''Pudhu Manithan'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by

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. The film stars Sathyaraj and Bhanupriya, with Sarathkumar as the antagonist. The film's music was by Deva and was released on 22 March 1991 was a box office hit.

Plot

Kabali, an orphan, lives in a slum with an old

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woman named Pangajam, and he considers her like his mother. Kabali is a fisherman and also the slum's rowdy, but he has a heart of gold. He went to jail many times only because he fought against injustice. Suganthi, a chorus singer who is also an orphan, often returns home late. For her safety, she uses Kabali's name to avoid the rowdies and lies that she is his girlfriend. One day, Kabali meets her and slaps her for misusing his name. Thereafter, he falls in love with her. Sundar is a rich man and womanizer. He is able to have any girls he wants by money or force. His mother sympathizes with Suganthi and decides to get her married to Sundar. When Kabali decides to propose his love to Suganthi, she first tells him that she has accepted Sundar's marriage proposal, and she invites him to the wedding. Kabali is then heartbroken as he knows about Sundar's bad habits, but he decides to hide the truth because he does not want to hurt her feelings. At the wedding day, however, Sundar stops the marriage because he thinks that Suganthi has an illicit affair with Kabali. Kabali tells him that he is wrong and challenges him to arrange their marriage another day. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

* Sathyaraj as Kabali * Bhanupriya as Suganthi * Sarathkumar as Sundar * Manorama as Pangajam *

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as Rasappa * Sathyapriya as Sundar's mother *Madhuri as Lakshmi *

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as Henchman * Ponnambalam as Henchman *

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Ennatha Kannaiya Ennathe Kannaiah (1925 - 7 August 2012) was a comedian who appeared in Tamil-language films. In the Ravichandran-Jayalalita starrer Naan, as he spoke his dialogues, he frequently used the word Ennathe and this became his nickname. Decades later, ...

Poornam Viswanathan Poornam Viswanathan (15 November 1921 – 1 October 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started performing on stage at age 18. He worked as a reader for All India Radio and went on to act in films such as ''C ...

in a cameo appearance * L. R. Eswari in a cameo appearance *

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in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva.

References

External links

* {{Manivannan 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 films Films directed by Manivannan Films scored by Deva (composer) Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh