Thamizhachi Thangapandian also known as Sumathy is an Indian Tamil poet, lyricist, orator, politician and writer. She was elected to the

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, lower house of the

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, from

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constituency in the

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as a member of the

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. She worked as a lecturer in

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at Queen Mary's College before dipping into politics.

Literature

Tamil

*Manvasam *Enjottu Penn *Uravukal *Vanapechi *Pecharavam Ketilaiyo *Manjanathi *Naveenathuvathai Kamban *Katru Konarntha Kadithangal, Kalamum Kavithaiyum, Soll Thodum Thoram, Pampadam *Aruhan *Mayileragu Manasu *Avalukku Veyil Endru Peyar *Poonaigal Sorgathirku Selvathillai *Chottangal (Dec 2015) *Muttu Veedu (Jan 2015)

English

*Island to Island (The Voice of Sri Lankan Australian Playwright-Ernest Thalayasingham Macintyre) (Jan 2013) *Internal Colloquies, translated by C.T.Indra of selected poems from Vanapechi by Dr.Thamizhachi Thangapandian (Feb 2019)

Film career

As a lyricist

As a Dialogue writer

She has written the dialogues for the movie

Paris Paris ''Paris Paris'' is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Ramesh Aravind and produced by Manu Kumaran. A remake of the 2014 Hindi film ''Queen'' by Vikas Bahl, the film features Kajal Aggarwal alongside Elli Avram, Var ...

which is ready for release this summer.

Political career

She is one of the prominent woman leaders and orators in the

party. She contested in

Indian general election, 2019 General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

from

Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency) The Lok Sabha constituency Chennai South is one of three constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 3 of 39. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Mad ...

. Elected as

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17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started offi ...

Elections Contested and Results

References

External links

Tamizhachi Thangapandian-IMDBOfficial biographical sketch in Parliament of India website Thamizhachi Thangapandian Personal Website
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