An American in Madras is a feature-length documentary film directed by Karan Bali.
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The film primarily traces Barton born American Ellis R. Dungan's years in South India from 1935 to 1950.
The great MG Ramachandran (MGR) was introduced in Dungan's debut film as well, Sathi Leelavathi (1936), and among the 13th feature films that Dungan directed, they include famed Carnatic singer MS Subbulakshmi's Sakuntalai (1940) and Meera (both in Tamil (1945) and Hindi (1947)).
The film traces his entire Indian connection till 1994, when on what was to be his last trip to India.
It has since then had various screenings in Chennai including it being part of Madras Day celebrations in 2014, besides showings in Bangalore and Mumbai as well.