At the Mathrubhumi International Festival, yesterday during the launch of his new book, Amma (translated from his Tamil work titled Thondra Thunai), author Perumal Murugan revealed that a work of his will find its way to the big screen very soon.
Murugan was answering a question in the session on his love for cinema. In the memoir, which is about his mother, he writes about running away from home as a young boy to work in the movies. “I wanted to write lyrics,” he said at the session, laughing.
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The author also revealed that over the years, several filmmakers have expressed interest in his work. In fact, Balu Mahendra met him once and offered to turn his novel into a film but the filmmaker soon got busy with a Kannada movie and Murugan never heard back from him.
However, one of Murugan’s short stories will soon be made into a film. “The film is being produced by Pa Ranjith and the director’s name is Karthik. It is based on my short story and I have penned the dialogues,” Murugan said amid applause.
More details about the project are awaited.