Pushpa Thangadurai
Sri Venugopal was an Indian author of religious pilgrimage travelogues, who also wrote fiction under the name Pushpa Thangadurai.
Works
Some of his most famous novels are:En Peyar Kamala Oru Sivappu Villaku Erikirathu Oru Oodhappu Kan SimittugiradhuOru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu was made into a film starring Kamal Haasan.
An excerpt of En Peyar Kamala was translated into English by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and published as part of The Blaft Anthology of [Tamil Pulp Fiction] in 2008. Volume 2 of The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction featured Highway 17, a 1980 comic written by Pushpa Thangadurai and illustrated by Jeyaraj, starring a motorcycle-riding female detective called Karate Kavitha.
Some of Pushpa Thangadurai's other short stories and novels are:Neen Naan Nila,Thenmerku Paruvam,Naan Raamanalla,
- ''Thiruvarangan Ula''