Thirumalai Thenkumari (1970)

திருமலை தென்குமரி

Ten to twelve families from different walks of life, different age groups and different languages get together for a pilgrimage tour, starting from Tirupati and extending till Kanyakumari. The movie captures their experiences in the trip and how they develop oneness, with the common thread of religious bonding among them. The movie also highlights small anecdotes from mythology, thereby giving the movie a spiritual fervor.

Date of release
1970-08-15
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 25m
Genres
Drama
Director
A. P. Nagarajan

Casting

Interesting facts

Thirumalai Thenkumari is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language comedy road film written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan. Inspired by the 1969 film If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, it features an ensemble cast consisting of Sivakumar, Kumari Padmini, Rama Prabha, Shylashri, Manorama, Sirkazhi Govindarajan and Suruli Rajan. The film focuses on a group of passengers who embark on a pilgrimage across South India. It was released on 15 August 1970, emerged a commercial success, and won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Production

Thirumalai Thenkumari was among the earliest road films in Tamil cinema, and took inspiration from the 1969 film If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium. Unlike the original, it was given a "religious twist", with its premise focusing on a group of passengers who embark on a pilgrimage across South India, visiting places like Tirupati and Madurai. The film was actually shot in the places depicted onscreen, as opposed to using sets.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended