Film lovers in Chennai, listen up!

My brief struggle to find a decent movie club in Chennai that operates in weekends has come to an end, at last.

Firstly, there is a club, a rather famous one, that goes by the name "Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF) Chennai" that regularly shows very good quality foreign language movies. But, unfortunately, most of the movies are screened during weekdays at 6.30 pm, which shuts down any chance if you are into office employment.

Then there were several clubs that weren't functioning. But I also found another functioning club that shows movies in the weekends. It goes by the name "Tamilnadu Thiraippada Iyakkam" (Chennai film society, roughly). The best part is that they show movies in the ultra-famed Satyam Theatre, and, hold your breath... the yearly membership fee is 400 Rs. They promise to show at least about 50 rare foreign language (mostly non-English) movies, which works out to Rs. 8 for a weekend movie in an awesome theatre. A great deal, even if you don't have much of interest in movies and you manage to see just 25% of the movies.

I was terribly surprised not to find any information about this place on the web. Even more so coz the deal is so great I found at least 4 friends who were immediately interested after I told them about this. So here goes the details, for the benefit of people Googling for the same:

Address:
TamilNadu Thiraippada Iyakkam (Chennai film society, roughly),
348, TTK Road, Royapettah, Near Music Academy, Chennai-600014.
Email: ttichennai@yahoo.com

Buzz me for the name and phone number, if you need them.

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