Originally Posted by
Murali Srinivas
TA,
It was March 1962, when NT made his first visit to USA. It is a well chronicled history of how he completed Bale Pandiya in 12 days flat [imagine NT doing 3 roles and MRR did 2 roles] starting from March 2nd and finishing it on the morning of March 13th of 1962. The last day's shooting was for Vaazha Ninaithaal Vaazhalaam song and after completing the song, it seems that he straightaway headed to Airport asking his wife and children to come to Airport directly to see him off. Now coming to your main question, he was well received and well treated, the details of which came out in yesteryear magazines. In fact NT himself wrote a serialised travelogue regarding the trip which our Pammal Swaminathan had reproduced in his magazine Vasantha Maaligai. Swami is on a brief hiatus now and once he is back it can be reproduced here.
As for as Sarika's documentary was concerned, it didn't go beyond the planning stage though they had filmed the Chevalier award function held in 1995 as a part of their project.
Regards
