Remembering Sujatha on his Birth Anniversary

Today is the 81st birth anniversary of writer Sujatha.

Sujatha is one of those few writers who continuously wrote widely read novels and short stories and also remained super successful in film industry as a writer. Though known for his fictions, Sujatha had equal number of fans and admirers for his non-fiction writing backed by expertise in various fields such as science, arts, literature, spirituality, sports, cinema etc. If the under current of subtle humor made him most popular among young readers, his ability to give detailed and lively description about anything on earth made him a favorite of serious readers.

Sujatha can be easily named as the most successful writer in Tamil cinema. He has collaborated with the best of filmmakers and directors like K.Balachander, Mani Ratnam, Bharathiraja, Kamal Haasan and Shankar and ensured that their films are enjoyed for dialogues also. The strong dialogues he penned for Shankar's films like 'Mudhalvan' and 'Anniyan' are still avidly remembered by movie buffs. He worked in films and kept writing till his last days. His contribution for the blockbuster 'Enthiran' which was filmed years after his death was immense.

If you want to start reading habit in Tamil you can start with Sujatha as his writing will be easy as well as enjoyable and also give a you lot of knowledge about various topics on earth.

His contributions to the society do not end with his pen. As a highly talented and experienced engineer, he was part of the team that designed the electoral voting machines that are being used to conduct elections across the country. He is also one of the first to start writing about Computers in Tamil, before many Tamilians even knew what it is. He has written a lot about computers in Tamil in the 90s itself.

Born in 1935 in Srirangam as Rangarajan he wrote under the pen name Sujatha which is the given name of his wife. He passed away at the age of 73 in the year 2008 but he is still alive in the minds of thousands of his readers spread across the globe.

Indiaglitz takes pride in remembering the legendary writer on this occasion of his Birth Anniversary.

Readers can share their favourite Sujatha book in the comments section and also state the reason why it should be read by everyone.