Madras to Pondicherry

Madras to Pondicherry மதராஸ் டு பாண்டிச்சேரி
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Directed by	Thirumalai Mahalingam
Produced by	Vividha Baarathy
Written by	'Usilai' Somanathan
Story by	'Usilai' Somanathan
Starring	Ravichandran Kalpana Nagesh Manorama Kalla part Natarajan
Music by	T. K. Ramamoorthy
Cinematography	G. Vittal Rao
Edited by	A. Paul Duraisingam
Production company	Sri Venkateswara Cinetone
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Cinetone
Release date	15 January 1966
Running time	121 Minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Madras to Pondicherry (தமிழ்: மதராஸ் டு பாண்டிச்சேரி) is a 1966 Tamil language film directed by Thirumalai Mahalingam and produce by Vividha Baarathy. Though the dialog and story was written by 'Usilai' Somanathan. Music by T. K. Ramamoorthy assets to the movie. Starring Kalpana, Ravichandran was playe lead role in protagonist. Nagesh, Manorama, V. K. Ramasamy, C. T. Rajakantham, V. S. Raghavan and O. A. K. Thevar was play key role. The film was a runaway hit at the box office. The movie was eventually remade in Hindi as Bombay to Goa. The role played by Nagesh in Tamil version was reprised by Mehmood in the Hindi version. This film was the last film in which the comedian C. T. Rajakantham (who became famous through the first Tamil box-office hit comedy film Sabapathy(1941)) acted.

Ravichandran travels in a bus going from Madras to Pondicherry. Where he meets a girl who is running away from the bad guys. The hero saves her and falls in love with the girl Kalpana. They many involved subplots interesting character who travel on the same bus. A wisecracking conductor Nagesh and driver (A. Karunanidhi). A Brahmin couple Veerappan and Manorama with a thumb sucking, fat son crazy "Pakoda Kadher".

Road movies are popular in the western, but rarely are such filmed made india. It is a genre in which the main character or characters leave home to travel from place to place. They usually leave home to escape their current live and meet with many adventure that have a profound impact not only on the lives but also on those they came across during their travel.