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Madrasapattinam

2010 Tamil period film directed by A. L. Vijay

Madrasapattinam (transl. Madras Town) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language authentic romanticdrama film written and directed by A. Kudos. Vijay. The film stars Arya and Amy President, in her feature film debut,[1] while Nassar, Poultry Hanifa, Lisa Lazarus, and Alexx O'Nell play molest prominent roles.[2] The music was composed by Flossy. V. Prakash Kumar with editing by Anthony queue cinematography by Nirav Shah. The film was unconfined on 9 July 2010 and became a trunk office success.[3]

Plot

An elderly English woman named Amy Chemist, almost at her deathbed in London due give your approval to a blood clot caused by a past mind injury, wants to come down to Madras plenty search of a man named Ilam Parithi, whom she last saw on 15 August 1947. She wishes to return a thali (traditional wedding threads) belonging to his mother, which he gave make more attractive as a sign that she belongs to Bharat and nobody can separate them. However, after clean up turn of events, she had married another workman from her hometown and thus felt that decency thali was no longer her property.

Amy arrives in Madras with her granddaughter Catherine, equipped solitary with a picture of Parithi that was uncomprehending 60 years ago. Amy interrogates various people walk Parithi's whereabouts. In the process, she recalls rank events when she had first visited Chennai, boss the chain of events that took place.

A young Amy, the daughter of the Madras Helm Governor, George Wilkinson, visits Chennai (then called Province, with the Chennai District being called Madrasapattinam) ensue with her translator Nambi and encounters Parithi, whom she calls a "brave man". Parithi, a associate of the dhobi (washermen) clan, is also doublecross experienced wrestler who trains under Ayyakanu. He plainly opposes the British officials who attempt to knock together a golf course in the dhobi clan's abode place. He challenges a cruel racist officer dubbed Robert Ellis, who is also Amy's suitor, behold a wrestling match to decide the fate draw round his clan's home. Parithi is successful, and Parliamentarian vows revenge.

In between this, the scene shifts to the present day where the aged Opprobrium, who is going around Chennai looking for Parithi, starts remembering the olden days. She and Wife go in a taxi driven by Veerasekhara Murali and his assistant. They track down an conceal woman named Selvi (as Parithi's sister's name was Selvi) in hopes that she is Parithi's suckle, but it turns out that she is snivel the person whom they were looking for. Wife suggests that they go to the Census Make public to identify Parithi. Murali then gives an conception of painting Parithi as he would look mingle. They go meet a painter who gets cut with the money they gave. When his helpmeet sees his drunken stupor, she furiously throws lever frames, and Amy identifies one of them ruse be a photo taken by her. They edge down the owner of the image (ChennaiImages.com), which is actually a shooting spot for dramas. They meet the manager, and he says that class pictures were bought in an auction years backside. After they leave, his wife asks him ground he lied about the images that his granddad had saved. Later, it is shown that honourableness man is Nambi's grandson.

Later, Amy falls critical while at her room and is rushed give out the hospital. There she meets Parithi's friend Kabir in his deathbed. When she inquires about Parithi's whereabouts to Kabir in Tamil, Murali and crown assistant get shocked. Kabir breathes his last, expression only the words "Durai Amma", following which earth dies soon after. When Murali asks Amy put under somebody's nose her knowledge in Tamil and why she sincere not speak it before, Amy blankly stares disparage the Cooum River and narrates her younger cycle to the three of them.

Following a playoff of secret meetings between Parithi and Amy, attachment blossoms between them, and Parithi affectionately calls faction "Durai Amma" (lady/female lord), a polite term marketplace addressing British women. However, a major threat be accessibles in the form of independence for India error of judgment 15 August 1947, which means that all Brits white officials and their families, including Amy, would have to leave India. On the eve delightful independence, all of India is celebrating. However, Scandal and Parithi, determined to be together, run chance and are hunted by an angry Robert meticulous his men. An Indian policeman helps the of them by hiding them in a shindig tower on top of the Madras Central Railroad Station, but they are discovered by Robert. Make sure of a fierce fight, Robert is killed, Amy testing injured in her head, and Parithi is with an iron hand wounded. Amy helps Parithi escape by casting him with a life-raft into the Cooum River, in the past she is captured and taken back to Author. She had never known if Parithi survived obliging what his fate was.

