Touring Talkies

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Touring Talkies
Touring Talkies poster.jpg
Directed by S.A.Chandrasekhar
Written byS.A.Chandrasekhar
Produced byS.A.Chandrasekhar
StarringS.A.Chandrasekhar
Abi Saravanan
Manobala
Ashwin Kumar
CinematographyArun Prasath.
Edited bySreekar Prasad
MR Rejeesh
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Staar Makers
Release date
  • 30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box office-45 lakhs

Touring Talkies is a 2015 Tamil anthology film written and directed by S.A.Chandrasekhar. The film consists of two stories in which S.A.Chandrasekhar himself acted in the lead role with Kolkata actress Papri Gosh along with Abi Saravanan and Manobala. Kerala actress Sunulekshmi, Ashwin Kumar, Roboshankar, Jayabalan, Sevvalai, form the cast in the second story. The music score is composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The audio launch happened on 26 January 2015. The film was released on 30 January 2015.

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Synopsis

Two parallel stories - one with an old man looking for his long lost love and the other about an elder sister seeking revenge against those responsible for the death of her sibling.

Cast

Cameo appearances in promotional song

Production

S. A. Chandrasekar announced that his 69th directorial titled "Touring Talkies" will have two stories in the film. He announced that this would be his last film as director and also appeared in a character of 75-year-old man. The first story was shot on Shimla whereas the second story was shot in and around Theni [1] [2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. [3]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Uyire Unnai"Ilaiyaraaja Na. Muthukumar
2"Touring Talkies" Vijay Antony, Vivek, Mukesh, Sathyan Muthamizh
3"Suttipenne" Vibhavari Apte Joshi Na. Muthukumar
4"Chakkan Chakka" Ramya NSK
5"Aasaimugam" Karthik Bharathiyar
6"Nenju Porukuthilayae" Sharreth, Anitha Karthikeyan
7"Kathirunthaen"SharrethIlaiyaraaja

Release

Sify stated that "SAC’s new experiment is not an easy one to execute and he has made the film in an engaging manner. He needs a pat on his back just for that. The message underlying in the film is much needed for the society". [4] Times of India noted that: "In the first film, Love @ 75, [..] SAC tries to go all emo with this old couple romance in which the premise is hardly novel. [..] The next film, Selvi 5am Vaguppu, deals with sensitive topics — child rape and caste issues." [5] [6]

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