Moondraam Pirai/ Sadma. Climax. I guess, that pretty much sums up what this location is all about. One of the most unforgettable climaxes in the history of Tamil cinema was shot at the railway station of this beautiful town located in the equally surreal Ketti valley. The picture used here was taken by us during our visit to the place in 2006 when the idea of WhereWasItShot had yet not occurred to us. But needless to say, the reason we stopped and took this picture was because this was used as the backdrop of the Moondraam Pirai climax scene. Apart from the Moondraam Pirai/ Sadma climax which was shot at this very railway station, a major portion of the movie ‘Panneer Pushpangal’ was shot in the Ketti valley.

About the location (from Wiki):
Ketti is a small town nestled in a large valley of the same name. It is located in the The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu State, Southern India and is a Revenue Village of Coonoor Taluk. Upper Ketti is another village called Yellanahalli, and is located on the main Coonoor to Ooty road. The Ketti Valley is sometimes referred to as the ‘Newzealand of Southern India’ due to the year-round climatic conditions which do not fall into any extremes, during summer and winter. This is the location of Needle Industries Pvt. India Ltd the manufacturers of the internationally branded Pony Needles.

Ketti is accessible by rail or road. The mountain train NMR (recently declared as a national heritage site by UNESCO and which provides a connection to the Chennai – Coimbatore – Mettupalayam Nilagiri Express), can be boarded from the Mettupalayam station (at the foothills of the Nilgiris) to the Ketti railway station. This is a long, yet scenic journey. To reach Ketti by bus, one has to board a bus from Mettupalayam to Ooty and alight at the ‘Ketti’ stop past Coonoor.

Movies shot at this location:
Climax scene from Moondraam Pirai
Poonthalir Aada from Panneer Pushpangal
Ananda Raagam from Panneer Pushpangal
Climax scene from Sadma
Evarina Eppudina from Anandam