Mr. Madras

1995 Indian film

Prabhu
Sukanya
Vineetha

CinematographyRavindharEdited byP. MohanrajMusic byVidyasagar

Production
company

Lakshmi Movie Makers

Release date

8 September 1995 (1995-09-08)

Running time

130 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Mr. Madras is a 1995 Indian Tamil language comedy film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu, Sukanya and Vineetha. It was released on 8 September 1995,^[1]^[2] and emerged a box-office bomb.^[3]

Plot

Aruna Arunachalam is an estate owner in Ooty who is in trouble with Thiruttani, who keeps illegally some hectares of her estate. Murugan won the Mr. Madras award and also worked as a model. His mother advised him to find a decent job. He is later appointed by Aruna to protect her, and she promises to keep him permanently. Aruna has two granddaughters: Meera and Devi. Murugan investigates in Thiruttani's area and he finds Ganja plantation happening in there. Murugan then shows the proof to the police and they arrest Thiruttani. Although Murugan accomplishes his mission, Aruna dismisses him. So Murugan takes challenge to continue to work here. Murugan makes things rough on Aruna's family. Murugan's mother is worried about her son, so she comes there and faints after seeing Aruna. Murugan's mother is actually Aruna's daughter. In the past Murugan's mother married a poor laborer and Aruna didn't accept it. Meera and Devi fall in love with Murugan. Murugan makes a big drama to reduce Aruna's ego. In the meantime, Thiruttani escapes from jail and kidnaps Aruna. Murugan saves his grandmother and Aruna apologizes to her daughter.

Cast

Prabhu as Murugan alias Mr. Madras
Sukanya as Meera
Vineetha as Devi
Manorama as Aruna Arunachalam
Lakshmi as Janaki
Anandaraj as Thiruttani
Goundamani as Govindsamy
Senthil as Ponnusamy
R. Sundarrajan as Aruna's son
Kavitha as Mahalakshmi Meera and Devi's Mother
Kaka Radhakrishnan as Arunachalam
Gandhimathi as Alamelu a serial actress
Thyagu as a police constable
Santhana Bharathi as a police inspector

Soundtrack

The soundtrack were composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics written by Vaali.^[4]

Song	Singers	Duration
"Akka Maga"	Mano, K. S. Chitra	4:34
"Unnai Parthathum"	Swarnalatha	4:05
"Pala Naadu Parkuthu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sindhu, Swarnalatha	4:28
"Poga Sonna"	Mano	4:44
"Poongatru Veesum"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:05
"Antha Otha Madi"	Mano, Sujatha Mohan, Surekha Kothari	4:27

Reception

D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Director P. Vasu, who has penned the story, dialogue and screenplay, has introduced enough cinematic twists and turns in the plot which he sometimes employs diligently; most times the viewer easily predicts the turns".^[5]

References

^ "MR. Madras ( 1995 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Mr. மெட்ராஸ்". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 8 September 1995.
^ Sitaraman, Sandya (17 May 1996). "Tamil Movie News--Pudhu Edition 3". Google Groups. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ "Mr Madras". Gaana. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ Ramanujam, D. S. (15 September 1995). "Mr. Madras". The Hindu. p. 26. Archived from the original on 14 April 1997. Retrieved 6 July 2023.