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{{Short description|Indian film critic}}
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'''Madabhushi Rangadorai'''<ref name="romancing the reel" /><ref name="indian_express_profile">{{cite news | last= Varma| first= Shreekumar | title= Remembrance of things past | date=13 November 2007 | url=http://www.newindpress.com/Sunday/colItems.asp?ID=SEF20020614063036 | work =The Old Indian Express:Sunday Headlines | access-date = 25 July 2008}}</ref> (born 8 November 1937<ref name="birth_date">{{cite book | title=Reference India| last=Bhushan| first=Ravi| year=2007| page=106| publisher=Rifacimento International}}</ref><ref name="indian_writers">{{cite book | title=Who's who of German Writers, 1999: A-M Vol 1| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA439| last=Dutt| first=K. C.|author2=S. Balu Rao |author3=Sahitya Akademi | year=2001| page=439| publisher=Sahitya Akademi| isbn=81-260-0873-3}}</ref>), better known by his [[pen name]] '''Randor Guy''', is an Indian lawyer, columnist and [[History of film|film]]<ref name="randorguy_profile1">{{cite book | title=Cinemaya: the Asian film magazine| last=Vasudev| first=A.| year=1988| page=61}}</ref> and [[Legal history|legal historian]] associated with the English language newspaper ''[[The Hindu]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Silk Route|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/09/30210746/Silk-Route.html?h=A3 |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=30 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="romancing the reel">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/romancing-the-reel/article54781.ece | title=Romancing the reel | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=25 November 2009 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> He is also the official editor of the weekly column "Blast from the Past" that appears in ''The Hindu''.

==Early life==
Randor Guy's original name was Rangadorai, but his pen name later became official.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-26-no-17/randor-guy-remembers-it-all/|title=Randor Guy remembers it all « Madras Musings - We Care for Madras that is Chennai|website=www.madrasmusings.com|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref> He graduated in [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] and [[Bachelor of Law|B. L.]] from [[Madras University]]<ref name="randor_guy_sify">{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/peopleandplaces/profile.php?id=13242443&cid=13198662 |title=The GUY called RANDOR |publisher=Sify |access-date=21 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207023912/http://sify.com/peopleandplaces/profile.php?id=13242443&cid=13198662 |archive-date=7 February 2008 }}</ref> and commenced his career as a lawyer.<ref name="randor_guy_sify" /><ref name="randorguy_fernandezp164">[[#Fernandez|Fernandez]], p 164</ref> After practising as a lawyer for a short time, he quit his job and joined a firm called Paterson and Co. where he worked for five years. In 1976, he resigned to devote all his time to writing.

==Work as a film historian==
Guy has been writing books on history and films since 1967. He became popular when his article on [[Frank Capra]] was purchased by the [[United States Information Agency]] for use as a reference work.<ref name="randor_guy_sify" /> As of 2008, he remains the only non-American whose work has been acquired as reference material by the [[Federal government of the United States|Government of the United States of America]].<ref name="randor_guy_sify" />

Guy is a regular columnist for such newspapers as the ''Mylapore Times'', ''[[The Hindu]]'' and ''[[The Indian Express]]''. He also writes for the film magazine, ''[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]''. He writes on a variety of topics though he is mainly popular as a film historian and critic.

==Films==
Guy has written the screenplays for a few short documentaries and feature films. He has also produced a few advertisement films.<ref name="randorguy_fernandezp164" /> In 1999, he scripted a 100-minute feature film in English titled ''[[Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden]]'' for a Hollywood film company, directed by [[Jag Mundhra]].<ref name="randor_guy_sify" /> It was subsequently dubbed into [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Brahmachari''.<ref name="indian_express_profile" /><ref name="randor_guy_sify" /> He later worked with the film's cinematographer, [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]], on his trilingual production, ''[[Kaama]]'' (1999). He has written a [[Sinhala language|Sinhalese]] film called ''Paradise Peak'' based on a best-selling crime novel written by him.<ref name="randor_guy_sify" /> His recent works include ''Kamasutra Nights: Maya'' starring actress [[Namitha]].<ref name="maya_namitha">{{Cite web |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/19266/Sensuous-Namitha-sizzles-in-Maya.html|title=Sensuous Namitha sizzles in Maya|access-date=25 July 2008|publisher=yahoo.com}}</ref> ''Maya'' is Namitha's first film in English.<ref name="maya_namitha" />

==Awards and felicitations==
On 12 November 2007, during a function commemorating the fifth anniversary of ''Samudra'', a magazine dedicated to art and culture, Guy was awarded the Gnana Samudra award in recognition of his contributions to the arts.<ref name="gnanasamudra">{{cite news | title= 'Gnana Samudhra' award for Randor Guy | date=13 November 2007 | url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/13/stories/2007111368360600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116050729/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/13/stories/2007111368360600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 November 2007 | work= [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 23 July 2008}}</ref>

==Books ==
*{{cite book | title=While the Breakers Roared| year=1967}} (Fiction)
*{{cite book | title=Indian Ribaldry| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwQ8AAAACAAJ| year=1970| publisher=C. E. Tuttle Co| isbn=0-8048-0906-2}}
*{{cite book | title=Chaya| year=1980}} (Fiction – Telugu)
*{{cite book | title=Kasi| year=1981}} (Fiction – Telugu)
*{{cite book | title=Madhuri Oru Madhiri| year=1982}} (True Crime-Tamil)
*{{cite book | title=B.N. Reddi: a monograph| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwQ8AAAACAAJ| year=1985| publisher=National Film Archive of India| isbn=81-201-0003-4}}
*{{cite book | title=A History of Tamil Cinema| year=1991}} (Film History – Govt. of Tamil Nadu)
*{{cite book | title=Starlight, Starbright: The Early Tamil Cinema | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWVYGwAACAAJ| year=1997| publisher=Amra Publishers}}
*{{cite book | title=Murder for Pleasure| year=1972}} (Fiction)<ref name="murder_for_pleasure">{{cite book | title=Indo-Anglian Fiction: An Assessment| last=Mehta| first=Purushottam Pragji| year=1979| page=367| publisher=Prakash Book Depot}}</ref>
*Chitale (Biography)
*{{cite book | title=Monsoon| year=1997}}([[Novelization]] of a Hollywood film shot in India)

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book | title=Corporate Communications: A 21st Century Primer | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wu0GD_ZxaLMC&q=randor+guy&pg=PA164| last=Fernandez| first=Joseph| year=2004| publisher=SAGE| isbn=0-7619-9746-6|ref=Fernandez}}

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[[Category:Indian film critics]]
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[[Category:Pseudonymous writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Chennai]]
[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]
[[Category:Legal historians]]
[[Category:Indian film historians]]
[[Category:The Hindu Group]]
[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]
[[Category:Indian columnists]]

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