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Kizhakke Pogum Rail (1978)

2h 5m

Running Time

Kizhakke Pogum Rail (1978)

Name: Kizhakke Pogum Rail
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1978-08-10

2h 5m

Running Time

Plot.

A young budding writer is shunned by his village for his lack of skills to do ordinary jobs. He meets a new innocent girl in the village and they both understand each other. Howevevr the villagers' narrow-minded attitudes, traditions and customs seperate the lovers and they have to fight the system if they have any chance of living together. Set against the back-drop of a small village adjoining a rail track, Kizhakke pogum Rayil(Train heading East) is a gem from BharathiRaaja's repertoire.

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Cast & Crew.

Sudhakar

Paranjothi

Radikaa Sarathkumar

Panjali

Janagaraj

Panchayat member

Vijayan

Pattalathaar (Military man)/panchayat member

Goundamani

Brother-in-Law

K. Bhagyaraj

Character that describes cinema by lake side

Ganthimathi

Karuthamma (Panchali's Sister)

Bharathiraja

Director / Screenplay

S. A. Rajkannu

Producer

S.S. Nivas

Cinematographer

Ilaiyaraaja

Music

T. Thirunavukkarasu

Editor

R. Selvaraj

Writer

P. S. Nivas

Director of Photography

Details.

Release Date
August 10, 1978

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 5m

Genres
Romance Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

social awareness

village love

Wiki.

Kizhakke Pogum Rail (pronounced [kiɻɐk:eː poːɡum ɾɐjil] transl. Eastbound Train) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Bharathiraja, starring newcomers Sudhakar and M. R. Radhika. It was released on 10 August 1978 and ran for over 365 days in theatres. The film was remade in Telugu as Toorpu Velle Railu (1979) by Bapu, and in Hindi by Bharathiraja as Saveray Wali Gaadi (1985).