Randor Guy

Randor Guy is the pen name of Madabhushi Rangadoraicite news | last= Varma| first= Shreekumar | title= Remembrance of things past | date=November 13,2007 | url=http://www.newindpress.com/Sunday/colItems.asp?ID=SEF20020614063036 | work =The New Indian Express:Sunday Headlines | accessdate = 2008-07-25] (b. November 8, 1937cite book | title=Reference India| last=Bhushan| first=Ravi| date=2007| pages=106| publisher=Rifacimento International] cite book | title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M Vol 1| url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA439&sig=ACfU3U2q87lROtcxBESo1DJva2UFDW46Aw| last=Dutt| first=K. C.| coauthors=S. Balu Rao, Sahitya Akademi| date=2001| pages=439| publisher=Sahitya Akademi| id=ISBN:8126008733] or according to his profile at galatta.com, March 13, 1945), a prominent Indian lawyer, columnist and filmcite book | title=Cinemaya: the Asian film magazine| last=Vasudev| first=A.| date=1988| pages=61] and legal historian associated with the English language newspaper "The Hindu".

Early life

Guy graduated in B.Sc and B. L. from Madras UniversityCite web|url=http://sify.com/peopleandplaces/profile.php?id=13242443&cid=13198662|title=The GUY called RANDOR|accessdate=2008-07-21|publisher=sify.com] and commenced his career as a lawyer.Fernandez, p 164] After practising as a lawyer for a short time, he quit his job and joined a firm called Paterson and Co. where he worked for 5 years. In 1976, he resigned to devote all his time to writing.

Work as a film historian

Guy has been writing books on history and films since 1967. However, he became popular when his article on Frank Capra was purchased by the United States Information Agency for use as a reference work. Randor Guy remains the only non-American whose work has been acquired as reference material by the Government of the United States of America.

Guy is a regular columnist for newspapers as the "Mylapore Times", "The Hindu" and "The Indian Express". He also writes for the film magazine "Screen". He writes on a variety of topics though he is mainly popular as a film historian and critic.

Films

Guy has also written the screenplay for a few short documentaries and feature films. He has also produced a few advertisement films. In 1999, he made a 100-minute feature film in English titled "Perfumed Garden" for a Hollywood film company. The film was also subsequently dubbed into Hindi, Tamil and Telugu as "Brahmachari".He has also written a Sinhalese film called "Paradise Peak" based on a best-selling crime novel written by him. Currently, he is working with the screenplay for an English film called "Maya" starring Kollywood actress Namitha.Cite web|url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/19266/Sensuous-Namitha-sizzles-in-Maya.html|title=Sensuous Namitha sizzles in Maya|accessdate=2008-07-25|publisher=yahoo.com] "Maya" is Namitha's first film in English

Awards and felicitations

On November 12, 2007, during a function commemorating the fifth anniversary of "Samudra", a magazine dedicated to art and culture, Guy was awarded the "Gnana Samudra" award in recognition of his contributions to arts.cite news | last= | first= | title= ‘Gnana Samudhra’ award for Randor Guy | date=November 13,2007 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/13/stories/2007111368360600.htm | work =The Hindu: Tamil Nadu/Chennai News | accessdate = 2008-07-23]

Personal life

Guy is married to Dolores Guy. He lives with his family in Ayanavaram, Chennai.

Books by Randor Guy

*cite book | title=While the Breakers Roared| url=| date=1967| publisher=| id= (Fiction)
*cite book | title=Indian Ribaldry| url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pwQ8AAAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Randor+Guy%22| date=1970| publisher=C. E. Tuttle Co| id=ISBN:0804809062
*cite book | title=Chaya| url=| date=1980| publisher=| id= (Fiction - Telugu)
*cite book | title=Kasi| url=| date=1981| publisher=| id= (Fiction - Telugu)(Fiction - Telugu)
*cite book | title=Madhuri Oru Madhiri| url=| date=1982| publisher=| id= (True Crime)
*cite book | title=B.N. Reddi: a monograph| url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pwQ8AAAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Randor+Guy%22| date=1985| publisher=National Film Archive of India| id=ISBN:8120100034
*cite book | title=A History of Tamil Cinema| url=| date=1991| publisher=| id= (Film History - Govt. of Tamil Nadu)
*cite book | title=Starlight, Starbright: The Early Tamil Cinema | url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=tWVYGwAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Randor+Guy%22| date=1997| publisher=Amra Publishers
*cite book | title=Murder for Pleasure| url=| date=1972| publisher=| id= (Fiction)cite book | title=Indo-Anglian Fiction: An Assessment| last=Mehta| first=Purushottam Pragji| date=1979| pages=367| publisher=Prakash Book Depot]
*Chitale (Biography)
*cite book | title=Monsoon| url=| date=1997| publisher=| id=(Novelization of a Hollywood movie shot in India)

Notes

References

*cite book | title=Corporate Communications: A 21st Century Primer | url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Wu0GD_ZxaLMC&pg=PA164&dq=randor+guy&sig=ACfU3U0yFc6fbuGqymCrLh_zxjs_NmnwXQ| last=Fernandez| first=Joseph| date=2004| publisher=SAGE| id=ISBN:0761997466