Subha (writers)

The duo began co-authoring stories when they were in college together,{{cite web |last=Sudharshan |title="YENNAI ARINDHAAL IS DEFINITELY NOT OUR STYLE. ARRAMBAM IS!" - SUBA |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-story-writer/subha/exclusive-interview-with-writer-subha.html |access-date=5 January 2017 |website=Behindwoods |archive-date=15 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315030922/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-story-writer/subha/exclusive-interview-with-writer-subha.html |url-status=live }} and have been publishing their work since 1979. They have published more than 450 short novels and more than 400 short stories. Most of their detective novels feature the characters Narendran and Vaijayanthi of Eagle Eye Detective Agency, and their coworker John Sundar. Other characters created by Subha are Selva and Murugesan, who also feature in their detective stories, and John Sembaruthi, who is a character in some of Subha's novels set in the army. They wrote film reviews for the magazine Kalki under the pseudonym "Jayamanmadhan".{{cite magazine |date=17 November 1996 |title=மூலிகை உணவு முதல் வாடகை நூலகம் வரை |url=https://archive.org/download/kalki1996-11-17/kalki1996-11-17.pdf |magazine=Kalki |language=Ta |pages=14–16 |access-date=21 June 2023}}{{Cite web |title=நான்...சுபா |url=http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=16502&id1=4&issue=20200131 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=kungumam.co.in |language=ta |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511134715/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=16502&id1=4&issue=20200131 |url-status=live }}

They have also written screenplays and dialogues for Tamil films and television serials. The movies Kana Kandaen and Ayan were based on their published novels and were scripted by Subha together with director K. V. Anand.{{cite news |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=12 August 2011 |title=Pen Pals |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/pen-pals/article2348788.ece |url-status=live |access-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511135916/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/pen-pals/article2348788.ece |archive-date=11 May 2023}}{{cite web |date=1 October 2012 |title=Suriya's 'Maattrraan' to address a social issue |url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/suriyas-maattrraan-to-address-a-social-issue-513161.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106012839/http://www.news18.com/news/india/suriyas-maattrraan-to-address-a-social-issue-513161.html |archive-date=6 January 2017 |access-date=5 January 2017 |website=News18}} They co-authored the script for Ko, a political thriller, and Maatraan, a thriller with K.V. Anand. The script for 180, a bilingual movie in Tamil and Telugu, was co-authored by Subha with director Jayendra. I (dialogues), Anegan, Yatchan, Thani Oruvan were co-authored by Subha.

Suresh and Balakrishnan run their own publishing company, Thanga Thaamarai Publications, which, in addition to their novels, brings out some non-fiction titles.

After college, Suresh and Balakrishnan both worked in banks, which they eventually quit in order to become full-time writers. They live with their families in adjacent apartments in Chennai.

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