Plus, I find these movie producers highly immoral people.'”And, perhaps most interesting: I’m allergic to cinema, and I don’t want to move to Chennai. “`But many authors have, of late, shifted to writing for films and television,' Kumar says. They can include the science-fiction thrillers-more fiction than science-of Kumar, the romances of Ramani Chandran, the detective knockabouts of Pattukottai Prabhakar and Suba, the religious tales of Indira Soundara Rajan and the social dramas of Pushpa Thangadorai. The flavours of this genre are uniformly sensational but otherwise eclectic. 'The classic Tamil pulp novel runs between 100 pages and 150 pages and is printed on cheap paper as a monthly magazine.

Here are some snippets from an article about “the superstar of the Tamil pulp fiction industry”: Rajesh Kumar is said to have written more than 1,500 short novels and 2,000 stories. Monday's post about Surender Mohan Pathak's The Sixty-Five Lakh Heist led to a nice note from Rakesh Khanna of Blaft Publications about a truly prolific author. What is being held for its Tamil counterpart? This is seen just as a holiday, and surely less as a celebration.(Detectives Beyond Borders is not an official site for Rajesh Kumar's novels the photo is from emagaz.in )

Pointing out that the English New Year is more celebrated than 14 April, he states, “There are discounts, sales and parties being organised that time. One can even visit stores (in shopping complexes) and find just two racks for regional books. People give attention to local authors only during a ten day fair.” Children are enrolled in English medium schools. But today, it has a lot of external influences.

His upcoming project is ‘Kaappaan’ with director K V Anand, starring actor Surya and two other untitled projects, it is learnt.Ībout what he thinks on language and literature today, the author who had agreed to an interview, only if the “interaction was in Tamil,” says, “The best thing I embrace about being a Tamilian, is the Virunthombal (hospitality) we practise.

Speaking of cinema, Prabhakar’s last venture, ‘Imaikkaa Nodigal’, for which he wrote the dialogues, was a huge success. On this day however, we visit the temple as a family, watch TV programmes, particularly the ‘patti mandram’ and eat out or catch a movie at a theatre,” he says. So how does the famed author usually mark the new year? The preparations for the same are underway,” he says. “This 14 April is going to be a special one, as we are celebrating the naming ceremony of my grandson.

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