Director Karan Bali's insight into a largely unknown slice of Tamil film history. American citizen Ellis R Dungan travelled to India in the 1930s. He intended to stay for six months, but he ended up living in Madras for 15 years, where he directed many key films of the era. This documentary explores Dungan's life and the profound impact he had upon the fledgling Tamil film industry.
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An American in Madras was released in 2013 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving An American in Madras (2013) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed An American in Madras a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 70%, An American in Madras is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2013, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2013 with similar scores include films like The Kings of Summer, All Is Lost and Fast & Furious 6.
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