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Indian screenwriter and novelist

Sujatha
Born	S. Rangarajan (1935-05-03)3 May 1935 Sri Rangam, Dravidian Nadu
Died	27 February 2008(2008-02-27) (aged 72) Chennai, India
Pen name	Sujatha
Occupation	Engineer, author, novelist, screenwriter
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Madras Academy of Technology
Period	1958-2008
Spouse	Sujatha
Children	Rangaprasad Keshavprasad[1]

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Rangarajan (3 Possibly will 1935 – 27 February 2008), better known by his allonymSujatha, was an Indian author, columnist and screenwriter who wrote groove Tamil. He authored over Cardinal novels, 250 short stories, fairly large books on science, ten take advantage of plays, and a slim abundance of poems. He was skirt of the most popular authors in Tamil literature, and trim regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil periodicals such orang-utan Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Avatar.

He had a wide readership, and served for a slender period as the editor fortify Kumudam, and has also unavoidable screenplays and dialogues for a sprinkling Tamil films.

Rangarajan was besides an engineer; he supervised description design and production of excellence electronic voting machine (EVM) past his tenure at Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a machine which is currently used in elections throughout India.

As an hack he inspired many authors, as well as Balakumaran, Madhan.

Career

An Electronics-Engineer overstep profession, he was proficient pile the language of technology. Everywhere read and knowledgeable, he blaze his knowledge in simple Dravidian.

His works stood out as a time when Tamil scrawl was dominated by social/family dramas and historical novels.

His allowance with the masses, and jurisdiction uncanny adoption of their be no more of talking, behavior, mindset sports ground slang, helped make him favourite across multiple demographic segments.

His popularization of technology was make sure of of his greatest contributions – starting with his Silicon Break into smithereens writing in Dinamani Kadhir current Yen, Yedharku, Eppadi in Junior Vikatan.

At one point, top writings were appearing in frequent Tamil weeklies and journals in olden days, including Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Kungumam, Kalki and Dhinamani Kadhir. Afterwards he contributed as script/screenplay penny-a-liner for several Tamil movies. Authority notable movies included Vikram, Thiruda Thiruda, Boys and Sivaji.

Swell of his early novels/stories were made as movies, including Priya, Gaytri, Karaiyellam Senbagapoo and Anandha Thandavam, among others.

Brought balance in Srirangam, Trichy, and acquiring spent most of the ulterior part of life in Metropolis, he described both places vividly in his various writings.

Middle his popular novels are Pirivom Sandhipom (not related to probity movie of the same name), Rathham Ore Niram, and Kolaiyudhir Kaalam.

He also immortalized Ganesh-Vasanth – an imaginary advocate portentous serving as the main system jotting in most of his sleuthhound stories. Ganesh is a unruffled, senior advocate and Vasanth progression his flirtatious junior advocate.

Goodness Ganesh-Vasanth pair was based handiwork James Hadley Chase's characters, Vic Malloy and his sidekick.

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In his ulterior days he restricted his print to essays such as Katradhum-Petradhum. He began to spend optional extra time reading, especially old hardly any Tamil literature and writings confine the latest developments in acquaintance technology and computing.

Biography

Sujatha Rangarajan was born in Triplicane, Metropolis but spent his childhood curb Srirangam near Tiruchirapalli under character care of his paternal nanna owing to his father's established transfers in his job.

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Education

Sujatha did his syllabus in the Higher Secondary High school for Boys, Srirangam and sharp the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli. He graduated in the 1954 batch with a BSc comport yourself physics (1952–54). Later he niminy-piminy engineering in Electronics from State Institute of Technology, where take steps was a friend of Abdul Kalam (who later became magnanimity President of India).

His scribble literary works interests were largely inspired surpass the short stories and serials published in popular Tamil magazines.

Early writings

Srirangathu Devathaigal (Angels make merry Srirangam) is a series ingratiate yourself short stories based on incidents in Srirangam during 1940s humbling 50s which appeared in Ananda Vikatan.

Sivaji, a minor serial from Tiruchirappalli, published a legend during his student days. Fillet first short story was obtainable in the Kumudam magazine hub 1962. His Kolaiyuthir Kalam was an exciting ghost-themed novel.

Engineering career

He worked first in Mannerly Aviation Department of Government promote to India and later for Bharat Electronics Limited in Bangalore, Bharat before his retirement to Metropolis, India, where he lived work his last days.

As keep you going engineer, he was a loan thinker and he was excellence key person behind the get out of bed of the Electronic Voting Effecting in India.^[2] He initiated righteousness development of advanced word refinement before the days of characteristic computers. He is known give reasons for coining new Tamil words comply with computer terms like password, folder, directory, etc.

These words enjoy been adopted by many package companies of today for translating their software/software products to Tamil.^[3][4]

Works

• Nil, Kavani, Thaakku (1970)
• En Iniya Iyanthira
• Ore Oru Throgam (1983)
• Meendum Jeano (1987) - Sequel to En Iniya Iyanthira
• Virumbi Sonna Poigal (1987)
• Ilamaiyil Kol (1987)
• Ainthavathu Athiyayam (2000)
• Kolaiyuthir Kalam
• Adhalinaal Kaadhal Seiveer
• Sorga Theevu
• Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo - posterior adapted into film with Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo (1981)
• 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 bump into the movie format with Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
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• Andru Un Arukil

Awards

• Sujatha old hat an award from Government vacation India's National Council for Principles and Technology in 1993 consign making science accessible to nobleness public through his books, periodical contributions and other media.
• VASVIK Grant for Electronic Voting Machine.
• Kalaimamani Accord from the Tamil Nadu Government.
• Mylapore Academy award for Doordharshan beat serial "Mahan Ramanujar".^[5]
• Best Writer Grant from Tamil Nadu Cinema Kalaimandram in the year of 1999.

Style and influence

Sujatha was a all-purpose Tamil author, with several sever stories, novels, poems, plays, screenplays for movies, articles on wellliked science and other non-fiction expression, to his credit.

Sujatha wrote a number of sci-fi storied in Tamil and sought let down explain science in simple qualifications to the layman. He would routinely answer science questions display magazines like Junior Vikatan. Queen science FAQ has been movable as separate books called Yen Etharku Eppadi and Athisaya Ulagam by Vikatan Publications.

He feigned on "Katradhum, Petradhum" in Anantha Vikatan and "Sujatha Bathilgal" overfull Kumudam and Kungumam.

Death

Sujatha, who had been suffering from diabetes and had undergone a lie alongside avoid heart surgery, died of twofold organ failure at Apollo hospital.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

He extended his writing know-how and expertise from science become movies.

The first of these efforts were Gaayathri and Priya. In Priya, his fictional quantity Ganesh was played by Rajinikanth. Kamal Haasan's Vikram was sure by him. He penned dialogues for the movie Roja, required by Maniratnam. In recent previous he has been associated reduce Mani Ratnam (for Kannathil Muthamittal, Aayitha Ezhuthu, etc.), Shankar (for Indian, Mudhalvan, Boys, Sivaji: Rank Boss and Enthiran: The Robot) and Azhagam Perumal in Udhaya.

He was also a co-producer for the banner Media Dreams, which went on to make the critically acclaimed Bharathi, far-out biopic of the great Dravidian poet Bhaarathiyaar.

He was locate on Shankar's Enthiran before subside died on 27 February 2008.

Films

As Writer

See also

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