Pattukkottai Prabakar

His debut as an author was in 1977, when his work was published in Ananda Vikatan. So far he has penned 250+ short stories, 300+ novels, 85+ serial stories. More than 200 works has been published by several renowned publishers as special edition books. An exclusive 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. His efficiency has been proved in publishing, when 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.Bhakyaraj (Avasara police-100, Pavunu pavunuthan) He has contributed towards the script and dialogues for up to 25 renowned 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.

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, which turned out to be an exceptional attempt. 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. The most prestigious work of his is "Irandu vari kaviyam" a Thirukural book that explains each kural in two simple lines. It was one of the most critically acclaimed non fiction work of his. 7 of his short stories were telecasted as single episodes in Sun TV, directed by veteran director Mr.Balu Mahendra (Kathai Neram)

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