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Sivasankari
Sivasankari (born 14 October 1942) is an Indian author and activist who writes in Tamil. She is one of the four Tamil writers asked by the United States Library of Congress to record their voice as part of the South Asian article on Sivashankari. Early life Sivasankari was born in Madras. Including herself, all the children in her family were educated in the Sri Ramakrishna Mission and Sarada Vidyalaya schools. She then studied at SIET College for Women. Career Her novels were made into the films ''Avan Aval Adhu'' (1980) Novel ''Oru Singam Muyalagiradhu'' Directed by Muktha Srinivasan (125days) '' 47 Natkal'' (1981) directed by K. Balachander and starred Chiranjeevi and Jaya Prada. She is the author of the novel, which was made into a TV series called ''Subah'' on Doordarshan in 1987. Books *47 Naatkal *Aatril Oru Kaal Setril Oru Kaal *Aayiram Kaalathu Payir *Adimaadugal *Anilgal *Amma Pillai *Amma, Please, Enakkaga *Appa *Aval *En? *Ini *Innoruthi + Innoruthi *Karunai Kol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oru Manithanin Kathai
''Oru Manithanin Kathai'' () is a Tamil-language novel by Sivasankari. It was serialised in the magazine ''Ananda Vikatan'' from 1978 to 1979. The novel was translated in English under the title ''Tyagu'' by Uma Narayanan in 1990. Plot Background During her tenure as public relations officer of Citibank in the early 1970s, Sivasankari encountered many employees who were ostensibly sober during the day but heavily drinking at night parties. She was curious to know the reason behind their alcoholism, and wrote to Alcoholics Anonymous; after reading their pamphlets, Sivasankari saw alcoholism as a disease. She spent almost eight years working on the subject of ''Oru Manithanin Kathai'', and interacted with many psychiatrists as part of her research. She claimed the story was based on the lives of many alcoholics, rather than a single individual. Sivasankari considered ''Oru Manithanin Kathai'' to be one of her most challenging novels to write. Adaptations The novel was adapted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47 Natkal
''47 Natkal'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. It was simultaneously made in Telugu as ''47 Rojulu'' (). The film stars Chiranjeevi, Jaya Prada and Anne Patricia. Based on the novel of the same name by Sivasankari, it revolves around Vaishali (Jaya Prada) and how her marriage to Kumar (Chiranjeevi) lasts only 47 days. The Tamil version was released on 17 July 1981 and the Telugu version on 3 September 1981. Plot Actress Saritha comes to a small town to talk to Vaishali, because she is about to play her in a film based on her life. Vaishali suffers from hysteria and angrily shuts out Saritha. The story is now told in flashback form, when Vaishali's brother tells Saritha about her marriage to Kumar, lasting for only 47 days. Kumar takes Vaishali to a country manor in a town 30 km away from Paris, France ( Férolles). She does not know French or English. Kumar already has a French first wife Lucie living there on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandu (film)
''Nandu'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Mahendran. The film stars Suresh and Ashwini. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Sivasankari. The film was released on 17 April 1981 and failed commercially. Plot Ramkumar Sharma is a sickly engineer living in Lucknow in a large family. He suffers from asthma and does not like the behaviour of his autocratic father, but is deeply attached to his loving mother. Unable to get along with his father who compels him to marry a girl of his choice, Sharma leaves for Madras. He finds a job there and meets Seetha. Once settled, he goes around looking for a house with the help of house broker. Incidentally, he finds Seetha residing as a tenant in a portion under the very same house. He likes the portion and agrees to start living there. The lives of the girls who live in portions of the large house are brightened by the appearance of the engineer from Lucknow. Of them, two of them try to impress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avan Aval Adhu
''Avan Aval Adhu'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Muktha Srinivasan and written by Visu. The film stars Sivakumar, Lakshmi, Sripriya and Thengai Srinivasan. Dealing with the then-groundbreaking issue of surrogate pregnancy, it is based on the story ''Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu'' () by Sivasankari. The film was released on 11 April 1980. Plot The film revolves around how Ramu's wife tries to conceal the surrogate mother of their child from her husband. But the surrogate mother and her husband gets acquainted accidentally and their interactions grows towards unknown destiny behind the wife's knowledge. Story travels towards how this peculiar triangle straighten out.... Cast *Sivakumar as Ramu *Lakshmi as Lavanya *Sripriya as Menaka *Thengai Srinivasan * Manorama as Muniyamma * Y. G. Mahendran *Kathadi Ramamurthy *Typist Gopu *Gundu Kalyanam Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Lyrics written by Kannadasan. Reception Despite bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subah (TV Series)
''Subah'' is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1987 directed by Bharat Rangachary. It is based on a novel by Sivasankari, titled ''Avan''. The title song for the series, "Aye zamane tere samne aa gaye", was sung by R. D. Burman. Plot The story starts with an innocent young man joining college. He is friends with a junkie Salim Ghouse. And then how he falls for drugs. Cast * Salim Ghouse Salim Ahmad Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films. Early life Salim Ghouse was born ... as Bharat * Kumar Bhatia as Prem References External links * {{IMDb title, 0390775 DD National original programming 1980s Indian television series Television shows about drugs 1987 Indian television series debuts Television shows based on Indian novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutty (2001 Film)
''Kutty'' is a 2001 Tamil language film directed by Janaki Vishwanathan. The film's music is composed by Ilayaraja. Upon release, the film met with widespread critical acclaim. Plot The film revolves around a young girl who is forced into child labour working for an urban family after a tragedy in her own family. Paavaadai is a potter living in a village in the outskirts of Madurai. Even though his profession is in a miserable condition, he has high hopes for his daughter Kannammaa and raises her with much affection. Unfortunately, he dies in an accident and this forces Kannammaa to be sent to work for an urban family. The girl is quite happy about this, thinking about the prospects of good food and clothes. The family's working couple also treat her with kindness. However, the arrival of the mother-in-law changes everything. Kutty doesn't get enough food to eat and is mistreated by the old woman and her grandson. Day-by-day things get worsen. Once, Kutty's relatives come to see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Writers From Tamil Nadu
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International Writing Program Alumni
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Indian Women Novelists
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