Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan (1978)

மதுரையை மீட்ட சுந்தரபாண்டியன்

Set during the time of the Chola invasion, the film tells the story of a courageous Pandiyan king. The king filled the hearts of his people with courage, patriotism and faith to help fight the Cholas.

Date of release
1978-01-14
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 18m
Genres
Drama
Director
M. G. Ramachandran

Casting

Interesting facts

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language historical action film, directed by M. G. Ramachandran, starring himself, M. N. Nambiar, P. S. Veerappa, Latha and Padmapriya. Based on the novel Kayalvizhi by Akilan, it was Ramachandran's final full-fledged film. The film was released on 14 January 1978 and became a box-office bomb, but Latha won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.

Production

Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan is based on the novel Kayalvizhi by Akilan, serialised in the magazine Kalki. The film began production in April 1974 at Sathya Studios, with B. R. Panthulu as director and producer; however, following his death, lead actor M. G. Ramachandran took over directing while Sokkaiah and Subramani Iyer of Soleswar Combines took over production. The film was shot in Jaipur, Delhi and Mysore.

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