Sri Venugopal (1931 – 10 November 2013) was an Indian author of religious pilgrimage travelogues, who also wrote fiction under the name Pushpa Thangadurai.
Works
Some of his most famous novels are:
* ''En Peyar Kamala'' (1974–75)
* ''Oru Sivappu Villaku Erikirathu'' (1976)
* ''
Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu'' (1976)
''Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu'' was made into a film starring
Kamal Haasan
Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haas ...
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An excerpt of ''En Peyar Kamala'' was translated into English by
Pritham K. Chakravarthy and published as part of ''
The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction'' in 2008. Volume 2 of ''The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction'' featured ''Highway 17'', a 1980 comic written by Pushpa Thangadurai and illustrated by
Jeyaraj, starring a motorcycle-riding female detective called Karate Kavitha.
Some of Pushpa Thangadurai's other short stories and novels are:
* ''Neen Naan Nila'',
* ''Thenmerku Paruvam'',
* ''Naan Raamanalla'',
* ''Thiruvarangan Ula''
References
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1931 births
2013 deaths
20th-century Indian novelists
20th-century Indian women writers
Novelists from Tamil Nadu
Tamil-language writers