HE’S a renowned Tamil novelist, whose books like 'Nedunkuruvi', 'Thunai Ezhithu' and 'Kada Vilasam' are household names. Writer S Ramakrishnan has, however, taken to writing dialogues for films as well. His next release is the Jeyam Ravi starrer Dhaam Dhoom, a brainchild of director Jeeva, who passed away during the making of the film in Russia.Ramakrishan had worked for Jeeva’s Unnale Unnale also, and recalls how Jeeva inspired him, “Jeeva and I were on the same wavelength. He gave me immense freedom to write. The best part was that he was clued into literature. This made it a pleasure to work better together.” Ramakrishnan is not new to Tamil cinema. He has several movies with major directors and film makers to his credit. He has also written the dialogues for Vasanthabalan’s debut film Album, Rajni’s Baba, and Linguasamy’s Sandaikozhi and Bheema.
He is currently working on director Saran’s Vinay and Kajal Aggarwal starrer, Modhi Vilaiyadu. But Jeeva has a special place in his heart. “We were great friends for years. He would allow me to improvise on the sets, and write dialogues on the spot.”
He tells us the advantages behind working like this, “I study the characters and actors’ body language, way of thinking and communicating and then write. This makes the dialogues more convincing.” Ramakrishnan is the winner of several literary awards, such as Best Writer from the Toronto University ( 2007), and the CKK Literary Forum, Coimbatore.
He also won the TN Government’s Best Writer award 2007 for his Aravan. With so much going for him in the field of literature, why has he taken to writing for films as well? Explaining this move he says, “I am exploring different genres in writing. It’s another form of communication for me.”
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