
Madras Matinee(2025)
Tamil135 mins
Madras Matinee (2025) is a 135-minute Tamil film directed by Karthikeyan Mani. Starring Jangiri Madhumitha, Sunil Sukhada and Roshini Haripriyan. With an audience rating of 7.2/10, Madras Matinee stands as one of the notable Tamil releases of 2025.
Director:Karthikeyan Mani
Mood:
emotionaluplifting
Where to watch:
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 6 June 2025
- Director
- Karthikeyan Mani
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- GudVibe Rating
- 7.2/10
Storyline
An aging science fiction writer is pushed by his caretaker to write about an everyday person. He starts writing about an auto rickshaw driver named Kannan and his family. Through their story, he learns that ordinary life is full of surprising depth and drama.
“An ordinary life holds extraordinary stories.”
Film Details
7.2Rating
135Minutes
TamilLanguage
UCertificate
Release Date6 June 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionaluplifting
Themes
identityfamilysurvival
Tonepoetic
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withalone
Violence1
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability4
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
7.2/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
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Jangiri MadhumithaActor
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Sunil SukhadaActor
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Roshini HaripriyanActor
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V VishvaActor
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Karthikeyan ManiDirector
→Trivia
- The film's title was inspired by a real-life auto rickshaw stand in Chennai named 'Madras Matinee'.
- Director Karthikeyan Mani wrote the first draft of the script in just 10 days, based on conversations with his own family driver.
- The aging writer's home set was built inside an actual heritage house in Mylapore to capture authentic Chennai architecture.
- A local Chennai auto rickshaw driver, not a professional actor, was hired as a consultant to teach the lead actor how to drive an auto.
- The film subtly references the classic Tamil sci-fi novel 'Kuruthip Punal' on the writer's bookshelf as an Easter egg.
- It was shot sequentially, meaning the actors performed the story in the same order the events unfold on screen.
- The project was initially pitched as a short film before being developed into a full-length feature.

