Kizhakke Pogum Rail (1978)

கிழக்கே போகும் ரயில்

A young and aspiring writer who is always reprimanded by villagers meets a girl who understands his predicament. However, the orthodox villagers pose a threat to their relationship.

Date of release
1978-08-10
TMDB
7.8 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Bharathiraja

Casting

Interesting facts

Kizhakke Pogum Rail is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Bharathirajaa, starring Sudhakar and M. R. Radikaa in their acting debut. It was released on 10 August 1978 and ran for over 365 days in theatres. The film was remade in Telugu as Toorpu Velle Railu (1979) by Bapu, and in Hindi by Bharathiraja as Saveray Wali Gaadi (1985).

Production

Kizhakke Pogum Rail was the second film directed by Bharathiraja, and the debut film of Sudhakar and Radikaa (credited as M. R. Radikaa) as actors. The male lead role was originally offered to Sivachandran, who declined, while Sridevi was originally cast as the lead actress but later opted out. Radikaa's screen test was done with Sridevi's clothes from 16 Vayathinile (1977) since she did not have any Indian clothes after coming from London.

R. Selvaraj revealed the initial story for Kizhakke Pogum Rail had the character of Panchali character arriving to Chennai to visit Paranjothi, get molested by four young people by which she gets mentally affected and meets with an accident with Paranjothi saving her; however Selvaraj felt something was missing in the script and conveyed this to Bharathiraja for which he stopped the shoot.

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