Kizhake Pogum Rail
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| Directed by | P. Bharathiraja |
| Produced by | S. A. Rajkannu |
| Written by | R. Selvaraj (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | P. Bharathiraja |
| Story by | R. Selvaraj |
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| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | P. S. Nivas |
| Edited by | T. Thirunavukkarasu |
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Sri Amman Creations
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Running time
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125 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
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| Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja | |
| Released | 1978 |
| Recorded | 1978 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 18:05 |
| Producer | Ilaiyaraaja |
Kizhakke Pogum Rail (English: Eastbound Train) is a 1978 Indian Tamil film, directed by P. Bharathiraja, starring newcomers Betha Sudhakar and Raadhika in lead roles. The film had a musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 10 August 1978. The film was a blockbuster and completed a 364-day run at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as Toorpu Velle Railu with Mohan and in Hindi as Saveray Wali Gaadi with Sunny Deol.
The film starts with the young woman Panchali (Raadhika) gets off the train named 'Kizhakke Pogum Rail' and lands in the village Thamaraikulam which follows strict rules. There, Panchali is accommodated by her sister Karuthamma (Gandhimathi) and her brother-in-law Ramaiah (Goundamani), Panchali informs her that their mother died a couple of days ago. Ramaiah starts to have an eye on Panchali.
Paranjothi (Betha Sudhakar) is an unemployed graduate and a big fan of poet Subramania Bharati who lives his father Maruthu (G. Srinivasan) and his sister Kanniyamma. His father Maruthu is a barber and considers Paranjothi as a good-for-nothing like all the villagers. After getting married, Kanniyamma leaves her birth home to live with her husband's family.
Panchali and Paranjothi slowly fall in love with each other. One day, the villagers spots Paranjothi running behind Panchali. At the gram panchayat (village court), the panchayat members blame Paranjothi for trying to behave badly toward the young woman. Only the retired military man Pattalathaar (Vijayan) and the farmer Ponnandi (K. Bhagyaraj) support him but the panchayat members overlook them and they punish him. Maruthu shaved off the hair of his son and Paranjothi parades on donkey in the streets of the village. Whereas Ramaiah forces his wife Karuthamma to burn Panchali's arm with a piece of wood.
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