Kalki Krishnamurthy
R. Krishnamurthy or Kalki ( Tamil: . ரா கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி or கல்கி; born September 9, 1899 in Puttamangalam, Thanjavur, † December 5, 1954 in Tamil Nadu ) was a Tamil Indian writer, journalist and screenwriter. He was also involved in the Indian freedom movement and is considered the founder of the historical novel in Tamil literature.
Biography
Krishnamurthy came from a village Brahmin family who could afford to send him to the National High School to about 100 kilometers away, Tiruchi.
In 1921 he left, motivated by Mohandas Gandhi and his campaign of non-cooperation, the school and joined the Indian National Congress at. In 1922 he was sentenced to one year in prison for his participation in the struggle for independence.
His literary and journalistic work as an author began in 1923 Krishnamurthy of the Tamil magazine Navasakthi, which was published by the freedom fighter V. Kalyanasundaram. Krishnamurthys first book was published in 1927. Starting the following year, he spent some time with C. Rajagopalachari at the Gandhi Ashram in Tiruchengode in Salem district. In 1931 he was again imprisoned for six months.
From 1932 to 1941 he worked for the weekly magazine Ananda Vikatan the later director SS Vasan, where he wrote humorous essays and commentaries on politics, literature, film, music and other art forms. He wrote under the pseudonyms Kalki Ra. Ki, Tamil Theni, Karnatakam ( when he wrote about Carnatic music) and others. Several of his short stories was published as a serial novel in the magazine. In 1939 he wrote the screenplay for K. Subramanyams film Thyagabhoomi, who became the most successful Tamil film of the 1930s. The story was politically topical and published illustrated with stills from the film in Ananda Vikatan; she plays against the backdrop of the independence movement.
1941 founded his own magazine Kalki Krishnamurthy, whose editor he remained until his death. There he published his first novels mostly as a continuation of the story before it appeared in book form. From 1941 to 1943 as the first Tamil historical novel Parthiban Kanavu was published. He plays as his successor Sivagamiyin Sabadham, at the time of the Pallava ruler Narasimhavarman I. and his victory over the Chalukya king Pulakesin II. Thematizing the distant Tamil story was so successful that Krishnamurthy which specialized in this genre and historical weaving facts with legends and fiction. His other famous works include Ponniyin Selvan, which plays at the time of Chola, and Alai Osai, which plays again during the Indian independence movement.
Apart from their literary work R. Krishnamurthy earned his money with writing lyrics for Tamil film songs. The most popular are those sung by MS Subbulakshmi in the film Meera (1945 ) by Ellis R. Dungan. Krishnamurthys novels were also made into a film, according to Thyagabhoomi (1939 ), Ponvayal (1954 ), Kalvanin Kadhali (1955) and Parthiban Kanavu ( 1960). His collected reviews earlier Tamil films published posthumously in the collection Kalaichelvam (1956).