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23-538: Unnaipol Oruvan ( transl.   Man Like You  – transl.   Someone like You in Tamil) may refer to : Unnaipol Oruvan , a novel by Indian writer Jayakanthan Unnaipol Oruvan (1965 film) , an Indian film directed by Jayakanthan Unnaipol Oruvan (2009 film) , an Indian film directed by Chakri Toleti See also [ edit ] Someone Like You (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

46-428: A Tamil magazine titled Sowbakiyavathi , which got it published in 1953. Following early success, Jayakanthan started writing for mainstream magazines such as Ananda Vikatan , Kumudam and Dinamani Kadir , who published a number of short-stories particularly in the 1960s. In 1964, Jayakanthan entered films by co-producing and directing a venture titled Unnaipol Oruvan , based on his novel. The film focussed on

69-512: A career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. Outside literature, he made two films. In addition, four of his other novels were adapted into films by others. Jayakanthan's literary honours include Jnanpith and Sahitya Akademi awards. He was also a recipient of Padma Bhushan (2009), India's third-highest civilian honour, the Soviet Land Nehru Award (1978), and

92-508: A comparative study on the works of Jayakanthan and Pudhumaipithan . Jayanthasri Balakrishnan did her doctoral research study in Tamil on complete novellas of Jayakanthan. Jayakanthanin ilakkiyathadam , Jayakanthan oru paarvai are the books written on the works of Jayakanthan by Pa. Krishnasamy and K.S. Subramanian respectively. A full-length documentary made by filmmaker Ravi Subramaniam and other essays by several Tamil writers written after

115-809: A great admiration Indira Gandhi . He quit the CPI, and later joined the Tamil Desiyak Katchi, founded by E. V. K. Sampath , before joining the Indian National Congress . He remarked the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a "fascist" organisation. Considering the flip flops of Jayakanthan's politics in Tamil Nadu, this particular view of him has to be taken as a geriatric patient's incomprehensibility of Sri Lankan politics. A majority of Jayakanthan's works revolve around

138-484: A lot of political activists, Jayakanthan became interested in politics at a young age. He became a strong supporter of the CPI ever since joining the party in the 1950s. He was coaxed to join politics by K. Baladhandayutham of the CPI. While he stood up against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its leaders for a majority of his lifetime, he supported the CPI leaders for "Nehruvian socialism" and had

161-523: A variety of programs for television and has branched out into various streams of media content with an online digital broadcast of snippets of news, views, interviews etc. The awards ceremony has been held since 2008, with the most recent being in January 2019. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, for the period of July–December 2004, circulation stood at 430,534 per week. This represents

184-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jayakanthan D. Jayakanthan (24 April 1934 – 8 April 2015), popularly known as JK , was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore , he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras , where he joined the Communist Party of India . In

207-594: The Russian government's Order of Friendship (2011). Jayakanthan was born in 1934 into a family of agriculturists in Manjakuppam , a suburb of Cuddalore , a part of the South Arcot District of the erstwhile Madras Presidency . Brought up by his mother and maternal uncles, he got interested in politics at a young age as his uncles were actively involved in it. As a child, he was highly inspired by

230-478: The death of the writer are also considered notableworks on him. Jayakanthan's portfolio includes 200 short stories. Ananda Vikatan Ananda Vikatan was started by Late Pudhoor Vaidyanadhaiyar in February 1926 as a monthly publication. The issue for December 1927 was not published due to financial difficulties. In January 1928 Subramaniam Srinivasan bought the rights from Vaidyanadhaiyer and relaunched

253-420: The ideas of the movement, where he got to accompany leaders such as P. Jeevanandham, Baladandayutham and S. Ramakrishnan. The leaders of the party encouraged him to write. After graduating to an active member of the party, he got to learn about topics pertaining to world literature , culture, politics, economics and journalism. It was during this time, Jayakanthan started writing for pro-communist magazines. Over

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276-555: The late 1990s starting with Mega-serials on Sun TV such as Thirumathi Selvam and Thendral . In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic it withdrew from Sun TV and decided to move and go ahead with other channels too. Since 2021, it has been producing and making stories for Star Vijay .It debuted with various shows such as Thamizhum Saraswatiyum and Siragadikka Aasai . In the year of 2023, it also debuted in Kalaignar TV with

