''Pudhiya Payanam'' () is a 2009 Indian

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romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by M. D. Muthu. The film stars M. D. Muthu, Mithuna and Jennifer, with Manorama,

Delhi Ganesh Delhi Ganesh is an Indian actor who mostly acts in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1976 to present. Before films, he was a member of the Delhi-based theatre troupe, ''Dakshina Bharata Natak ...

, Nalini, Charle, Aarthi, Chetan and

Devadarshini Devadarshini is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films, in addition to few Telugu films and television series. She began her career as a television anchor before venturing into acting, first in television and then in films. ...

playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Heera John, was released on 10 July 2009.

Plot

The film begins with the famous playback singer Mithuna (Mithuna) returns home in

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. In the past, in

Yelagiri Yelagiri () is a hill station located in the newly formed Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu, India, situated off the Vaniyambadi- Tirupattur road. Located at an altitude of 1,110.6 metres above Mean Sea Level and spread across 30 km2, the ...

, Muthu (M. D. Muthu) was a blind man selling plastic wire baskets in the street to support his poor family: his stepmother ( Nalini) and his school-going two stepsisters. Mithuna and her elder sister Devi (

) who went for the holidays in Yelagiri came across Muthu and his family. Mithuna had sympathy for them so she decided to help them: she took them to Chennai, she lodged them in her house and she enrolled his stepsisters in an elementary school. Thereafter, Mithuna deeply fell in love with the innocent Muthu. She proposed her love for Muthu but he was sceptical about her love. Mithuna decided to donate her eyes to Muthu but doctor Ramana (

) refused to operate her and Muthu eventually found a donor. Back to the present, Muthu has gained vision after the eye operation and he finally understands the pure love of Mithuna. Meanwhile, Mithuna's friend Jennifer ( Jennifer) comes from

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to Chennai and she falls in love with Muthu. Mithuna slowly becomes jealous and upset about the intimate relationship of Muthu and Jennifer. When Jennifer decides to return to Malaysia, she wants to bring Muthu with her and he accepts. Mithuna's family and friends begin to scold Muthu for being an ingrateful person and Jennifer reveals the reason behind his sudden behaviour change. Just after the eye surgery, Muthu came to know that he was infected with the

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. Knowing that his days are numbered, he didn't want to torment Mithuna and wanted her to forget him so he begged Jennifer to act as his girlfriend but Jennifer truly fell in love with him. A mournful Jennifer goes back to Malaysia and a sorrowful Mithuna continues her work. One night, Muthu wants to see Mithuna for the last time in her recording studio and Muthu bumps into a rowdy who wants to kill Mithuna outside the studio. Muthu manages to kill him and he is heavily wounded. A bloodied Muthu falls on the street and he tries to warn Mithuna of his presence but Mithuna drives away without seeing him and Muthu dies.

Cast

*M. D. Muthu as Muthu *Mithuna as Mithuna * Jennifer as Jennifer * Manorama as Maami *

as Doctor Ramana * Nalini as Muthu's stepmother * Charle as Arumugam * Aarthi as Aarthi * Chetan as Devi's husband *

as Devi *

Besant Ravi Besant Ravi (born R. Ravi Kumar; 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor and stunt choreographer. He has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films. Early life Besant Ravi, who was born and brought up ...

*Jayan *

Halwa Vasu Vasu, popularly known as Halwa Vasu, (died 17 August 2017) was a comedian in the Tamil film industry in India. He worked in around 900 films. Career Vasu who hailed from Madurai district, came to Chennai to work in cinemas after his graduat ...

as Driver *

Vennira Aadai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...

*Nagalakshmi *Jayalalitha *Thyagarajan *Thangaraj *Velviliyan *Sivanarayanamoorthy

Production

M. D. Muthu made his directorial debut with ''Pudhiya Payanam'' under the banner of Vairam Movies. The film director M. D. Muthu himself played the lead role while Mithuna and Jennifer were selected to play the heroines.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Prasad Ganesh. The soundtrack features 10 tracks written by

Rajaji Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji'', the Scholar Emeritus''), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activis ...

, M. G. Kanniyappan, Bharathi Kalyan, S. R. Pavalan, P. Veera Adithyan and Prasad Ganesh.

References

{{reflist 2009 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian romantic drama films 2009 romantic drama films