Jayakanthan is one of the most revered and celebrated writers of Modern literature in Tamil He has written many short stories, collections and essays that have espoused rebellious ideals. Many of his novels have been adapted into Tamil films and he himself has directed two of them- 'Unnaippol Oruvan' and 'Yaarukkaga Azhudhan'.

Jayakanthan passed away in the year 2015 and now his most popular novel 'Oru Manidhan Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam' is going to be made into a feature film in Tamil. The film will be produced and directed by Venkatesh Kumar.G who has earlier made films such as 'Unakkul Naan', 'Lightman' and 'Neelam'. The shooting of Oru Manidhan Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam is expected to begin from 18th day of August 2017. The cast and crew details of the film will be announced in due course.