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'''Murugaboopathy''' (born 29 April 1971) is a Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar award winning playwright from the [[Tamil Nadu]] state of India. The award was presented to him in 2011 by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sangeet-natak-akademy-awards-conferred/article5104424.ece | title=Sangeet Natak Akademy awards conferred | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=7 September 2013 | accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Murugaboopathy's elder brothers are the Tamil short-story writers Tamilselvan and [[Konangi]] a postmodern Tamil writer. He grew up in [[Sattur|Naagalapuram]] and [[Sattur|Nenmeni Mettupatti]] and he currently lives in [[Kovilpatti]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. His maternal grandfather ‘Madurakavi' Baskaradoss was a popular playwright, his father M.S. Shanmugam is a novelist, short-story writer and poet.<ref name=Beyond>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/looking-beyond-the-boundary/article2534666.ece | title=Looking beyond the boundary | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=13 October 2011 | accessdate=22 May 2014 | author=T. Saravanan}}</ref><br />
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He did his masters in theatre-arts from [[Pondicherry University]].<ref name=Beyond/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Murugaboopathy started his acting career in theatre from his brother's street theatre group ''Shristi''. He acted in the street play "Safdar Hashmi Nataka Kuzhu" that paid tribute to the theatre activist [[Safdar Hashmi]] and took the play to more than 150 villages.<ref name=Beyond/><br />
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Later his first play in 1993 as writer was ''Marana Veetin Kurippukal'', which was based on the [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s ''Notes From a Dead House''. His next 1994 play ''Sarithirathin Atheetha Museum'' was about the crimes in third world countries.<ref name=Beyond/><br />
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His 2013 play ''Soorpanangu'' was based on the atrocities and plight of women. The play was released in the backdrop of the [[2012 Delhi gang rape]] incident.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/poignant-portrayal/article4312584.ece | title=Poignant portrayal | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=16 January 2013 | accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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===Works===<br />
* 1993 - ''Marana Veetin Kurippukal''<br />
* 1994 - ''Sarithirathin Atheetha Museum''<br />
* 2000 - ''Vanathathi''<br />
* 2000 - ''Koondhal Nagaram''<br />
* 2002 - ''Uthira Mugamoodi''<br />
* 2006 - ''Chemmoothai''<br />
* 2009 - ''Kutram Patriya Udal''<br />
* 2010 - ''[http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/miruga-vidhushagam-contemporary-theme-and-haunting-idioms/article22471925.ece Mirugavidhushagam]''<br />
* 2011 - ''[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/poignant-portrayal/article4312584.ece Soorpanangu]''<br />
* 2013 - ''Kuhaimaravasigal''<br />
* 2015 - ''[http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/features/17/mar/feature-ritualistic-and-raw-s-murugaboopathys-theatre.asp# Mayakkomalikalin Jalakkannadi]''<br />
* 2016 - ''[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/theatre/031117/hymns-for-the-drowning.html Neer Nadodikal]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/miruga-vidhushagam-contemporary-theme-and-haunting-idioms/article22471925.ece Mirugavidhushagam : Contemporary theme and haunting idioms]<br />
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