Aaroor Dass


S. Yesudas known by his stage name Aaroor Dass, is an Indian stage, Film and Television Screenwriter who was active in Tamil Cinema during the latter part of the 20th Century. Aaroor Dass Written the story and dialogues for over 1000 films, who dominate and the Tamil film for more than 40 years. He wrote his first film for actor Sivaji Ganesan's Pasamalar. He debuted as a director with the film Penn Endral Penn

Early life and family

Dass was born on 10 September 1931 to Sathyagu and Arockiya Mary as Yesudas at Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam. He had three younger brothers and three younger sisters. Aaroor Dass attend Thiruvarur Jilla Board Higher Secondary School. Aaroor refers to Thiruvarur. He lives near the Pavithra Manickam in Thiruvarur District.
Dass married Baby, the couple had 4 children; 3 daughters Thara, Aasha and Usha and a son Ravichandran. Now he lives in Nathamuni Street in T. Nagar in Chennai.

Career

Dass started his career as an assistant to Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass in 1955 and assisted in writing the dialogues for the film called Naattiya Thara. He has said that he named his first child as Arokyamary and also gave a pet name, Thara Devi in remembrance of this film. He wrote his debut film as Vaazha Vaitha Deivam produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. Then, He wrote next film for Sivaji Ganesan's Pasamalar and continued to write for the thespian in 28 films. When he wrote Pasamalar, Das was 28 years, Sivji Ganesan was 32 and Savitri was 24. He wrote for nearly the same number of M. G. Ramachandran too. Dass worked with many top class director of yesteryears, likes A. Bhimsingh, A. C. Tirulokchandar, M. A. Thirumugam and many others. He was associate director under Tirulokchandar and Dever films. He has written stage plays Like Thirisoolam and Jenma Thandanai.

Filmography

As Writer

As Director