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Indra Soundar Rajan | |
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Born | Salem, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India | 13 November 1958
Died | 10 November 2024 65) Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India | (aged
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Mystery, Ghost story, Supernatural Thrillers |
P. Soundar Rajan (13 November 1958 – 10 November 2024), known by the pen name Indra Soundar Rajan, was an Indian Tamil author of short stories, novels, television serials, and screenplays. [1] [2]
Indra Soundar Rajan was an expert on South Indian Hindu traditions and mythological lore. He was employed in TVS Group of Companies before becoming a full-time writer. His stories typically deal with cases of supernatural occurrence, divine intervention, reincarnation, and ghosts; many stories foreground the conflict between rationalism, faith, and superstition. His stories are often based on or inspired by true stories reported from various locales around the state of Tamil Nadu. [3]
Through most of the 1990s and 2000s, two or three of his "pocket novels" (about the length of a novella in English) were published every month in publications such as Crime Story and Today Crime News. Often, longer works were serialised over several issues.
Several of his novels have been translated to English, including The Aayakudi Murders, Out of the Blue, The Rebirth of Jeeva (in The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Vol. 1), and The Palace of Kottaipuram (in The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Vol. 2).
The teleserial Marmadesam , for which he wrote the screenplay, is said to be the most successful Tamil television show in history. [4]
He wrote more than 300 episodes for the Podhigai TV program "Kanchiyin Karunai", which tells of the greatness of Shri Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Swamigal, the pontiff of Kanchipuram Shankara mutt.
Rajan was born in Salem, Madras State, India on 13 November 1958. He lived in Madurai, [5] where he died on 10 November 2024, at the age of 65. [6]
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