Pattukkottai Prabakar

Pattukottai Prabakar
Pattukottai Prabakar
Native name	பட்டுக்கோட்டை பிரபாகர் (Tamil)
Born	30 July 1958 (age 66); Pattukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Tamil Novelist, Film script writer
Language	Tamil
Genre	Crime, Detective
Notable works	Books - Bharath Susila, Kanavugal ilavasam, Irandu vari kaviyam Films - Samurai, Jeyam Kondan, Imaikka nodigal, Naan avan illai, Kandaen Kadhalai Mega serials - Gopuram, Varam, Paramapadham
Parents	Father : Radhakrishnan; Mother : Chandra

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]

Career

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

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

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
2004	Aai	A. Venkatesh	Dialogues
2007	Sabari	Suresh	Dialogues
2007	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
2010	Maanja Velu	A. Venkatesh	Dialogues
2011	Vanthaan Vendraan	R. Kannan	Dialogues
2015	Kaaki Sattai	R. S. Durai Senthilkumar	Dialogues
2015	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

Title	Channel	Type	Episodes	Note
Kathai Neram	Sun TV	7 short stories
Kanavugal Ilavasam	Doordarshan	Social serial	18
Paramapadham	Doordarshan	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

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