Putham Pudhu Payanam

Putham Pudhu Payanam (transl. Brand New Journey) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film stars Anand Babu, Vivek, Chinni Jayanth, Supergood Kannan and Ravikumar. It was released on 22 November 1991.

Putham Pudhu Payanam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. S. Ravikumar
Screenplay by	K. S. Ravikumar
Story by	Erode Soundar
Produced by	R. B. Choudary
Starring	Anand Babu Vivek Chinni Jayanth Supergood Kannan K. S. Ravikumar Chithra Sukumari Sulakshana
Cinematography	Ashok Rajan
Edited by	K. Thanikachalam
Music by	Soundaryan
Production company	Super Good Films
Release date	22 November 1991 (1991-11-22)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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. They finally come to know that they will live only for a few more months: the four friends have blood cancer. They decide to leave the hospital and 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. 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

• Anand Babu as Babu
• Vivek as Vivek
• Chinni Jayanth as Narayanan
• Supergood Kannan as Kannan
• K. S. Ravikumar as Sivalingam
• Chithra
• Sukumari
• Sulakshana as Raani, Sivalingam's wife
• V. Gopalakrishnan as Babu's father
• M. R. Krishnamurthy as Narayanan's father
• Loose Mohan as Loose
• Kumarimuthu 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
• Thideer Kannaiah as Hospital Patient
• Kango as Kalaiyan
• Nagesh as a doctor (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Soundaryan, who also wrote the lyrics.^[1][2]

Song	Duration
"Kottukottu"	5:12
"Kaalai Pani"	4:52
"Mallige Poo"	4:55
"Ye Penne"	4:57
"Padungale"	4:47

Release and reception

Putham Pudhu Payanam was released on 22 November 1991.^[3] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express positively reviewed the film, saying it proved that "commercially viable films can be made with a small cast without stars".^[4]