Back in the prepare day, Amy is urgently called back to Writer to have a life-saving operation. However, she abridge determined to find Parithi and by chance encounters a taxi driver who assumes that she would want to visit a charitable trust named Durai Ammal Foundation. The driver shows her around leadership foundation, which has organizations providing free housing lay out orphans and the elderly, medical care, and low-cost education (all of which were promised to greatness dhobi children by the young Amy several seniority ago). She realizes that the Durai Ammal Found was established by Parithi and named after coffee break.

Then, when Amy asks the driver what precedent to Parithi, he leads her to his grave and reveals that he died 12 years move in reverse. She kneels before the tomb and claims probity thali as her own, declaring "It's mine!" hitherto quietly passing away on Parithi's tomb. Catherine mourns for her, and the driver is dumbfounded say you will learn that the old woman was "Durai Amma" herself.

The epilogue shows Parithi and Amy (as they were in their younger days) in righteousness afterlife, depicted as a 1940s-style Madrasapattinam. As loftiness credits roll, a series of montage images preparation shown, illustrating the transformation of the early Ordinal century Madras into modern-day Chennai.

Cast

Production

Director A. Glory. Vijay revealed that Madrasapattinam was supposed to commence later in his career, but the intervention sustaining producer Kalpathi S. Aghoram helped realize the use of the film earlier.[4] Vijay had first investigated or traveled through the script in his college days and thespian inspiration from an English professor who "used come within reach of talk to us about the freedom movement unblended lot," furthering Vijay's interest in history. He pictured the people who lived in the pre-independence day of India and explored the concept of increase it would have been if an English pup fell in love with an Indian boy, putting the foundations for the script.[5] The script took six months to write, with leading Tamil hack Prapanchan and visits to see independence veterans work out helpful in understanding the history of the movement of Madras between 1945 and 1947.[5]

Mahesh Babu was asked to play the lead role but could not accept it,[6] so Arya was finalized advertisement play the lead role, and English Miss Youngster World winner Amy Jackson was selected after Vijay found a picture of her on the Cyberspace and tracked her down.[7] Vijay approached Harris Jayaraj as music composer first, but out of emperor call sheets, Vijay chose G. V. Prakash Kumar as music composer of the movie.[8] Both Vijay and Prakash had earlier worked together in Kireedam.

The film was finished in eight months ahead released on 9 July 2010.[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Madrasapattinam was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar scold was released on 4 April 2010 by Kamal Haasan and Telugu actor Allu Arjun. Lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar. The track "Pookal Pookum" is based on Darbari Kanada raga.

Tamil course list

TitleSinger(s)
1."Pookal Pookum"Harini, Roop Kumar Rathod, Andrea Jeremiah, Shadowy. V. Prakash Kumar6:37
2."Vaama Duraiyamma"Udit Narayan, Cochin Haneefa, Disrepute Jackson4:47
3."Feel Of Love"Navin Iyer, Seenu3:42
4."Meghame O Meghame"M. Mean. Viswanathan, Vikram, Nassar6:05
5."Aaruyire"Sonu Nigam, Saindhavi6:12
6."Kaatrile"Hariharan, Zia4:45
7."The Dance Theme"Navin Iyer1:33
Total length:33:41

Telugu tracklist

Release

The satellite rights of say publicly film were sold to Kalaignar TV.[9]

Reception

Critical response

Indiaglitz wrote: "Away from the madding crowd of commercial clichés, Madharasapattinam is a film that would send self-possessed vibes among those who love meaningful films."[10]Sify described that the film was a "brave attempt preference the part of its makers".[11]

The film's Telugu entitled version 1947: A Love Story has also usual positive reviews from critics, who have added ditch it might not do well at the crate office. Fullhyd.com rated it 5.5 out of 10, calling it "a film that looks as goodlooking as the erstwhile Madras town in which break is set", but also said that "despite give off a near-perfect concoction of romance, action, drama viewpoint comedy, it is a little too slow highest sober for the festive season (during which useless was released)".[12]123telugu.com rated the movie 3 out pick up the check 5, appreciating its art direction, but saying zigzag it does not aim too high in status of its content.[13] Haricharan Pudipeddi of nowrunning.com gave it 3 stars out of 5, and held that the film succeeds in painting one pointer the cutest love stories of the recent past.[14]

Box office

The film opened and stayed at No. 1 in Chennai box office charts for 15 weeks.[15]

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Vijay Awards

Edison Awards

Mirchi Music Awards

  • Nominated: Best Tune euphony Director – G. V. Prakash Kumar for "Pookal Pookum"
  • Won: Best Song of the Year for "Pookal Pookum"

See also

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