Pattukkottai Prabakar

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Pattukottai Prabakar
Native name
பட்டுக்கோட்டை பிரபாகர் (Tamil)
Born (1958-07-30) 30 July 1958 (age 65)
Pattukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationTamil Novelist, Film script writer
LanguageTamil
Genre Crime, Detective
Notable worksBooks - Bharath Susila, Kanavugal ilavasam, Irandu vari kaviyam

Films - Samurai, Jeyam Kondan, Imaikka nodigal, Naan avan illai, Kandaen Kadhalai

Mega serials - Gopuram, Varam, Paramapadham

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ParentsFather : Radhakrishnan
Mother : Chandra

Pattukkottai Prabakar is an Indian Tamil writer. He is the ultimate King of Crime and Thriller novels, also a versatile writer. Apart from print media, He is also a screenwriter for movies as well as TV. Pattukkottai Prabakar was born to Shri. V. Radhakrishnan and Smt.R.Chandra on 30 July 1958. He completed his master's in economics in St.Joseph's college, Trichy. He pursued his career as a writer. [1]

Career

His debut as an author was in 1977, when his work was published in Ananda Vikatan. He has penned 250+ short stories, 300+ novels, 85+ serial stories. More than 200 works has been published by several publishers as special edition books. A monthly magazine named A novel time was publishing only his novels. His famous works are Bharath Susila Detective series. His versatility has taken his works to other languages too. He ran Ungal junior and ullasa oonjal monthly magazines for ten years. He has worked as assistant director and assisted in making scripts for 2 films with director Mr.K.Bhakyaraj (Avasara police-100, Pavunu pavunuthan) He has contributed towards the script and dialogues for up to 25 Tamil films. He has also worked for Paramapadham, the first Tamil-language "mega-serial" telecasted on Doordarshan. He continued to contribute on small screen mega serials.

Notable works

The detective series Bharath and Susila is the most popular novels amongst his fans. He has written more than 15 novels with only dialogues and no narration. His works like Maram and Kanavugal ilavasam are part of literature syllabus in private colleges and three M.Phil scholars have written a thesis on his writings. "Irandu vari kaviyam" is a Thirukural book that explains each kural in two simple lines. 7 of his short stories were telecasted as single episodes in Sun TV, directed by director Balu Mahendra (Kathai Neram).

Filmography

MOVIEYEARLANGUAGEDirected byWORK
The Legend 2022Tamil J. D.–Jerry Dialogues
Kaappaan 2019Tamil K. V. Anand Story and Screenplay
Imaikkaa Nodigal 2018Tamil Ajay Gnanamuthu Dialogues
Kaaki Sattai 2015TamilDurai SenthilkumarDialogues
Killadi 2015Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Vanthaan Vendraan 2011Tamil R. Kannan Dialogues
Vaadaa 2010Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Maanja Velu 2010Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Kanden Kadhalai 2009Tamil R. Kannan Dialogues
Naan avan illai 2 2009Tamil Selva
Malai Malai 2009Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Jeyam Kondaan 2008Tamil R. Kannan Dialogues
Sila Nerangalil 2008Tamil Jeyaraj Dialogues
Singa Kutty 2008Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Nepali 2008Tamil V Z dura iDialogues
Naan Avan Illai 2007Tamil Selva Dialogues
Sabari 2007TamilSureshDialogues
Aai 2004Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Kadhal Dot Com 2004TamilSelvarajDialogues
Wrong number2003KannadaNS ShankarStory
Maaran 2002TamilJawaharDialogues
Bagavathi 2002Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Samurai 2002Tamil Balaji sakthivel Dialogues
Chocolate 2001Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Priyamudan 1998Tamil Vincent selva Dialogues
Rettai jadai vayasu 1997TamilSiva kumarDialogues
Mahaprabhu 1996Tamil A. Venkatesh Dialogues

Television

NAMELANGUAGETYPEEPISODESCHANNEL
Kathai NeramTamil7 short storiesSun TV
Kanavugal IlavasamTamilSocial serial18Doordarshan
ParamapadhamTamilMega serial210Doordarshan
Jeyipathu NijamTamilThriller serial60Sun TV
GopuramTamilMega serial320Sun TV
VaramTamilMega serial260Sun TV
KalyanamTamilMega serial150Sun TV
Muga manasuluTeluguMega serial

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References

  1. Chakravarthy, Pritham (2008). The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction. Chennai, India: Blaft Publications. p. 178. ISBN   978-81-906056-0-1.

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