Pudhiya Mannargal
| Pudhiya Mannargal | |
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| Tamil | புதிய மன்னர்கள் |
| Directed by | Vikraman |
| Written by | Vikraman |
| Produced by | J. Krishti |
| Starring | Vikram Mohini Zeenat Babu Ganesh Nalinikanth |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | M. Ganesan |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production company | Paradise Pictures |
Release date | 2 December 1994 |
Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pudhiya Mannargal (English: New rulers) is a 1994 Tamil film directed by Vikraman and music by A. R. Rahman. The film features Vikram and Mohini in the lead roles.,
The movie's score and soundtrack are composed by A.R. Rahman. The film did mark Vikram as an actor to look out for, but he tasted mega success only in Sethu that released a few years later.[1]
Cast
- Vikram as Satyamoorthy
- Mohini as Vidhya
- Zeenat
- Babu Ganesh as Pandian
- Nalinikanth as Chitti Babu
- Vivek as Araitchi Ariandndham
- Prithiveeraj
- Sriman
- Dhamu
- 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)
Soundtrack
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| Released | 11 November 1994 (India) | |||
| Recorded | Panchathan Record Inn | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 24:37 | |||
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| Producer | A. R. Rahman | |||
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All songs composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics by Pazhani Bharati and Kalidasan. The song "Nee Kattum Selai" attained popularity.[2] . After this movie Vikram and A.R.Rahman duo joined in Raavanan only after 16 years followed by I (2015).
| 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 movie)" | Kalidasan | Mano, K. S. Chithra | 04:57 |
| 5. | "Vaadi Saathukodi" | Palani Bharathi | Kalyani Menon, Sujatha Mohan | 04:45 |
| Total length: | 24:37 | |||
Reception
The Hindu called it "a relevant film by Vikraman" but "The problem with it: the same old cliches of commercial cinema — the film was ridden with stereotypes, predictable incidents triggered by unidimensional screen villains."[3] New Strait Times wrote "Nothing much in this movie but a controversial idea".[4] The movie did not perform well in box office. After this, director Vikraman again moved back to his usual style of movie making targeting family audience which gave him blockbusters.
References
- ^ "Carving a unique niche". The Hindu. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/lyricist-palanibharathi-traces-his-journey-in-films-and-his-tryst-with-the-world-of-poetry/article19888895.ece
- ^ https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/05/06/stories/2002050605550200.htm
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19941224&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
