The Madras Song


"The Madras Song" produced by the Murugappa Group is a tribute to the city of Madras and was launched in commemoration of its 375th year which was celebrated in August 2014.
There was a sequel to this song by Opus g7 for The Hindu group called Madras Beats in 2016 launched on the eve of 377th birthday celebrations of the Madras Day.

The Storyline

The story is of a female protagonist, Ruchi Kumar who misses her flight back home and is stuck in Madras, with three days in hand she turns to social media to help her discover the city of Madras.
The song features actor/model Yasmin Ponnappa. as the protagonist Ruchi Kumar, apart from the umpteen other stars from different walks of life like Viswanathan Anand, Gautham Menon, Sudha Raghunathan, Naresh Iyer, Aalap Raju, Haricharan, Priyadarshini Govind, RJ Balaji, “Crazy" Mohan and "Maadhu" Balaji.

The Team

Writer / Director: Vijay Prabakaran
Music Director: Vishal Chandrashekhar
Lyricist: Subu
Singer: Shakthisree Gopalan
Cinematographers: GVS Raju & Imran Ahmedh KR
Lead Actress: Yasmin Ponnappa
Executive Producer: Krishna Ramkumar
Associate Director: Swathi Raghuraaman
Assistant Directors: Meera.Karthik, Keerthi Raju
Production Assistant:RM Ramesh kumar
Camera Assistant: Baskar
Stylist: Yasmin Ponnappa
Post Production: Red Studio
Editor: Vijay Prabakaran
Colorist: Madan
Logo Design: Hakuhodo Percept, Chennai
Produced by The Murugappa Group
Radio Partner: 92.7 BigFM