Pudhumai Pithan (1998 film)

Pudhumai Pithan
Directed by	S. K. Jeeva
Produced by	Henry
Written by	R. N. R. Manohar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	S. K. Jeeva
Story by	Mohandass
Starring	Parthiban Roja Devayani Priya Raman Anandaraj Ranjith Jaiganesh Vadivelu S. S. Chandran Charle Delhi Ganesh
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	Siva Manohar
Edited by	Peter Bhabiyaa
Production company	Pankaj Productions
Release dates	20 October 1998
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pudhumai Pithan is a 1998 Tamil political satire film directed by S. K. Jeeva. The film features Parthiban in lead role whilst Roja, Devayani, Priya Raman, Anandaraj and Ranjith play supporting roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 20 October 1998. The film opened to mixed reviews and was declared a flop at the box office. It was later dubbed into Telugu as 'Oka Votu'.^[1][2][3][4] The film was one among 1998 Deepavali releases.

Plot

Jeeva (Parthiban), a social activist, ends up in a police lock-up. Mahesh (Ranjith), a police officer, is surprised to see his best friend Jeeva in this condition and brings him at his home. Mahesh lives happily with his wife Aarthi (Devayani) and his daughter (Baby Hemalatha).

Aarthi and Jeeva were in love in the past. Ramadass (Jaiganesh), Aarthi's father, hated Jeeva and his activism. As an honest police officer, Ramadass protected a corrupted politician (Anandaraj) and was beaten by Jeeva's supporters. Later, Aarthi and Jeeva split up. Jeeva clashes with the same politician, his whole family dies due his orders and Jeeva was sent in a mental hospital. Gayathri (Priya Raman), a nurse, helps him to escape from the hospital and then she accommodates him in her house. He later fled.

Now, Jeeva changes his name and is determined to clean up the society. He also falls in love with the prostitute Shenbagam (Roja). Jeeva as Bharath becomes popular among the poor and subsequently becomes a minister.

Cast

Parthiban as Jeeva / Bharath Roja as Shenbagam Devayani as Aarthi Priya Raman as Gayathri Anandaraj Ranjith as Mahesh Jaiganesh as Ramadass Vadivelu as 'Super' Suruli S. S. Chandran Charle Delhi Ganesh as Viswanath Vasu Vikram as Karimuthu Laxmi Rattan Sabitha Anand as Bhavani, Jeeva's sister

K. Janaki as Jeeva's mother Bala Singh Thiruppur Ramasamy as Ramasamy Idichapuli Selvaraj Joker Thulasi Mahanadi Shankar Crane Manohar Kovai Senthil MRK Pailwan Ranganathan Muthukalai Baby Hemalatha Shakeela as Vanaja John Babu in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Pudhumai Pithan
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:19
Producer	Deva

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Pulamaipithan, Pazhani Bharathi, Nandalala and Thamarai.^[5][6][7]

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	'Namma Kuppamellam'	Deva	4:39
2	'Odudhada Namma'	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:25
3	'Onnu Rendu' (male)	Hariharan	5:12
4	'Onnu Rendu' (female)	K. S. Chithra	5:14
5	'Sirikkathae Ennai'	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Mohan	3:53
6	'Unnai Kandaen'	Swarnalatha	5:19

References

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