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Neelagiri Express (1968)

Neelagiri Express poster
Original title
நீலகிரி எக்ஸ்பிரஸ்
Directed by
A. Bhimsingh
Genre
action film, mystery film
Country
India
Runtime
2h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mystery unfolds on a train journey, with an investigator uncovering a hidden crime. Passengers become suspects as the story moves toward a twist ending.

tensesuspensefulmysteriousfast-pacedatmosphericnoirishretro

What happens

Neelagiri Express (transl. Blue Mountain Express) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Thirumalai–Mahalingam and written by Cho Ramaswamy. The music was composed by T. K. Ramamoorthy. The film stars Jaishankar, Cho, Vijaya Nirmala and Vijaya Lalitha. It is a remake of a 1967 Malayalam film Cochin Express (1967). The film was released on 23 March 1968 and was a commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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