Pattukkottai Prabakar is an Indian Tamil writer. He is known for his crime and thriller novels. 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.
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.
YearTitleDirectorRoleNote1996MahaprabhuA. VenkateshDialogues1997Rettai Jadai VayasuSiva kumar1998PriyamudanVincent Selva2001ChocolateA. Venkatesh2002SamuraiBalaji SakthivelBagavathiA. VenkateshMaaran Jawahar2003Wrong numberNS ShankarStoryKannada film2004Kadhal Dot ComSelvarajDialoguesAaiA. Venkatesh2007SabariSureshNaan Avan IllaiSelva2008Jeyam KondaanR. KannanSila NerangalilJayarajSinga Kutty A. VenkateshNepali V. Z. Durai2009Kanden Kadhalai R. KannanNaan Avanillai 2SelvaMalai MalaiA. Venkatesh2010VaadaaMaanja Velu 2011Vanthaan VendraanR. Kannan2015Kaaki SattaiR. S. Durai SenthilkumarKilladiA. Venkatesh2018Imaikkaa NodigalAjay Gnanamuthu2019KaappaanK. V. AnandStory and Screenplay2022The Legend J. D.–JerryDialogues
Television TitleChannelTypeEpisodesNoteKathai NeramSun TV7 short storiesKanavugal IlavasamDoordarshanSocial serial18ParamapadhamMega serial210Jeyipathu NijamSun TVThriller serial60GopuramMega serial320VaramMega serial260KalyanamMega serial150Muga ManasluZee TeluguMega serialTelugu serial
References
See also dinamalar Pattukottai Prabakar novels are available as e-books at Pustaka