Sujatha, was born in Triplicane, Chennai
on 3rd May 1935. After a Bachelors Degree
in Physics at St Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli,
he completed his engineering in electronics
at the Madras Institute of Technology.
It is worth knowing that Sujatha, who's
real name is Rangarajan was a classmate
of President Abdul Kalam at St Joseph's
College. After 14 year stint with Central
Government at Delhi, he joined Bharat Electronics
at Bangalore.
Sujatha's forte was science fiction writing.
He had also written many film scripts and
was a regular dialogue writer for directors
Shankar and Mani Ratnam.
Shankar's Robot was the next major project
on which Sujatha was actively involved.
He is the writer of over 100 novels, close
to 200 short stories and many stage plays.
Sujatha's death would be great loss for
Tamil literature and Cinema.
Team Behindwoods' deepest condolence
to the writer's family. |
