He was one of the very few Tamil writers to get a monthly salary from Kumudam for his novels. Sandilyan's most famous novels were serialised in Kumudam, a weekly Tamil magazine and was instrumental in increasing the circulation to a greater extent. Paalaivanathu pushpam and Sandha deepam were his earliest historical novels. He also started publishing in other magazines like Amudhasurabi. One of his first works was a self-published political novel called Balathkaaram. Novels Īfter his stint at the Hindustan Times he returned to work at Sudesamithran and started writing full-length novels. Later he also produced a documentary titled 'Birth of a Newspaper'. He later wrote about his film world experiences in his book Cinema Valarndha Kadhai (1985). He co-wrote the screenplays of films like Swarga Seema (1945) and En Veedu (1953). Work in films ĭuring his time at the Hindustan Times he became friends with B N Reddy of Vijaya Studios and Chittor V. Later he became a sub-editor at the English daily newspaper Hindustan Times. He started writing Tamil short stories in the Tamil Weekly Sudesamithran and also worked as a reporter in Sudesamithran from 1935 to 1942. Encouraged by this success Sandilyan started learning the Tamil language formally from a Tamil Pandit named Thirukannapuram Srinivachariar.

Impressed with his work, Kalki published his short stories like Kannammavin Kadhal, Adhirshtam in Ananda Vikatan.

With their encouragement he wrote his first short story titled Shantha Seelan. Ka's weekly magazine Navasakthi and the noted Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy. He became friends with his neighbours V.Swaminatha Sharma who was working in Thiru. Early career Īfter finishing college he moved to T. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. Rajagopalachari and joined the Indian independence movement.

While in college, he was influenced by the visit of C. His college education came from Tiruchirappalli St. He did his schooling in Chennai Pachaiyappa's School and Saidapet Model School. His family was from Thiruindalur village near Mayiladuthurai. Sandilyan was born in Thirukovilur, Tamil Nadu on 10 November 1910 to Ramanujam Iyengar and Poongovilvalli. He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires. Sandilyan or Chandilyan (Tamil: சாண்டில்யன்) is the Pen name of Bhashyam Iyengar, a noted Tamil writer of historical fiction. Tamil Historic Fiction, Tamil Social Fiction

யவன ராணி [Yavana Rani] - 1 by Sandilyan