Murugaboopathy (Tamil: .ச.முருகபூபதி) (born 29 April 1971) is a Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar award winning playwright from the Tamil Nadu state of India. The award was presented to him in 2011 by Sangeet Natak Akademi.[1]
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| Born | 29 April 1971 Nenmeni Mettupatti, Tamil Nadu |
Personal life
editMurugaboopathy's elder brothers are the Tamil short-story writers Tamilselvan and Konangi a postmodern Tamil writer. He grew up in Naagalapuram and Nenmeni Mettupatti and he currently lives in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. His maternal grandfather ‘Madurakavi' Baskaradoss was a popular playwright, his father M.S. Shanmugam is a novelist, short-story writer and poet.[2]
He did his masters in theatre-arts from Pondicherry University.[2]
Career
editMurugaboopathy started his acting career in theatre from his brother's street theatre group Shristi. He acted in the street play "Safdar Hashmi Nataka Kuzhu" that paid tribute to the theatre activist Safdar Hashmi and took the play to more than 150 villages.[2]
Later his first play in 1993 as writer was Marana Veetin Kurippukal, which was based on the Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes From a Dead House. His next 1994 play Sarithirathin Atheetha Museum was about the crimes in third world countries.[2]
His 2013 play Soorpanangu was based on the atrocities and plight of women. The play was released in the backdrop of the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.[3]
Works
edit- 1993 - Marana Veetin Kurippukal
- 1994 - Sarithirathin Atheetha Museum
- 2000 - Vanathathi
- 2000 - Koondhal Nagaram
- 2002 - Uthira Mugamoodi
- 2006 - Chemmoothai
- 2009 - Kutram Patriya Udal
- 2010 - Mirugavidhushagam
- 2011 - Soorpanangu
- 2013 - Kuhaimaravasigal
- 2015 - Mayakkomalikalin Jalakkannadi
- 2016 - Neer Nadodikal
References
edit- ^ "Sangeet Natak Akademy awards conferred". The Hindu. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d T. Saravanan (13 October 2011). "Looking beyond the boundary". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Poignant portrayal". The Hindu. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014.