Sujatha (S. Rangarajan) the writer/ dialog writer par excellence in Tamil literature and cinema is no more. He is credited with spearheading the team that designed India's first Electronic Voting Machine. While these are in the news and are well known facts - what really caught my imagination was that - I now realize suddenly that Mani Ratnam's protagonist in "Kannathil Muthamittal" was more than loosely based on Sujatha.
Here are my observations on the similarities between Thiruchelvan (played by Madhavan) and S.Rangarajan (Sujatha)
1. Both write under a "Female" pen name (Indira was Thiruchelvan's wife's name - same with 'Sujatha' Rangarajan).
2. Both shoot into fame/ have a connection with Anandha Vikadan
3. Both have a day job in a productions/ government sector company (Maddy can be seen wearing uniform to work and talking on the phone/ meeting employees or union guys. Sujatha was an engineer at Bharat Electronics Limited in his day job.)
4. The obvious connection - Maddy speaks Sujatha's lines in the movie - and a lot of the thoughts are said to be either Sujatha's or Mani Rathnam's - the views of life, the focus on simplicity, the so-called "live for yourself" principle, the incisive nature of the speech and writings and so on.
I will research a bit more on Sujatha and see if there are any more similarities.
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this question was asked in one of the big madras quizzes this year (landmark level)
they showed a video from kannathil... and the EVM and asked to connect
answer was that that character was inspired by sujatha
and isn't kannathil mutumittal a srilankan level movie? ltte types?
@Skimpy,
Oh! strong only da these chennai quizzes.
And yeah, Kannathil is a movie based on the sri lankan riots. Highly recommended fare.
Heard about the quiz and trying to make an 'original' post out of it?
Good observation. It dint strike me earlier!
Thanks Arun!
And Arun, Do I know you?
Hopeless levels of spideying attempts. When was the last time someone actually answered such a question from you ?
Gay Bastard...
do research and as u find some useful articles (preferably in English) on Sujatha, do pass on...
ps: dint know u had bloggd.
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