Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan

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Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan
Directed byA. C. Rajasekaran
Produced byS. B. Muthubharathi
P. Tamil Selvi
Written byA. C. Rajasekaran
StarringS. S. R. Pankaj Kumar
Thejamai
Music byKanmani Raja
CinematographyRajarajan
Edited byV. M. Udhayashankar
Production
company
Velu Thevar Films
Release date
18 April 2008
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan (transl. Madurai girl, Chennai boy) is a 2008 Indian Tamil romantic drama film directed by A. C. Rajasekaran. The film features S. S. R. Pankaj Kumar and Thejamai in lead roles, with R. Sundarrajan, Manobala, Santhana Bharathi, Arun Pandian, Nizhalgal Ravi, Karate Raja, Pandu and S. B. Muthubharathi playing supporting roles. The film, produced S. B. Muthubharathi and P. Tamil Selvi, had musical score by Kanmani Raja and was released in 2008.[1][2][3]

Plot[edit]

Visa (Thejamai) who is from Madurai joins a secondary school as a plus-two student in Chennai. Her father has just died a few days ago when they moved to Chennai and Visa lives with her mother Meenakshi (Sabitha Anand) and her little brother. Visa and her family have the strong support of her two uncles (S. B. Muthubharathi and Arun Pandian) who are bigwigs in Madurai. Her classmate Surya (S. S. R. Pankaj Kumar), the son of the famous film editor Balan (Nizhalgal Ravi), helps her in studies. Surya and Visa eventually fall in love with each other. In the meantime, her uncles want Visa to marry their relative Maruthupandi (Karate Raja), a hot-blooded village brute, after she finished her studies.

When Meenakshi comes to know about their love affair, Meenakshi doesn't allow her daughter Visa to go to school. Surya is worried about Visa and he meets her in her house. Meenakshi then threatens to commit suicide if she cannot keep the promise she made to her uncles and Visa finally accepts to forget him. The next day, she insults Surya and begs him to forget her. A distraught Surya attempts to commit suicide but he is saved by his friends. Balan decides to talk to her family in Madurai for his son's marriage but they refuse and are hell-bent on saving their family's prestige.

Thereafter, the two families have a verbal fight in Chennai, the two lovers begin vomiting blood and faint on the spot. They are rushed to the hospital and the two families accept to arrange their marriage if they survived. Surya and Visa were, in fact, faking their suicide. The film ends Surya and Visa returning to school and eagerly waiting for their marriage.

Cast[edit]

  • S. S. R. Pankaj Kumar as Surya
  • Thejamai as Visa (Visalakshi)
  • R. Sundarrajan as Manmadarajan
  • Manobala as Bala Nair
  • Santhana Bharathi as Doctor
  • Arun Pandian as Visa's uncle
  • Nizhalgal Ravi as Balan
  • Karate Raja as Maruthupandi
  • Pandu as Doctor
  • S. B. Muthubharathi as Visa's uncle
  • Kovai Senthil as Restaurant owner
  • Nellai Siva as Maths teacher
  • Bayilvan Ranganathan
  • Muthukaalai as Muthukalai
  • Sivanarayanamoorthy as Restaurant owner
  • Master Bharath as Nandhu
  • Vijay Ganesh as Vaidhyanathan
  • Sabitha Anand as Meenakshi
  • Shanthi Anand as Maami
  • T. R. Latha as Surya's grandmother
  • Muthu Prakash as Madhan
  • Nijin as Amid
  • Anbarasan as Anbu
  • Lakshmisri Prasad as Kamala
  • Sharmili as Ambika
  • D. Raja in a guest appearance
  • Laksha in a special appearance
  • Bharathy in a special appearance
  • Vinutha Lal in a special appearance

Production[edit]

A. C. Rajasekaran made his directorial debut with Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan under the banner of Velu Thevar Films. S. S. R. Pankaj Kumar, the grandson of S. S. Rajendran, signed to play the lead role while Thejamai, the granddaughter of yesteryear comedy actress Bindu Ghosh, was cast to play the heroine.[4][5][6]

Soundtrack[edit]

Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan
Soundtrack album by
Kanmani Raja
Released2008
Recorded2008
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length41:13
ProducerKanmani Raja

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Kanmani Raja. The soundtrack features 8 tracks.[7]

All lyrics written by A. C. Rajasekaran. 

Tracklist
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Chellame"  Deepika 5:30
2. "Kalaikalama"  Mukesh, Sri Vardhini 4:29
3. "Kathal Kathal"  Prasanna Rao 6:22
4. "Punnagai"  Harish Raghavendra 4:28
5. "Single Tea"  Elumbur Antony 5:31
6. "Thiruppachi"  Manikka Vinayagam, Usha Raj 5:05
7. "Thiruthirunru"  Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Sri Vardhini 4:47
8. "Vachukka Vachukka"  Kanmani Raja, Deepika 5:01
Total length:
41:13

References[edit]

  1. "Find Tamil Movie Madurai Ponnu Chennai Payyan". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. "Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan (2008) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. "Madurai Ponnu Chennai Payyan (2008)". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. "Another Grandson on the row". kollywoodtoday.net. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. "மலைப் பாம்பும், 'பிந்து' பேத்தியும்!" [Forest snake and Bindu Ghosh's granddaughter] (in Tamil). filmibeat.com. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. "Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  7. "Madurai Ponnu Chennai Payyan (2007) - Kanmaniraja". mio.to. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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