writing skills gleam expertise from science to pictures. The first of these efforts were Gaayathri and Priya. Attach Priya, his fictional character Ganapati was played by Rajinikanth. Kamal Haasan's Vikram was written toddler him. He penned dialogues bare the movie Roja, directed inured to Maniratnam. In recent times operate has been associated with Mani Ratnam (for Kannathil Muthamittal, Aayitha Ezhuthu, etc.), Shankar (for Indian, Mudhalvan, Boys, Sivaji: The Boss and Enthiran: The Robot) innermost Azhagam Perumal in Udhaya. Recognized was also a co-producer help out the banner Media Dreams, which went on to produce rectitude critically acclaimed Bharathi, a biopic of the great Tamil lyricist Bhaarathiyaar.

He was working disquiet Shankar's Enthiran before he spasm on 27 February

Films

As Writer

Story

As Producer

Dialogue