Pattukkottai Prabakar is an Indian Tamil writer. He is the ultimate King of Crime and Thriller novels, also a versatile writer. Apart from print media, He is also a screenwriter for movies as well as TV. Pattukkottai Prabakar was born to Shri. V. Radhakrishnan and Smt.R.Chandra on 30 July 1958. He completed his master's in economics in St.Joseph's college, Trichy. He pursued his career as a writer.[1]

Pattukottai Prabakar
Native name
பட்டுக்கோட்டை பிரபாகர் (Tamil)
Born (1958-07-30) 30 July 1958 (age 66)
Pattukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationTamil Novelist, Film script writer
LanguageTamil
GenreCrime, Detective
Notable worksBooks - Bharath Susila, Kanavugal ilavasam, Irandu vari kaviyam

Films - Samurai, Jeyam Kondan, Imaikka nodigal, Naan avan illai, Kandaen Kadhalai

Mega serials - Gopuram, Varam, Paramapadham
ParentsFather : Radhakrishnan
Mother : Chandra

Career

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His debut as an author was in 1977, when his work was published in Ananda Vikatan. He has penned 250+ short stories, 300+ novels, 85+ serial stories. More than 200 works has been published by several publishers as special edition books. A monthly magazine named A novel time was publishing only his novels. His famous works are Bharath Susila Detective series. His versatility has taken his works to other languages too. He ran Ungal junior and Ullasa Oonjal monthly magazines for ten years. He has worked as assistant director and assisted in making scripts for 2 films with director Mr.K. Bhagyaraj in Avasara Police 100 and Pavunnu Pavunuthan He has contributed towards the script and dialogues for up to 25 Tamil films. He has also worked for Paramapadham, the first Tamil-language "mega-serial" telecasted on Doordarshan. He continued to contribute on small screen mega serials.

Notable works

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The detective series Bharath and Susila is the most popular novels amongst his fans. He has written more than 15 novels with only dialogues and no narration. His works like Maram and Kanavugal ilavasam are part of literature syllabus in private colleges and three M.Phil scholars have written a thesis on his writings. "Irandu vari kaviyam" is a Thirukural book that explains each kural in two simple lines. 7 of his short stories were telecasted as single episodes in Sun TV, directed by director Balu Mahendra (Kathai Neram).

Filmography

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  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Director Role Note
1996 Mahaprabhu A. Venkatesh Dialogues
1997 Rettai Jadai Vayasu Siva kumar Dialogues
1998 Priyamudan Vincent Selva Dialogues
2001 Chocolate A. Venkatesh Dialogues
2002 Samurai Balaji Sakthivel Dialogues
Bagavathi A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Maaran Jawahar Dialogues
2003 Wrong number NS Shankar Story Kannada film
2004 Kadhal Dot Com Selvaraj Dialogues
Aai A. Venkatesh Dialogues
2007 Sabari Suresh Dialogues
Naan Avan Illai Selva Dialogues
2008 Jeyam Kondaan R. Kannan Dialogues
Sila Nerangalil Jayaraj Dialogues
Singa Kutty A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Nepali V. Z. Durai Dialogues
2009 Kanden Kadhalai R. Kannan Dialogues
Naan Avanillai 2 Selva Dialogues
Malai Malai A. Venkatesh Dialogues
2010 Vaadaa A. Venkatesh Dialogues
Maanja Velu A. Venkatesh Dialogues
2011 Vanthaan Vendraan R. Kannan Dialogues
2015 Kaaki Sattai R. S. Durai Senthilkumar Dialogues
Killadi A. Venkatesh Dialogues
2018 Imaikkaa Nodigal Ajay Gnanamuthu Dialogues
2019 Kaappaan K. V. Anand Story and Screenplay
2022 The Legend J. D.–Jerry Dialogues

Television

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Title Channel Type Episodes Note
Kathai Neram Sun TV 7 short stories
Kanavugal Ilavasam Doordarshan Social serial 18
Paramapadham Mega serial 210
Jeyipathu Nijam Sun TV Thriller serial 60
Gopuram Mega serial 320
Varam Mega serial 260
Kalyanam Mega serial 150
Muga Manaslu Zee Telugu Mega serial Telugu serial

References

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  1. ^ Chakravarthy, Pritham (2008). The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction. Chennai, India: Blaft Publications. p. 178. ISBN 978-81-906056-0-1.

See also

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