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Novelist and Screenwriter Tamizh Praba
Novelist and Screenwriter Tamizh Praba

Tamizh Praba[edit]

About[edit]

Tamizh Praba is a Tamil novelist and screenwriter from Chennai. He is best known for his novels, Pettai, Kosalai and the movie Sarpatta Parambarai.

Career[edit]

Tamizh Prabha started his career as a Financial Analyst. His writing career began working as a journalist in the weekly Ananda Vikatan and Vikatan Online Magazine. He wrote cover stories on various social issues. His main forte was the political and human-interest stories he wrote as a columnist. Some of his works include reporting on the Thuthukudi firing (2019).[1], the death of an aspiring student, Dr Anita[2], and others. His series ‘Theivathaan aahatheninum[3]' recorded human interest stories. He wrote his first novel Pettai[4] in 2017 published by Kalachuvadu Publications. Tamizh Praba had a two-year stint as an RJ with Rainbow FM.

He has developed a career as a Screenwriter and worked in the movie Sarpatta Parambarai.

Tamizh Praba wrote the screenplay for the movie Blue Star, a sports drama[5] released in January 2024.

As A Novelist[edit]

Pettai (2017)[6] published by Kalachuvadu Publications - Setting the context the novel traces the history of the formation of Chinna (small) Thari (loom) Pettai by the East India Company in 1735 to accommodate migrant weavers, which came to be known as Chindadripet now. This metafiction is the tale of Chindadripet – its inhabitants, their way of life, religious convictions, their food, music, culture, socio-political dynamics, societal perceptions, etc[7]. Revolving around two generations of families, the story is told through the protagonist Reuben. The News Minute says “Altogether, this novel is part history textbook, part sociology textbook, romance guidebook and a deep rumination about (in)sanity, all in a satiric tone, which makes it very entertaining. It also contains a recipe for kavappu (beef)[8]."

Kosalai (2022)[9] published by Neelam Publications - begins with the life of young Kosalai, a woman affected by dwarfism. Without treating Kosalai with sympathy, the novel brings forth the inner emotions of Kosalai taking the reader into the fictional world of Kosalai’s journey to self-discovery. Centering around Kosalai’s love, loss, hopes, dreams, and resilience, the novel celebrates the life of Kosalai.

The library is such a central place in the novel that it contributed to the revival of almost a century-old dilapidated Goschen Library in Chindadripet in Chennai[10][11]

As A Screenwriter[edit]

Tamizh Praba made his debut as a screenwriter (dialogues and screenplay) along with Pa Ranjith for the movie ‘Sarpatta Parambarai[12] [13]’ .

According to the social networking site Letterboxd[14], it secured the 14th position in the "highest rated International films of 2021". The New York Times listed it as one of "the five best International films to stream on digital platforms".

Awards[edit]

The Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers' Association awarded the Best Work on Marginalized People award for the novel 'Pettai’ in 2017.

Pettai won the prestigious Writer Sujatha Award in 2017 for the novel Pettai.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "தூத்துக்குடி துப்பாக்கிச்சூடு' சம்பவத்தில் விகடன் நிருபர்களின் நேரடி கள அனுபவம்..." Vikatan. 22 May 2019.
  2. ^ Praba, Tamizh (2017-09-07). ""எங்களைப் படிக்க விடுங்கடா!" - டாக்டர் அனிதா MBBS"". Vikatan.
  3. ^ Praba, Tamizh (2018-04-05). ""தெய்வத்தான் ஆகாதெனினும் - ஒதுங்க நிழல் வேணும், அதுக்கு மரம் வேணும்!"". Vikatan.
  4. ^ Praba, Tamizh (2017). Pettai (in Tamil). Kalachuvadu Publications (published 1 January 2017). ISBN 978-93-86820-33-4.
  5. ^ "'Blue Star' movie review: Ashok Selvan, Shanthnu knock it out of the park in this powerful sports drama". thehindu.com. January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Muralidharan, Kavitha (September 25, 2020). "The untold stories of Chintadripettai". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X.
  7. ^ Suryawanshi, Sudhir (24 Aug 2020). "Pa Ranjith talks about the Madras they don't tell you about on 381st Madras Day". The New Indian Express.
  8. ^ SD, Kalphana (16 Jul 2021). "Caste, gender, religion and more: The multiple layers in Tamil Prabha's 'Pettai'". The News Minute.
  9. ^ Praba, Tamizh (January 1, 2023). Kosalai (in Tamil). Neelam Publications. ISBN 978-9394591073.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  10. ^ Mathai, Kamini (Jun 10, 2023). "When a book rewrites a ramshackle library's saga". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257.
  11. ^ S, GOWRI (June 21, 2023). "Why is Chennai's 97-year-old Goschen Library now seeing a revival?". The Hindu.
  12. ^ Singaravel, Bharathy (29 Jul 2021). "A boxing film but so much more: Tamil Prabha on co-writing 'Sarpatta Parambarai'". The News Minute.
  13. ^ Chatterjee, Saibal (July 22, 2021). "Pa Ranjith's Sports Drama Comes All Guns Blazing". NDTV.
  14. ^ "2021 Highest Rated International Films". Letterboxd. 2021-11-15.