Madras to Pondicherry

Madras to Pondicherry (1966)

மெட்ராஸ் to பாண்டிச்சேரி

Mala, a modern college girl witnesses the murder committed by Sudhagar and hops into a bus bound for Pondicherry. Sudhagar follows and tries to kill her on the journey.

Date of release
1966-12-16
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Adventure, Comedy
Director
Thirumalai, Mahalingam

Casting

Interesting facts

Madras to Pondicherry is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language road comedy thriller film, directed by Thirumalai–Mahalingam and written by Usilai Somanathan. The film stars Ravichandran and Kalpana. It was released on 16 December 1966, became a commercial success, and was remade in Hindi as Bombay to Goa (1972).

Production

Madras to Pondicherry was directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam, written by Usilai Somanathan, and produced under the banner Sri Venkateswara Cinetone by four people: T. S. Adhinarayanan, P. M. Nachimuthu, S. Sivaraman and G. K. Selvaraj. It was among the earliest road films in Tamil cinema. Suruli Rajan and Bava Lakshmanan shot for a scene at the Meenakshi Amman Temple.

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