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Thirumalai Thenkumari (1970)

Thirumalai Thenkumari poster
Original title
திருமலை தென்குமரி
Directed by
A. P. Nagarajan
Genre
comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of passengers go on a road pilgrimage across South India. The story follows their interactions and misadventures as they travel together.

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What happens

Thirumalai Thenkumari (transl. Tirupati And Kanyakumari) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language comedy road film written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan. Inspired by the 1969 film If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, it features an ensemble cast consisting of Sivakumar, Kumari Padmini, Rama Prabha, Shylashri, Manorama, Sirkazhi Govindarajan and Suruli Rajan. The film focuses on a group of passengers who embark on a pilgrimage across South India. It was released on 15 August 1970, emerged a commercial success, and won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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