Madras Mail (film)

Madras Mail is a 1936 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by C. N. Trivedi. The film stars Battling Mani and T. N. Meenakshi.

Plot
Sekar is a kind hearted young man who helps people. Meena is the daughter of a zamindar. There was a clash between them but that blossomed into love. Sekar is trying to get a government job. Murugesh is a minister in the princely state. He wants to marry Meena. He sends Sekar to jail on a false charge. But Sekar escapes from the jail with the help of an inmate. Sekar renames himself as Madras Mail. He starts punishing people who do wrong and helps ordinary people. In the meantime Meena is abducted by someone. The zamindar has complained to the police and a search is going on. Madras Mail rescues and brings back Meena. It was found that it was Murugesh who abducted Meena. The zamindar sends Murugesh to jail. He releases Sekar and gives Meena to him in marriage.

Cast

 * Male cast
 * Battling Mani as Sekar
 * S. R. K. Iyengar as Murugesh
 * S. S. Kokko as the inmate
 * Kalaiman as Senapathi
 * S. N. R. Nathan as the Bhajan singer
 * Jayaraman as the poor man


 * Female cast
 * T. N. Meenakshi as Meena
 * Chellam as Ramani

Production
The film was produced by Ramaniklal Mohanlal under the banner Mohan Pictures and was directed by C. N. Trivedi. Battling Mani wrote the story while the dialogues were penned by P. R. Rajagopala Iyer. Cinematography was done by Rajinikanth Bondiya while Indukumar Bhat did the editing. This is the first action film in Tamil.

Soundtrack
Music was composed by S. N. Ranganathan while P. R. Rajagopala Iyer wrote the lyrics.

Reception
In a period when cine goers were shown films with historical and mythological stories, this action film created sensation among the audience. This was the forerunner to many such films that followed suit.