Acclaimed director Gnanarajasekaran was felicitated on Sunday at MGR Nagar. A former Censor Board official, Gnanarajasekaran has a great passion for Tamil cinema.

His realistic portrayals and crafty film-making in Mogamul and Bharathy had won the admiration of many.

He had gone a step ahead to record the happenings in the life of the rationalist leader E V R Ramasamay Naicker aka Periyar, who launched a crusade against caste and creed in Tamil Nadu in his Periyar.

Gnanarajasekaran has taken pages from the life of Periyar, which many are familiar with. He has pepped it with drama elements to make it an engrossing tale.

An attempt which deserves to be felicitated.