Bhashyam Iyengar

Born: 10 November 1910

Died: 11 September 1987

He is the Pen name of Bhashyam Iyengar, a noted Tamil writer of historical fiction.
He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires.
He wrote his first short story titled Shantha Seelan.
Impressed with his work, Kalki published his short stories like Kannammavin Kadhal, Adhirshtam in Ananda Vikatan.
Encouraged by this success Sandilyan started learning the Tamil language formally from a Tamil Pandit named Thirukannapuram Srinivachariar.
He started writing Tamil short stories in the Tamil Weekly Sudesamithran and also worked as a reporter in Sudesamithran from 1935 to 1942.
Later he became a sub-editor at the English daily newspaper Hindustan Times.
During his time at the Hindustan Times, he became friends with BN Reddy of Vijaya Studios and Chittor V. Nagaiah.
This bought him into the world of films.
He co-wrote the screenplays of films like Swarga Seema (1945) and En Veedu (1953).
He later wrote about his film world experiences in his book Cinema Valarndha Kadhai (1985).
Later he also produced a documentary titled “Birth of a Newspaper”.