Sujatha Rangarajan

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 wifes name Sujathas 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 socialfamily 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 Hassans 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 coproducer 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 Shankars Enthiran before he died on 27 February 2008