▁writing , ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁Sh ob as ak th i , ▁short ▁stories , ▁plays , ▁political ▁ess ays ▁and ▁nov els ▁about ▁his ▁personal ▁experiences ▁during ▁the ▁civil ▁war . ▁His ▁first ▁novel ▁Gor illa ▁( 2 0 0 1 ) ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁experience ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁soldier ▁in ▁the ▁L T TE . ▁Gor illa ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁His ▁second ▁novel ▁Tra itor ▁( 2 0 0 3 ) ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁mass acre ▁of ▁political ▁prisoners ▁in ▁Sri ▁L anka . ▁Tra itor ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁Jes uth as an ' s ▁acting ▁career ▁started ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁when ▁he ▁wrote ▁and ▁star red ▁in ▁S eng adal ▁( The ▁Dead ▁Sea ), ▁a ▁film ▁about ▁T amil ▁fish erm en ▁struggling ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁largely ▁abandoned ▁village ▁of ▁D han ush k odi ▁in ▁southern ▁India . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁initially ▁b anned ▁in ▁India ▁after ▁the ▁Chen na i ▁Regional ▁C ensor ▁Board ▁refused ▁to ▁rate ▁the ▁film . ▁After ▁a ▁legal ▁battle ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁given ▁an ▁" Ad ult " ▁rating ▁by ▁the ▁c ensor . ▁ ▁Jes uth as an ▁star red ▁in ▁D he ep an , ▁which ▁won ▁the ▁Pal me ▁d ' Or ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁C annes ▁Film ▁Festival , ▁in ▁ 2