Kalpathi S. Aghoram producing Madrasapattinam is a tragedy like Titanic, we hear. Well it is not a story based on a ship but is set in the pre-independence era. Sources says that the film is based on the pre-independence era during which the hero Arya, a son of a dobhi, and a British lady (played by Amy Jackson) fall in love. Following strict resistance from the families the lovers could not unite and the heroine goes back to her native country.

After 50 years, Amy comes back to India to trace her long lost lover. The climax of Madrasapattinam is so similar to Titanic, Particularly the tragedy part.