{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Pudhu Manithan | image = Pudhu Manithan.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Manivannan | screenplay = Manivannan<br />R. M. Veerappan | story = R. M. Veerappan<br />R. Selvaraj | producer = R. M. Veerappan<br />V. Tamil Azhagan<br />V. Selvam<br />V. Thangaraj | starring = {{unbulleted list|Sathyaraj|Bhanupriya|Sarathkumar}} | cinematography = S. Sankar | editing = K. R. Krishnan | music = Deva | studio = Sathya Movies | released = {{Film date|df=y|1991|03|22}} | runtime = 140 minutes | country = India | language = Tamil }}
'''''Pudhu Manithan''''' ({{translation|New person}}) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Manivannan. The film stars Sathyaraj and Bhanupriya, with Sarathkumar as the antagonist. It was released on 22 March 1991 and became a box office hit.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=31 March 1991 |title=புது மனிதன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1991-03-31/page/n55/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230523045652/https://archive.org/details/kalki1991-03-31/page/n55/mode/2up |archive-date=2023-05-23 |access-date=2023-05-23 |magazine=Kalki |page=55 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=புது மனிதன் / Pudhu Manithan (1991) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/pudhu-manithan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226144058/https://screen4screen.com/movies/pudhu-manithan |archive-date=26 December 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=Screen 4 Screen |language=}}</ref>
== Plot == {{more plot|date=March 2022}} Kabali, an orphan, lives in a slum with an old Brahmin 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 == {{cast listing| *Sathyaraj as Kabali *Sarathkumar as Sundar *Bhanupriya as Suganthi *Manorama as Pankajam *Goundamani as Rasappa *Madhuri as Lakshmi *Sathyapriya as Saradha *Thalapathi Dinesh as Henchman *Ponnambalam as Henchman *Manivannan *Vasu *Ennatha Kannaiya *Poornam Viswanathan in a cameo appearance *L. R. Eswari in a cameo appearance *Shankar–Ganesh in a cameo appearance }}
== Soundtrack == The soundtrack was composed by Deva.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 November 1991 |title=Pudhu Manithan |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pudhu-manithan/VOlzEwk0nxg_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226140727/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pudhu-manithan/VOlzEwk0nxg_ |archive-date=26 December 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=JioSaavn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pudhu Vasantham – Pudhu Manithan Tamil Film Audio CD |url=https://mossymart.com/product/pudhu-vasantham-pudhu-manithan-tamil-film-audio-cd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226140935/https://mossymart.com/product/pudhu-vasantham-pudhu-manithan-tamil-film-audio-cd/ |archive-date=26 December 2021 |access-date=2021-12-26 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Song !! Singer(s)!!lyricist !! Length |- | "Angam Unathu Angam" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || Vairamuthu || 5:49 |- | "Nilavukku Thaalaattu" || S. Janaki || Na. Kamarasan || 4:53 |- | "Othuda Othuda" || Malaysia Vasudevan, Kovai Kamala || Kalidasan || 5:32 |- | "Valaikku Thappiya Meenu" || K. J. Yesudas || Vairamuthu || 4:34 |- | "Thinam Thinam" || K. S. Chithra || Muthulingam || 4:30 |- | "Yelelankuyilae" || K. S. Chithra || Vairamuthu || 4:21 |}
== Reception == C. R. K. of ''Kalki'' called it super entertaining with Manorama, Sathyaraj and director Manivannan as strong pillars.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=சி. ஆர். கே. |date=7 April 1991 |title=புது மனிதன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1991-04-07/page/n65/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230523045333/https://archive.org/details/kalki1991-04-07/page/n65/mode/2up |archive-date=2023-05-23 |access-date=2023-05-23 |magazine=Kalki |page=64 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Deva won the Cinema Express Award for Best Music Director.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 February 1992 |title='Chinnathambi' Bags ''Cinema Express'' Award |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VZBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lJ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1432%2C722114 |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |pages=3 |via=Google News Archive |agency=Express News Service}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title}} {{Manivannan}}
Category:1991 Indian films Category:1991 Tamil-language films Category:1991 films Category:Films directed by Manivannan Category:Films scored by Deva (composer) Category:Tamil-language Indian films