''Putham Pudhu Payanam'' () is a 1991 Indian

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-language film directed by

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and produced by

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. The film stars

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, Supergood Kannan and Ravikumar. It was released on 22 November 1991.

Plot

Vivek, Narayanan and Kannan are admitted to a hospital for treatment. Babu, son of a rich businessman, is also admitted in the same ward as them. They become friends in a short time period. They finally come to know that they will live only for few more months: the four friends have blood cancer. They decide to leave the hospital and to travel. The friends arrive in a small village where Sivalingam spreads terror among the villagers. The friends are accommodated by an old blind woman and her daughter Nirmala. Thereafter, Sivalingam's son Kumar and the poor village girl Nirmala fall in love with each other. After a lot of struggles throughout the events of the film, the four friends succeed in killing Sivalingam and uniting Kumar and Nirmala, sacrificing their lives in the process. The film ends with Kumar and Nirmala laying flowers at the graves of the four friends and Kumar taking Babu's bracelet as a token of their memory.

Cast

as Babu *

as Vivek *

as Narayanan *Supergood Kannan as Kannan *

as Sivalingam *

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* Sulakshana as Raani, Sivalingam's wife * V. Gopalakrishnan as Babu's father * M. R. Krishnamurthy as Narayanan's father *

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as Loose *

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as 'All in All' Arumugam *Mohankumar as Kumar *Nirmala Shyam as Nirmala *Erode Sounder as Varathan *Vijayachandrika as Narayanan's mother *Indiradevi *Anuja as Varathan's wife *

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as Hospital Patient *Kango as Kalaiyan *

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as a doctor (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Soundaryan, who also wrote the lyrics.

Release and reception

''Putham Pudhu Payanam'' was released on 22 November 1991. N. Krishnaswamy of ''

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'' positively reviewed the film, saying it proved that "commercially viable films can be made with a small cast without stars".

References

External links

* {{K. S. Ravikumar 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 films Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar Super Good Films films