Pudhiya Mannargal
1994 Indian film
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Pudhiya Mannargal (transl. New rulers) is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language political thriller film directed by Vikraman with music by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Vikram and Mohini. It did not perform well commercially.
| Pudhiya Mannargal | |
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| Directed by | Vikraman |
| Written by | Vikraman |
| Produced by | J. Krishti |
| Starring | Vikram Mohini |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | M. Ganesan |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production company | Paradise Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
A group of wayward youth live life aimlessly until they are forced to enter politics to help save the condition of the state they live in and for the betterment of the people around them.
Cast
- Vikram as Satyamoorthy Later CM
- Mohini as Vidhya
- Babu Ganesh as Pandian
- Nalinikanth as Chitti Babu
- Vivek as Araitchi Ariandndham
- Prithiveeraj
- Sriman
- Dhamu as Satyamoorthy's friend
- Soundarya Kumar
- Udhayan (Sakthi Kumar)
- Mahesh
- S. S. Chandran as S. S.
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Tamilmagan
- Delhi Ganesh as Vidhya's Father
- Y. Vijaya as House owner
- Kamala Kamesh
- P. R. Varalakshmi
- Neelu
- Sampath Kumar
- Pasi Narayanan
- Karuppu Subbiah
- Typist Gopu
- LIC Narasimhan
- Manager Cheena
- Perumal
- Tirupur Ramasamy
- Singamuthu as S.S's P.A
- Peter Hein as Henchman (uncredited)
Production
During the making of Pudhiya Mannargal, Vikram was approached by Mani Ratnam to star in Bombay (1995). However, Vikram had grown his hair long and had a beard for Pudhiya Mannargal, and could not change his appearance to accept Ratnam's offer.[1]
Soundtrack
All songs were composed by A. R. Rahman.[2] The song "Nee Kattum Selai" attained popularity.[3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Eduda Antha Sooriya" | Palani Bharathi | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Minmini | 05:00 |
| 2. | "Vaanil Yeni" | Palani Bharathi | Mano | 04:27 |
| 3. | "Nee Kattum Selai" | Palani Bharathi | Sujatha Mohan, T. L. Maharajan | 05:26 |
| 4. | "Onnu Rendu Moonuda" (not in the film) | Kalidasan | Mano, K. S. Chithra | 04:57 |
| 5. | "Vaadi Saathukodi" | Palani Bharathi | Kalyani Menon, Sujatha Mohan | 04:45 |
| Total length: | 24:37 | |||
Reception
K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote "Nothing much in this movie but a controversial idea".[4] The film did not perform well commercially, with Sudhish Kamath noting, "The problem with it: the same old cliches of commercial cinema — the film was ridden with stereotypes, predictable incidents triggered by unidimensional screen villains".[5]
