His stage plays include ' Manimagudam', ' Ore Ratham', ' Thooku Medai,' ' Kagithapoo' and ' Silapathikarum.' His novels include ' Romapuri Pandian', ' Thenpandi Singam', ' Nenjukku Needhi' (his autobiography and commentary on contemporary politics), Sanga Thamizh, Kuraloviam, Ponnar Shankar, Thirukkural Urai. ' Mani Makudam', ' Marakka Mudiyuma', ' Avan Pithana', ' Pookkari' and ' Needhikku Thandanai' were among several of his other movies.Ī noted Tamil author, Mr Karunanidhi had over 100 works to his credit, including poems and novels. In addition to penning dialogues, he had also written stories for movies, including successful films like ' Marudanattu Ilavarasi', ' Mandiri Kumari (both 1950), Tirumbipar (1953) and Arasilangkumari (1961). ' Manohara' (1954), ' Malaikallan' (1954), ' Rangon Radha' (1956) were among the movies in which he was involved as a screenwriter. Little did the DMK chief know that his dialogues in 'Parasakthi, which debutant 'Sivaji' Ganesan delivered with panache, would become a big hit and aid in catapulting his political career as well. In 1947, Mr Karunanidhi wrote the screenplay and dialogue for the blockbuster 'Rajakumari', the debut movie of MG Ramachandran or MGR, who later became his arch political rival and founded the AIADMK. In 1941, when he was in his teens, Mr Karunanidhi ran a handwritten magazine "Manava Nesan".
His oratory powers also helped him become a mass leader.
He was known for his film scripts - a skill that greatly helped him in his political career. He took a keen interest in Tamil literature, poetry and drama. Mr Karunanidhi, who was popularly called " Kalaignar" or artiste by many, died yesterday at the age of 94. Scripting dialogues for the television series based on the Vaishnavite saint in 2015, Mr Karunanidhi had praised Ramunja for throwing his weight behind the oppressed and backward classes. Over the years, his plays went on to became a vehicle for propagating principles of the Dravidian movement.Ī voracious reader and prolific author, Mr Karunanidhi went on to write screenplays and dialogues for over 50 movies, prominent among them being " Parasakthi", starring Sivaji Ganesan in 1952, and scripted the story for several of them.Īge did not wither his pithy prose as Mr Karunanidhi wrote his last script at the age of 90, for a television serial based on the 11th century reformist Hindu saint Ramanuja, who strove for an egalitarian society. M Karunanidhi, a writer par excellence, began penning scripts for plays as a 20-year old.
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