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Stories Set in Chennai
Facing the Bay of Bengal in southeast India, Chennai is a long coastal city of beaches, temple towers and studio districts. The English East India Company built Fort Saint George here in 1644, turning a fishing shore into an administrative port, which rooted later newspaper, music and film industries. Vada Chennai and Mersal sit on its shelf. Open Chennai on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 5 books and 75 movies set in Chennai.

Anniyan
Unable to bear the growing corruption in society and rejection from his love interest a meek lawyer becomes diagnosed with multiple personality disorder due to which the personalities of a vigilante killer and a…

Server Sundaram
Sundaram a hotel employee dreams of becoming an actor. He meets Vijaya who admires his innocence and sincerity and falls in love with her. But Raghavan Sundaram's best friend hides the fact that he is engaged to Vijaya.

Vada Chennai
A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.

Mersal
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?

Enthiran
Dr. Vasi invents a super-powered robot Chitti in his own image. The scientific body AIRD that must approve the robot declines it based on its not having emotions and the ability to make rational judgment. A sudden flash…

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
A young aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a girl who moves into the house above his but her sophisticated nature does more harm than good to him.

Maanagaram
A handful of diverse characters find themselves in extraordinary situations that are interlinked with one another.

Baasha
Auto rickshaw driver Manickam avoids violence at all costs. When some thugs begin to intimidate Manickam's family it triggers the revival of Manickam's old self.

Irudhi Suttru
A grumpy boxing coach takes on a young rebellious woman under his wings and starts training her for the world championship. But their biggest battle has to be fought outside the ring.

Nadodikkattu
After losing their jobs Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?
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