299-621: The lives of underclass people like rickshaw-pullers, prostitutes and rag-pickers. In an interview, he said that during his initial days in Chennai he spent his life amidst such people. This prompted him to develop a liking towards them. Prolific Tamil writer Jeyamohan has written numerous articles about the fictional world in Jayakanthan's works, and also had extensively discussed it in his book Mannum Marabum along with several other authors. Major Tamil critic M. Vedhasagayakumar has made

322-412: The magazine for nearly 50 years till 2006. He also started the "Manavar Thittam" or student journalism scheme that is active for the last 30 years and counting. He also launched Junior Vikatan, a biweekly Tamil investigative journal in the 1980s. He continues to be Chairman Emeritus of the group after handing over the reins to his son B. Srinivasan. Vikatan Televistas was launched by Vasan Publications in

345-436: The next few years, he established himself as one of the top-most writers in the party. His early works were first published in the party newspaper Janasakthi , and soon other magazines like Sarasvathi , Thamarai , Santhi , Manithan , Sakthi and Samaran published his works. His early works focussed on the plight of slum-dwellers who were settled in and around the party office. Jayakanthan wrote his first short story for

368-609: The plight of slum-dwellers. Although a commercial failure, it won the President's Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film in 1965. The following year he made another film based on his namesake novel Yaarukkaga Azhudhaan which had Nagesh playing the lead role. His novel Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1970) won him the Sahitya Akademi Award (for Tamil) in 1972. Later this

391-430: The publication in February 1928 in a new format He paid ₹ 200 (equivalent to ₹ 45,000 or US$ 540 in 2023) at the rate of ₹25 per alphabet in the Tamil language name (ஆனந்த விகடன்) of the publication to buy the rights. He built it up into a weekly and sales soon rose. Veteran journalist and media personality and son of Subramaniam Srinivasan, S. Balasubramanian served as editor, managing director and publisher of

414-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Unnaipol Oruvan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unnaipol_Oruvan&oldid=1259952665 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

437-495: The show Ranjithame In 2024, Vikatan Televistas debuted in Hindi television industry by Co-producing Udne Ki Aasha for StarPlus . The company ventured into film production as Vikatan Talkies, and successfully made the comedy Siva Manasula Sakthi starring Jiiva and Anuya that launched the career of the director Rajesh. They then followed this with the commercially unsuccessful by Vaalmiki . The media house still produces

460-401: The works of Subramania Bharati . Jayakanthan dropped himself out of school after completing fifth grade, as he thought studies would hinder his political activism. In 1946, he left for Madras (now Chennai) in search of livelihood, where he performed odd jobs, before ending up as a compositor in the printing press of Communist Party of India (CPI). His association with the CPI, instilled

483-454: Was adapted into a Malayalam television series Chila Nerangalil Chila Manushyar . In February 2014, Jayakanthan was admitted into a private hospital in Chennai following illness. Following a brief illness, he was discharged after a year, and died on 8 April 2015. In 2017 his award-winning novel Oru Manithan Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam is being made as a feature film by award-winning filmmaker Kumar G. Venkatesh . A musical tribute to Jayakanthan

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506-399: Was adapted into a film of the same name by A. Bhimsingh , which won a National Film Award . Promoted by the film's success, Bhimsingh made one more film tilted Oru Nadigai Naadagam Paarkiral , based on his namesake novel. In 2008, Ravisubramaniyan made a documentary film on Jayakanthan, the second of its kind, and was produced by Ilaiyaraaja . In 2011, Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal

529-414: Was released by Bava Chelladurai , Bharathi Baskar and Jeyamohan on 24th April 2023 as part of Jayakanthan's birthday celebration. Composer Rajan Somasundaram selected three of Jayakanthan's poems and created the musical tribute sung by Sathyaprakash. Jayakanthan was married to his cousin. The couple had two daughters and a son - J Kadambari, J Jayasimhan, and J Deepalakshmi. Born in a family that had

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