Komal Swaminathan

Komal Swaminathan
Born Komal Swaminathan
(1935-01-27)27 January 1935
Komal, Thanjavur district, Tamilnadu, India
Died October, 1995 (age 60)
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Occupation
  • Film director
  • playwright
  • screenwriter
Years active 1959–1995
Relatives Anand Shankar (grandson)[1]

Komal Swaminathan (born on 27 January 1935 at Karaikudi, died 1995) was a congressional activist in his early years, a Tamil theater personality, film director, and a journalist.

Early life

Swaminathan joined the school of S.V. Sahasranamam and learned the art of playwriting and stage techniques. In 1971, he formed Stage Friends.

Career

He was a dramatist in Tamil Stage, his 'Thanneer Thanneer' in 1980 brought him to limelight. He scripted, directed and staged this play with his 'Stage Friends' drama troupe, this play was staged more than 250 times. This play Thanneer Thanneer (Water Water)highlighted acute water shortage in rural areas due to bureaucracy and the apathetic attitude of politicians and bureaucrats, and was later filmed under the same name by K. Balachander in 1981, which won National Award and international acclaim.

Komal Swaminathan has staged nearly 33 plays. He also directed the film Oru Indhiya Kanavu (An Indian Dream)[2] and received the National Film Award for Best Regional film in 1984.

He was the editor of Subhamangala -a Literary, Socio-Cultural Tamil monthly magazine. He was the recipient of KalaimaamaNi and a number of other awards. Komal Swaminathan died in 1995.

Filmography

Plays

Komal has scripted and conducted the following plays with his own troupe

Screenwriter
Director

References

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