Putham Pudhu Payanam


Putham Pudhu Payanam is a 1991 Tamil language drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Anand Babu, Vivek, Chinni Jayanth, Supergood Kannan and K. S. Ravikumar in lead roles. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, had musical score by Soundaryan and was released on 22 November 1991. The film was remade in Telugu as Chiranjeevulu.

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 period. They finally come to know that they will live only for few more months: the four friends have blood cancer. The friends decide to leave the hospital and to travel.
They 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 with each other. 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 movie 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

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Soundaryan. The soundtrack, released in 1991, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Soundaryan.

Release and reception

Putham Pudhu Payanam was released on 22 November 1991. N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express positively reviewed the film.