Touring Talkies

For the 2013 Marathi film, see Touring Talkies (2013 film).

Touring Talkies is a 2015 Tamil anthology film written and directed by S.A.Chandrasekhar. The film consists of two stories in which S.A.Chandrasekhar himself acted in the lead role with Kolkata actress Papri Gosh along with Abi Saravanan and Manobala. Kerala actress Sunulekshmi, Ashwin Kumar, Roboshankar, Jayabalan, Sevvalai, form the cast in the second story. The music score is composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The audio launch happened on 26 January 2015. The film was released on 30 January 2015.

Touring Talkies
Directed by	S.A.Chandrasekhar
Written by	S.A.Chandrasekhar
Produced by	S.A.Chandrasekhar
Starring	S.A.Chandrasekhar Abi Saravanan Manobala Ashwin Kumar
Cinematography	Arun Prasath.
Edited by	Sreekar Prasad MR Rejeesh
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Staar Makers
Release date	30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	-45 lakhs

Synopsis

Two parallel stories - one with an old man looking for his long lost love and the other about an elder sister seeking revenge against those responsible for the death of her sibling.

Cast

• S. A. Chandrasekhar as Anthony
• Abi Saravanan as young Anthony
• Papri Ghosh as Hema
• Manobala as Koteeswaran
• A. Venkatesh as Doctor
• Robo Shankar as Chinnaiyya
• V. I. S. Jayapalan as President
• Sunu Lakshmi as Poongodi
• Ashwin Kumar as Ashwin
• Gayatri Rema

Cameo appearances in promotional song

• Jiiva
• Ameer
• Soori
• Vivek
• Sathyan
• Vijay Antony
• Ilaiyaraaja

Production

S. A. Chandrasekar announced that his 69th directorial titled "Touring Talkies" will have two stories in the film. He announced that this would be his last film as director and also appeared in a character of 75-year-old man. The first story was shot on Shimla whereas the second story was shot in and around Theni^[1][2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[3]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Uyire Unnai"	Ilaiyaraaja	Na. Muthukumar
2	"Touring Talkies"	Vijay Antony, Vivek, Mukesh, Sathyan	Muthamizh
3	"Suttipenne"	Vibhavari Apte Joshi	Na. Muthukumar
4	"Chakkan Chakka"	Ramya NSK
5	"Aasaimugam"	Karthik	Bharathiyar
6	"Nenju Porukuthilayae"	Sharreth, Anitha Karthikeyan
7	"Kathirunthaen"	Sharreth	Ilaiyaraaja

Release

Sify stated that "SAC’s new experiment is not an easy one to execute and he has made the film in an engaging manner. He needs a pat on his back just for that. The message underlying in the film is much needed for the society".^[4] Times of India noted that: "In the first film, Love @ 75, [..] SAC tries to go all emo with this old couple romance in which the premise is hardly novel. [..] The next film, Selvi 5am Vaguppu, deals with sensitive topics — child rape and caste issues."^[5][6]