Writer Sujatha Passed away ....
Eminent Tamil Writer Sujatha passed away on Feb 27th at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. He is said to have suffered a heart attack.He was 72. He is survived by his wife and two sons.Sujatha, was born in Triplicane, Chennai on 3rd May 1935. After a Bachelors Degree in Physics at St Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, he completed his engineering in electronics at the Madras Institute of Technology.It is worth knowing that Sujatha, who's real name is Rangarajan was a classmate of President Abdul Kalam at St Joseph's College.
After 14 year stint with Central Government at Delhi, he joined Bharat Electronics at Bangalore.Sujatha's forte was science fiction writing. He had also written many film scripts and was a regular dialogue writer for directors Shankar and Mani Ratnam.Shankar's Robot was the next major project on which Sujatha was actively involved.He is the writer of over 100 novels, close to 200 short stories and many stage plays.Sujatha's death would be great loss for Tamil literature and Cinema.