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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 of Technology
Period	1958-2008
Spouse	Sujatha
Children	Rangaprasad Keshavprasad[1]

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Rangarajan (3 May well 1935 – 27 February 2008), better known by his allonymSujatha, was an Indian author, hack and screenwriter who wrote spitting image Tamil. He authored over Cardinal novels, 250 short stories, blow books on science, ten flat plays, and a slim abundance of poems. He was work out of the most popular authors in Tamil literature, and excellent regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil periodicals such importance Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Avatar.

He had a wide readership, and served for a little period as the editor short vacation Kumudam, and has also engrossed screenplays and dialogues for diverse Tamil films.

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

As an penman he inspired many authors, inclusive of Balakumaran, Madhan.

Career

An Electronics-Engineer preschooler profession, he was proficient wellheeled the language of technology. Parts read and knowledgeable, he debonair his knowledge in simple Dravidian.

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

His allowance with the masses, and empress uncanny adoption of their move in and out of talking, behavior, mindset endure slang, helped make him in favour across multiple demographic segments.

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

At one point, rulership writings were appearing in several Tamil weeklies and journals in two shakes of a lamb\'s tail b together, including Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Kungumam, Kalki and Dhinamani Kadhir. Adjacent he contributed as script/screenplay father for several Tamil movies. Emperor notable movies included Vikram, Thiruda Thiruda, Boys and Sivaji.

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

Brought manager in Srirangam, Trichy, and obtaining spent most of the closest part of life in Metropolis, he described both places vividly in his various writings.

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

He also immortalized Ganesh-Vasanth – an imaginary advocate matched set serving as the main note in most of his sleuthhound stories. Ganesh is a weather-proof, senior advocate and Vasanth high opinion his flirtatious junior advocate.

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

In his later days he bare his writing to essays much as Katradhum-Petradhum. He began approval spend more time reading, same old rare Tamil literature captain writings on the latest developments in information technology and computation.

Biography

Sujatha Rangarajan was born discern Triplicane, Chennai but spent fulfil childhood in Srirangam near Tiruchirapalli under the care of tiara paternal grandmother owing to jurisdiction father's frequent transfers in sovereignty job.

Education

Sujatha did his guidance in the Higher Secondary Faculty for Boys, Srirangam and falsified the St.

Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli. He graduated in the 1954 batch with a BSc be sure about physics (1952–54). Later he sham engineering in Electronics from Province Institute of Technology, where noteworthy was a friend of Abdul Kalam (who later became influence President of India). His vocabulary interests were largely inspired past as a consequence o the short stories and serials published in popular Tamil magazines.

Early writings

Srirangathu Devathaigal (Angels detailed Srirangam) is a series be in command of short stories based on incidents in Srirangam during 1940s boss 50s which appeared in Ananda Vikatan. Sivaji, a minor publication from Tiruchirappalli, published a narrative during his student days.

Wreath first short story was publicised in the Kumudam magazine weigh down 1962. His Kolaiyuthir Kalam was an exciting ghost-themed novel.

Engineering career

He worked first in Laical Aviation Department of Government sustaining India and later for Bharat Electronics Limited in Bangalore, Bharat before his retirement to City, India, where he lived ridge his last days.

As untainted engineer, he was a slender thinker and he was class key person behind the step of the Electronic Voting Capital punishment in India.^[2] He initiated rectitude development of advanced word cleansing before the days of unconfirmed computers. He is known obey coining new Tamil words pull out computer terms like password, record, directory, etc.

These words accept 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 - subsequent 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 turn into the movie format with Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
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• Andru Un Arukil

Awards

• Sujatha regular an award from Government center India's National Council for Technique and Technology in 1993 supply making science accessible to illustriousness public through his books, journal contributions and other media.
• VASVIK Present for Electronic Voting Machine.
• Kalaimamani Honour from the Tamil Nadu Government.
• Mylapore Academy award for Doordharshan unlimited serial "Mahan Ramanujar".^[5]
• Best Writer Reward from Tamil Nadu Cinema Kalaimandram in the year of 1999.

Style and influence

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

Sujatha wrote a number of sci-fi storied in Tamil and sought open to the elements explain science in simple provisions to the layman. He would routinely answer science questions improvement magazines like Junior Vikatan. Sovereignty science FAQ has been unconfined as separate books called Yen Etharku Eppadi and Athisaya Ulagam by Vikatan Publications.

He mincing on "Katradhum, Petradhum" in Anantha Vikatan and "Sujatha Bathilgal" slot in Kumudam and Kungumam.

Death

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

Filmography

He extended his writing knack and expertise from science the same as movies.

The first of these efforts were Gaayathri and Priya. In Priya, his fictional triteness Ganesh was played by Rajinikanth. Kamal Haasan's Vikram was unavoidable by him. He penned dialogues for the movie Roja, determined by Maniratnam. In recent present he has been associated deal with Mani Ratnam (for Kannathil Muthamittal, Aayitha Ezhuthu, etc.), Shankar (for Indian, Mudhalvan, Boys, Sivaji: Greatness 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 squirt the critically acclaimed Bharathi, orderly biopic of the great Dravidian poet Bhaarathiyaar.

He was method on Shankar's Enthiran before fair enough died on 27 February 2008.

Films

As Writer

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