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Sahitya Akademi award winning novel by writer Imayam Seltha PanamThe film, which holds a mirror to Tamil society’s treatment of a woman marrying a man outside her community, will be made into a film by acclaimed film director Vetrimaaran.
“The formalities are over and he will make the film after completing his current project,” said Imayam, who recently won the Kuvempu Award instituted in memory of Kannada poet Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa, popularly known as Kuvempu, in 2013. It has cash of Rs 5 lakh. , a silver medal and a citation. Unlike the Sahitya Akademi Award, which is given annually to writers in all Indian languages, the Kuvempu Award is given annually to only one writer in one language. It is like winning Jnanpith award.
“Why I feel special about the award is that the status and respect enjoyed by writers who have won the Kuvempu Award has now come to Tamil language and me. Also, it is not given by any government organization like Sahitya Akademi is,” said Imayam, the first Tamil writer to win the award.
Asked about the proposed film, he said he was glad that Vetrimaaran, who has successfully adapted novels into films in recent times, had come forward for the adaptation. Seltha Panam in a movie.
“The trend is encouraging. In West Bengal, many good films are actually adaptations of literary works. This was quite common in western countries. In Tamil Nadu, Mr. Vetrimaaran excels in the art of turning modern literary works into films,” said Mr. Imayam. Said, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel in 2020.
The novel’s heroine Revathi, an engineering graduate, falls in love with and marries a refugee from Burma (Myanmar) and an autorickshaw driver because he “tattoos her name on his body and cuts his hand with a blade”. takes a bite.” Express your love for him. When he says, “I will die if you are not with me.”
The marriage fails as Ravi leads a promiscuous life, becomes an alcoholic and becomes suspicious of Revathi. Revathi’s hope that her education will be of use in raising her husband’s family is shattered and one day she finds herself in the burn ward of JIPMER with a third degree burn.
“I agree that Ravi should have remained a responsible husband, especially when a woman like Revathi turns away from her social status and family to marry him. But you must also keep in mind that his family would have treated him in a different way if his social status was equal to that of his family,” argued Imayam.
“Marriage is not decided by love. Caste, religion, education, wealth, position, power and status. Ravi was ill-treated by his family as he had none of the above. The more they ignore him, the angrier he gets and Revathi becomes the victim,” he explained.