Pudhiya Mannargal
Pudhiya Mannargal (transl. New rulers) is a 1994 Tamil-language film directed by Vikraman with music by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Vikram and Mohini .
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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 |
The movie's score and soundtrack are composed by A.R. Rahman. The film did not perform well commercially.[1]
Cast
- Vikram as Satyamoorthy
- Mohini as Vidhya
- 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
All songs were composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics were by Palani Bharathi and Kalidasan. The song "Nee Kattum Selai" attained popularity.[2] After this movie Vikram and A.R.Rahman worked together 16 years later in Raavanan, followed by I (2015).
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singers | Length |
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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 Straits Times wrote "Nothing much in this movie but a controversial idea".[4] The movie did not perform well in the box office. After this, director Vikraman again moved back to his usual style of movie making, targeting a family audience which gave him blockbusters.
References
- Kamath, Sudhish (6 May 2002). "Enemies in the State". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015.
- Saravanan, T. (20 October 2017). "Lyricist Palanibharathi traces his journey in films and his tryst with the world of poetry - The Hindu". The Hindu.
- "Enemies in the State". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- "New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search".