Chennai-based writer Tamil Prabha has penned the screenplay and dialogue for Pa Ranjith‘s next film along with the director.
Tamil Prabha authored a searing Tamil novel Petta (Kalachuvadu, 2018) on the lives of people in Chennai’s Chintadripet, those traditionally living around the Cooum, their lives, livelihoods, beliefs, food, and language. Tamil Prabha’s debut novel surprised everyone by how well it did and has had more than one reprint since its first publication.
The shoot for the film will commence shortly. After Kaala Ranjith has been working on his Bollywood debut with his Birsa Munda biopic. His Neelam productions’ Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu released in 2019. Yesterday we learned that his Neelam Publications a new publishing initiative will bring out four new books in 2020, on various subjects including the cinema of the 80s, Enbadhugalin Tamil Cinema by Stalin Rajangam.
நீலம் பதிப்பகத்தின் 2020 ஜனவரி வெளியீடாக முதல் 5 நூல்களை வெளியிடுவதில் மகிழ்ச்சி
1. அண்ணல் அம்பேத்கர் (முன்னுரைகளின் தொகுப்பு)
2. எம்.சி.ராஜா சிந்தனைகள்
3. பௌத்த வரலாற்றில் காஞ்சீவரம்
4. எண்பதுகளின் தமிழ் சினிமா
5. பீஃப் கவிதைகள் @beemji #NeelamPublications pic.twitter.com/TRG74rNxOy— Neelam Publications (@NeelamPublicat1) January 5, 2020
Tamil Prabha’s facebook post on his work with Pa Ranjith
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