Pattukkottai Prabakar

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{{short description|Indian Tamil writer (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Pattukottai Prabakar
| native_name = {{native name|ta|பட்டுக்கோட்டை பிரபாகர்}}
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|7|30}}
| birth_place = [[Pattukkottai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = Tamil Novelist, Film script writer
| language = Tamil
| genre = [[Crime]], [[Detective]]
| notableworks = Books - Bharath Susila, Kanavugal ilavasam, Irandu vari kaviyam
Films - Samurai, Jeyam Kondan, Imaikka nodigal, Naan avan illai, Kandaen Kadhalai
Mega serials - Gopuram, Varam, Paramapadham
| parents = Father : Radhakrishnan<br>Mother : Chandra
}}
'''Pattukkottai Prabakar''' is an Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writer. He is the ultimate King of Crime and Thriller novels, also a versatile writer. 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 Masters in Economics in St.Joseph's college, [[Trichy]]. He pursued his career as a writer.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Chakravarthy
| first = Pritham
| title = The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction
| year = 2008
| publisher = Blaft Publications
| location = Chennai, India
| isbn = 978-81-906056-0-1
| pages = 178
}}</ref>

== Career ==
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 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.[[K. Bhagyaraj|Bhakyaraj]] ([[Avasara Police 100|Avasara police-100]], [[Pavunnu Pavunuthan|Pavunu 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 [[Tirukkuṛaḷ|Thirukural]] book that explains each kural in two simple lines. 7 of his short stories were telecasted as single episodes in [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], directed by director [[Balu Mahendra]] (Kathai Neram)

==Filmography==
*
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!MOVIE
!YEAR
!LANGUAGE
!Directed by
!WORK
|-
|[[Kaappaan]]
|2019
|Tamil
|[[K. V. Anand]]
|
|-
|[[Imaikkaa Nodigal]]
|2018
|Tamil
|[[R. Ajay Gnanamuthu|Ajay Gnanamuthu]]
|Screenplay and Dialogues
|-
|[[Kaaki Sattai]]
|2015
|Tamil
|Durai Senthilkumar
|Screenplay and Dialogues
|-
|[[Killadi]]
|2015
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Vanthaan Vendraan]]
|2011
|Tamil
|[[R. Kannan]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Vaadaa]]
|2010
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Maanja Velu]]
|2010
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Kanden Kadhalai]]
|2009
|Tamil
|[[R. Kannan]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Naan Avanillai 2|Naan avan illai 2]]
|2009
|Tamil
|[[Selva (director)|Selva]]
|
|-
|[[Malai Malai]]
|2009
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Jeyam Kondaan]]
|2008
|Tamil
|[[R. Kannan]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Sila Nerangalil]]
|2008
|Tamil
|[[Jayaraj|Jeyaraj]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Singakutty|Singa Kutty]]
|2008
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Nepali (film)|Nepali]]
|2008
|Tamil
|[[V. Z. Durai|V Z dura]]<nowiki/>i
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Naan Avan Illai (2007 film)|Naan Avan Illai]]
|2007
|Tamil
|[[Selva (director)|Selva]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Sabari]]
|2007
|Tamil
|Suresh
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Aai (film)|Aai]]
|2004
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Kadhal Dot Com]]
|2004
|Tamil
|Selvaraj
|Dialogues
|-
|Wrong number
|2003
|Kannada
|NS Shankar
|Story
|-
|[[Maaran (film)|Maaran]]
|2002
|Tamil
|Jawahar
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Bagavathi]]
|2002
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Samurai (2002 film)|Samurai]]
|2002
|Tamil
|[[Balaji Sakthivel|Balaji sakthivel]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Chocolate (2001 film)|Chocolate]]
|2001
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Priyamudan]]
|1998
|Tamil
|[[Vincent Selva|Vincent selva]]
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Rettai Jadai Vayasu|Rettai jadai vayasu]]
|1997
|Tamil
|Siva kumar
|Dialogues
|-
|[[Mahaprabhu (film)|Mahaprabhu]]
|1996
|Tamil
|[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
|Dialogues
|}

== Television ==
{| class="wikitable"
!NAME
!LANGUAGE
!TYPE
!EPISODES
!CHANNEL
|-
|Kathai Neram
|Tamil
|7 short stories
|
|Sun TV
|-
|Kanavugal Ilavasam
|Tamil
|Social serial
|18
|Doordarshan
|-
|Paramapadham
|Tamil
|Mega serial
|210
|Doordarshan
|-
|Jeyipathu Nijam
|Tamil
|Thriller serial
|60
|Sun TV
|-
|Gopuram
|Tamil
|Mega serial
|320
|Sun TV
|-
|Varam
|Tamil
|Mega serial
|260
|Sun TV
|-
|Kalyanam
|Tamil
|Mega serial
|150
|Sun TV
|-
|Muga manasulu
|Telugu
|Mega serial
|
|
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120308025628/http://books.dinamalar.com/AuthorBooks.aspx?id=114 dinamalar]
* Pattukottai Prabakar novels are available as e-books at [http://www.pustaka.co.in/home/author/tamil/pattukottai-prabakar Pustaka]

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[[Category:Tamil screenwriters]]
[[Category:Novelists from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:People from Thanjavur district]]
[[Category:Tamil-language writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:21st-century screenwriters]]

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