Legendry
writer
Jeyamohan's
first
novel
was
Rubber,
which
got
published
in
the
year
1990.
He
is
one
of
India's
finest
authors.
Vishnupuram
published
in
1997,
is
a
critically
acclaimed
novel
written
by
him.
Pin
Thodarum
Nizhalin
Kural
(1999),
Kaadu
(2003),
Kottravai
(2005)
and
Vellai
Yaanai
(2013)
are
some
of
his
well-known
fictional
novels.
He
wrote
a
lot
of
short
stories,
literary
criticism,
writer
biography,
introductory
texts
to
Indian
and
western
literature,
books
on
philosophy
and
translations
as
well.
Also,
he
has
beeno
writing
for
films
for
the
past
18
years.
His
upcoming
films
are
Vendhu
Thanindhathu
Kaadu,
Ponniyin
Selvan
1,
and
Viduthalai.
And
to
our
surprise,
all
three
films
are
getting
ready
for
release.
Vendhu
Thanindhathu
Kaadu-
Silambarasan
TR
Will
Steal
The
Show
The
acclaimed
writer
shares
that
there
are
two
type
of
stories-
one
is
cinematic
and
the
other
is
based
on
real-life
incidents.
In
cinematic
stories,
screenwriters
will
create
'to
and
fro'
scenes
with
their
own
imagination.
But
in
the
case
of
real-life
stories,
they
will
allow
it
to
flow
at
their
own
pace.
The
events
taking
place
will
be
so
natural
that
the
audience
relates
automatically
to
them
in
some
way.
"Someone
might
get
a
job
in
a
metro
city,
comes
out
of
his
small
village
for
the
first
time
and
find
it
too
difficult
to
survive.
He
may
face
some
challenges
there
and
slowly
gets
an
idea
of
overcoming
it
on
his
own.
Later,
he
will
get
used
to
it
and
there
will
be
a
lot
of
changes
taking
place
inside
him
over
a
period
of
time.
Vendhu
Thanindhathu
Kaadu
will
be
one
such
story.
Particularly,
the
second
part
of
the
film
is
more
into
emotional
drama.
Every
single
person's
current
life
scenario
is
not
their
own
choice.
If
they
were
asked
to
select,
they
might
have
gone
with
some
other
option
and
definitely
not
this.
Silambarasan
TR
as
Muthu
in
Vendhu
Thanindhathu
Kaadu
is
one
such
character," says
writer
Jeyamohan
in
a
recent
interview
with
a
media
portal.
According
to
Jeyamohan,
Muthu
is
suffering
in
life
and
tries
to
come
out
of
it
but
he
cannot.
People
always
encourage
a
film
with
a
soul
in
it,
so
the
writer
is
confident
that
they
will
spread
the
word
about
the
film
after
watching
it.
Gautam
Vasudev
Menon's
filmmaking
will
take
the
film
to
next
level.
He
always
adds
a
classic
touch
to
his
unique
film
language
and
it
is
not
that
easy
to
predict
his
shots.
Apart
from
all,
Fans
believe
in
Silambarasan
TR.
With
his
fantastic
performance,
physical
transformations
and
body
language,
he's
going
to
kill
it.
Mani
Ratnam's
Magnus
Opus
Ponniyin
Selvan-
"You
will
get
a
spectacular
experience"
The
first
time
Mani
Ratnam
discussed
with
Jeyamohan
regarding
Ponniyin
Selvan
was
in
the
year
2008.
They
immediately
started
working
and
completed
the
first
version
of
the
script
by
2009.
Though
Kalki's
Ponniyin
Selvan
novel
is
a
long
story
with
2000
pages
and
a
lot
of
important
characters,
the
makers
believed
in
bringing
it
out
as
a
film
by
focussing
predominantly
on
Vanthiyathevan's
travel.
Initially,
actor
Vijay
was
director
Mani
Ratnam's
choice
for
the
role
of
Vanthiyathevan.
But
it
took
over
10
years
for
them
to
kickstart
the
production
due
to
a
lot
of
reasons.
So
the
casting
got
changed
as
well.
Jeyamohan
further
told
the
media
portal,
"Karthi
played
a
fantastic
job
as
Vanthiyathevan.
Mani
Ratnam,
the
master
who
can
pull
off
what
he
wants
from
his
actors
proved
again
with
Vikram,
Jayam
Ravi,
Trisha,
Aishwarya
Rai,
Parthiban,
Sarathkumar,
Nassar,
Jayaram
and
all
the
other
stars
in
the
film.
And
now,
we
are
ready
with
the
magnum
opus
in
two
parts.
You
will
get
a
spectacular
experience
watching
the
film."
Vetrimaaran
Got
Thunaivan
Story
From
Jeyamohan
For
Viduthalai
Vetrimaaran
chose
Thunaivan,
a
short
story
of
Jeyamohan
with
proper
permission
from
him
and
made
it
into
a
feature
film
in
the
name
of
Viduthalai.
The
storyline
of
Thunaivan
is
about
a
revolutionary
who
lived
in
the
terrains
hiding
from
the
police.
It
also
deals
with
a
major
incident
that
happened
between
the
police
and
the
village
people
of
Vachathi.
In
an
interview
with
a
media
portal
writer
Jeyamohan
said,
"In
my
short
story
Thunaivan,
I
touched
only
the
visible
pinnacle
of
the
mountain
that
was
sinking
in
an
ocean.
Vetrimaaran
re-discovered
the
complete
mountain
inside
the
ocean
and
this
is
how
brilliant
filmmakers
work
while
adapting
a
short
story
for
a
feature
film."
Imagine
how
powerful
and
skillful
a
writer
will
he
be
if
directors
like
Vetrimaaran,
Mani
Ratnam
and
Gautam
Vasudev
Menon
are
all
working
with
him.
These
writer-director
collaborations
are
a
good
sign
for
Kollywood
as
they
will
bring
out
more
successful
films
at
the
box
office.