Dhamayanthi

Dhamayanthi is a Tamil fiction writer, poet, lyricist and film director.

Life Dhamayanthi was born in Tirunelveli, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Her parents were teachers, and she imbibed her love for reading and arts from them. She claims that the books her father would gift during her birthday and the inevitable loneliness of childhood made her develop immense interest in books, which later enabled her to develop her passion for writing. She balances her deep concern with gender inequality and socio-political issues and her intent to narrate a tale that reveals the unpredictability of the human mind. Her stories focus on the subtle power play in man-woman relationships in a family, which borders on physical violence, and the more obvious violence inflicted upon women. She translated Sylvia Plath’s poetry into Tamil.

In television, she debuted as a script writer in Samuthirakani’s debutant serial produced by Minbimbangal. She directed documentaries on social issues and a docu-fiction on surrogate mothers. She co-wrote one of the three stories of Vizhithiru along with director Meera Kathiravan. She co-wrote the script for the Tamil film Vizhithiru (2018). She wrote lyrics for eleven other films. She wrote a script for Bharat Bala and another to be directed by Kutti Revathi. Thadayam is based on her short story published in Ananda Vikatan.