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Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy (1913-1987) was a veteran Tamil drama author, celebrated screenwriter and lyricist in
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from the 1950s through the 1970s. He mostly wrote stories, screenplay and dialogue for films starring
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and Karnan.


Career

Sakthi Krishnasamy began his literary career as a playwright and ran his own drama troupe called ''Sakthi Nataka Sabha''. His first drama was staged at the Nagapattinam Baby Theatre and from then on he continued to write a wide variety of plays. Bhayankari was a James-Bond type thriller, Thozhan was about friendship and betrayal, while Vidhi was a love story. He was one of the earliest to have three different stages set up and when the scene was over in one the action would shift to another stage by the side. He also wrote popular historical dramas such as Noorjehan, Chanakyan Sabatham and Maveeran Ceasar, which were staged many times as housefull shows. One of his another most popular play was Kaviyin Kanavu. Sakthi's plays were so popular that the Railways ran "Sakthi" special trains from Trichy to Nagapattinam and Trichy to Kumbakonam when they were staged. Many artistes from his drama troupe like Sivaji Ganesan, M. N. Nambiar, V. K. Ramasamy, S. V. Subbiah and A. P. Nagarajan went on to become popular actors in the
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industry. The troupe consisted of about 60 members. Every member of the cast had to learn the lines of all characters in the plays as they played different roles every day. Though Sakthi himself trained the actors in acting and dialogue delivery skills, his troupe also employed professional dance masters, music teachers and fight masters to train the actors to be versatile in those artistic skills too. Sivaji Ganesan was cast as a villain in the play Vidhi. Upon watching his excellent acting skills in that play, as a hero in another drama, and as the lady character lead in Noorjehan drama, Mr. Perumal Mudaliar, who came to watch these plays told Sakthi that he has found the hero for Parasakthi film and got him cast in that highly successful film. M. N. Nambiar, another prominent actor of the troupe also made his breakthrough into films after his performance in one of the plays impressed a producer Sakthi Krishnasamy first wrote ''Veerapandiya Kattabomman'' as a stage play in 1957. The play was staged all over
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and received critical acclaim and commercial success. It was made into a highly successful film two years later, with Sivaji Ganesan in the lead and Sakthi Krishnasamy handling the script and dialogues. Sakthi Krishnasamy's powerful dialogues played a large part in its success. The film won awards in the Second Afro-Asian Film Festival at
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(1960) for best acting, music and a special jury award. Another epic Tamil film Karnan, which he wrote was a classic blockbuster. In Tamil movie industry, his Veerapandiya Kattabomman film dialogues are still used as aspiring actors' auditioning test script. Many of the other M.G.R and Sivaji Ganesan's films for which Sakthi Krishnasamy wrote the story, screenplay and dialogues, were box office hits. Apart from writing screenplays for many popular Tamil films, he was also a lyricist for a number of movies in the 60s. He was a Gandhian, who Patron for more than 30 years for the Mahatma Gandhi Library in Saidapet for the economically weak and helped it grow from 20 books to 20,000 books in his lifetime. He died after a brief illness on 8 November 1987.


Notable Filmography

* Velaikaran (1952) * Ambikapathy (1957) *
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(1959) * Thozhan (1960) * Aalukkoru Veedu (1960) * Sangilidevan (1960) *
Periya Idathu Penn ''Periya Idathu Penn'' () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, M. R. Radha and T. R. Rajakumari. It was released on 10 May 1963. The film was blockb ...
(1963) * Kungumam (1963) * Karnan (1964) *
Panakkara Kudumbam ''Panakkara Kudumbam'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language film starring M. G. Ramachandran. The film was released on 24 April 1964, and ran more than 150 days in theatres. The film was remade in Hindi in 1970 as ''Humjoli'', in Kannada in 197 ...
(1964) * Arunagirinathar (1964) *
Padagotti ''Padagotti'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language social problem film directed by T. Prakash Rao and produced by G. N. Velumani. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi, with M. N. Nambiar, S. V. Ramadas, Nagesh, Manorama and Jay ...
(1964) *
Panam Padaithavan ''Panam Padaithavan'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by T. R. Ramanna, and written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, Sowcar Janaki and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 27 March 196 ...
(1965) *
Enga Veettu Pillai ''Enga Veettu Pillai'' () is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language masala film written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy and directed by Chanakya. A remake of his own 1964 Telugu film ''Ramudu Bheemudu'', it stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi, wi ...
(1965) * Nee! (1965) * Parakkum Paavai (1966) * Thanga Surangam (1969) *
Sorgam ''Sorgam'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language film starring Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Rajasree, R. Muthuraman and K. Balaji. The film was directed by T. R. Ramanna. It was released on 29 October 1970 and became a major success, running ...
(1970) * Dharmam Engey (1972) *
Ponnunjal ''Ponnunjal'' () is a 1973 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by K. S. Kutralingam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Ushanandini. It was released on 15 June 1973. Plot Cast *Sivaji Ganesa ...
(1973) *
Ennai Pol Oruvan ''Ennai Pol Oruvan'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sarada and Ushanandini. It was released on 18 March 1978, and performed poorly at the box office. Plot Cast *Sivaji ...
(1978) *
Punniya Boomi ''Punniya Boomi'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by K. Vijayan and produced by N. V. Ramasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Vanisri, with Sangeeta, Bhavani, M. N. Nambiar and V. K. Ramasamy in supporting roles. It ...
(1978)


Awards

*
Kalaimamani The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the ''Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram'' (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of ...
Award from Tamil Nadu State Government * Best (Tamil) Film Dialogues Writer award given by Government of India for the film Karnan


Further reading

* https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/776135-march-11-shakti-krishnasamy-109th-birthday-powerful-writing-1.html


References


Bibliography

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