Sujatha Rangarajan

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-05-03

Deathday 2008-02-27 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Also Known As Sujatha

Sujatha Rangarajan

Biography

Sujatha was the pseudonym of the Tamil author S. Rangarajan, author of over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems. He was one of the most popular authors in Tamil literature, and a regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil periodicals such as Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Kalki. He had a wide readership, and served for a brief period as the editor of Kumudam, and has also composed screenplays and dialogues for several Tamil movies. In addition to the novels, stories, essays he wrote, he helped introduce haiku poetry to Tamil audiences. Brought up in Srirangam, Trichy, and having spent most of the later part of life in Bangalore, he described both places vividly in his various compocings. Among his popular novels are Pirivom Sandhipom (not related to the recent movie of the same name), Rathham Ore Niram, and Kolaiyudhir Kaalam. Penning with his wife's name, Sujatha's Tamil literary career spanned more than four decades. An engineer by profession, he was proficient in the language of technology. Widely read and knowledgeable, he presented his knowledge in simple Tamil. His works stood out during a time when Tamil composing was dominated by social/family dramas and historical novels. His identification with the masses, and his uncanny adoption of their way of talking, behavior, mindset and slang, helped make him popular across multiple demographic segments. He extended his composing skills and expertise from science to movies. The first of these efforts were Gaayathri and Priya. In Priya, his fictional character Ganesh was played by Rajinikanth. Kamal Hassan's Vikram was composed by him. He penned dialogues for the movie Roja, directed by Maniratnam. In recent times he has been associated with Mani Ratnam (for Kannathil Muthamittal, Aayitha Ezhuthu, etc.), Shankar (for Boys, Anniyan, Indian, Mudhalvan, Sivaji, and Enthiran) and Azhagam Perumal in Udhaya. He was also a co-producer for the banner MediaDreams, which went on to produce the critically acclaimed Bharathi, a biopic of the great Tamil poet Bhaarathiyaar. He was working on Shankar's Enthiran before he died on 27 February 2008.

Known For

Writer

Marudhanayagam

as Writer

2016
Saithan

as Story

2010
Enthiran

as Story

2010
Enthiran

as Dialogue

2009
2008
Bheema

as Writer

2007
2007
Sivaji: The Boss

as Dialogue

2005
Ullam Ketkumae

as Writer

2005
Anniyan

as Writer

2005
Anniyan

as Dialogue

2004
2004
Aayitha Ezhuthu

as Writer

2004
Aayitha Ezhuthu

as Dialogue

2004
Chellamae

as Dialogue

2003
Boys

as Writer

2003
Boys

as Dialogue

2002
2002
2001
12 B

as Writer

2001
Nila Kaalam

as Original Story

2000
1999
Mudhalvan

as Writer

1999
Mudhalvan

as Dialogue

1998
Dil Se..

as Writer

1998
1996
Indian

as Writer

1996
Indian

as Screenplay

1996
Indian

as Dialogue

1993
Thiruda Thiruda

as Writer

1992
Roja

as Writer

1986
Vikram

as Screenplay

1986
Vikram

as Novel

1979
1978
Priya

as Novel

1977
Gaayathri

as Novel

Producer

2002
2001
Little John

as Producer

2000
Bharathi

as Producer

Actor

2001
Nila Kaalam

as (guest appearance)