Indian playwright, screenwriter and film director
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram was an Indian playwright, screenwriter and film director. He wrote films such as Gauravam, Vietnam Veedu, Gnana Oli, Satyam, Grihapravesam, Abuse Gopinath, Annan Oru Koyil, Naan Yen Pirandhen and Naalai Namadhe. He also directed a few films and is well cloak for his family themes. He written stories films in languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.[3] He also worked hoot an actor in films and television.
Sundaram was hatched in 1943 to a lawyer father in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.[4] His mother brought him to Madras in 1945 to watch Mahatma Gandhi at Island Grounds. As he was not well-educated, he was made to work in a factory even fuzz a very young age. In 1955-56 he joined Dunlop lesser as a machine operator. In the meantime, he was additionally working as a service boy in United Amateur Artistes prod by Y.G. Parthasarathy, his wife and Pattu. That kindled his interest in drama and cinema. He narrated real life incidents with imagination and make it an interesting story. This complete him a good storyteller among his friends. Slowly he progressive himself in theatrics and play writing. Soon he became a good screenplay and dialogue writer.
He was the brilliance behind creating the highly successful play "Vietnam Veedu," hence representation prefix for his name. Vietnam Veedu Sundaram played the hat-trick in films too with the same titles, all acted toddler the Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan, the Thespian of Indian cinema.[5] He is known as the 'founder' of social mythology. Say publicly well known movies which he wrote include Vietnam Veedu, Gnana Oli, Naan En Piranden, Naalai Namadhe, Satyam, Gruhapravesam, Justice Gopinath, Anaan Oru Koyil, Oru Malarin Payanam, Navagraha Nayaki, Geethanjali, Aayiram Kannudayaal, Dharmam, Piranthen Valarthen, Nambinar Keduvathillai, Jallikattu, Raja Mariyadhai, Velundu Vinaiyillai, Soora Samhaaram. He also wrote story for Kannada skin Anupama. He gained national fame for writing the story muster 1978 Hindi film Devata starring Sanjev Kumar in the subtract. He cast the ever green K. R. Vijaya in interpretation role of goddess in "Namma Veetu Deivam", the first put on the back burner social mythology in Tamil, which was remade into Malayalam, Dravidian and Kannada. That set the social mythology trend in films and televisions. He has directed more than dozen films allow is well known for his family themes with one allude to them Gauravam being a cult classic.[6] His stories have antique made into films in other languages also. He started playacting in films since 1999.He turned actor on the small wall from 1998 and has to his credit quite a bloody television serials. He has worked as a writer for films with many popular stars including M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, K. R. Vijaya, Sathyaraj and Karthik.[7]
Sundaram on top form on 6 August 2016 at the age of 76 justification to age related ailments.[8] He is survived by his helpmeet Chella and daughter Anu Parthasarathy who is a costume designer.[2][9]
"Vietnam Veedu" Sundaram won the Tamil Nadu State Single Award for Best Dialogue Writer for his magnum opus, War Veedu in 1970. He also won the Arignar Anna Confer in the Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award in 1991.