Madrasapattinam

Madharasapattinam English Madras Town is a 2010 Indian Tamil period drama film, written and directed by A. L. Vijay. The film stars Arya and Amy Jackson, while Nassar, Cochin Hanifa and Alexx ONell play other prominent roles. The film released onJuly 2010. It was later dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh as 1947 A Love Story.

Amy Wilkinson arrives in Madras with her granddaughter Catherine Lisa Lazarus, equipped only with a picture of Parithi that was taken sixty years ago. Wilkinson interrogates various people about Parithis whereabouts. In the process, she recalls the events when she had first visited Chennai, and the chain of events that took placeA young Amy Amy Jackson, the daughter of the Madras Presidency Governor, visits Chennai then called Madharasapattinam along with her translator Nambi Cochin Hanifa and encounters Parithi, whom she calls brave man. Parithi, a member of the dhobi launderer clan is also an experienced wrestler who trains under Ayyakanu Nassar. He openly opposes the British officials who attempt to build a golf course in the dhobi clans dwelling place. He challenges a cruel racist officer named Robert Ellis Alexx ONell, who is also Amys suitor, to a wrestling match to decide the fate of his clans home. Parithi is successful, and Ellis vows revenge. ........

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