‘பிசிராந்தையார்’ won for Bharathidasan, the prestigious literary award of India, namely, the Sahithya Academy Award. The plot of this story is also based on a celebrated story of friendship between a poet by name பிசிராந்தையார் and a Chola King by name கோப்பெருஞ்சோழன். The story weaves around a few intriguing sub-plots, while the main plot brings out the good will between the Chola and the Pandya Kings.