Ponniyin Selvan - Part 5

Kalki was the pen name of R. Krishnamurthy (September 9, 1899 to December 5, 1954), a noted Tamil writer, film & music critic, Indian independence activist and journalist from Tamil Nadu, India. Krishnamurthy's first attempt at writing fiction also came during that period. In 1923 he became a sub-editor on Navasakthi, a Tamil periodical edited by Tamil scholar and freedom fighter V. Kalyanasundaram, known as Thiru Vi. Ka. Krishnamurthy's first book was published in 1927.In 1941 he left Ananda Vikatan and rejoined the freedom struggle and courted arrest. On his release after three months he and Sadasivam started the weekly, Kalki. He was its editor until his death on December 5, 1954. In 1956, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously for his novel Alai Osai.

A theatre actor writer director for 50 years in Tamil stage Having penned over 20 dramas for TV AIR and Stage He has also acted in over 3000 stage shows A Television and AIR artiste since the 70s has and also acted in many popular TV serials A bank officer by profession took early retirement to pursue his ardent passion for theatre. He has also produced many Telefilms for the direct to home segment.

Presently producing Audiobooks of classical novels of popular writers like Ponniyin Selvan, Kadalpura, Sivagamiyin Sabatham, Parthiban Kanavu, etc. His audiobooks are unique in the making. A dramatic rendering of the novels with each character played by different artiste and includes music score and surround sound effects A magazine wrote that these are cinema without a camera These audiobooks are boon to Visually challenged people and who can not read Tamil.

The future generation are keen to listen to this and learn about our culture and history. This also helps in preserving our literary treasures.

He has a few short stories to his credit and writes Humour articles in facebook.