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Tamil magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Kalki
Cover of 28 March 1948 issue of
Kalki
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Frequency
| Weekly
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Founded
| 1941
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Company
| Bharathan Publications
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Country
| India
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Language
| Tamil
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Website
| kalkionline
.com
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Kalki
is a
Tamil
-language
weekly magazine
published from
Chennai
,
India
.
[1]
The magazine was established by
Kalki Krishnamurthy
, a popular
Tamil
novelist and
Indian freedom fighter
, in 1941.
[2]
T Sadasivam
was the magazine's co-founder. The
magazine
is known for its publication of historic novels such as
Ponniyin Selvan
and
Sivagamiyin Sabadham
.
[3]
Singer
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
, guru of M S Subbulakshmi, and music critic S V Seshadri were also involved with the magazine in its coverage of music.
[4]
Kalki Krishnamurthy also edited the magazine,
[2]
which is published on a weekly basis.
[3]
During his term the magazine was much more respected due to its quality.
[2]
The magazine ceased publication in 1977, but resumed in June 1978.
[5]
Mullum Malarum
(authored by Umachandran), which won this magazine's first prize in the silver jubilee novel competition was first published in this magazine as a serial, and later made into a hit Tamil film
of the same name
.
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