Pasumpon

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{{About|the Tamil film|the Indian political leader|Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Pasumpon
| image = Pasumpon.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Bharathiraja]]
| producer = V. Mohan [[V. Natarajan]]
| writer = [[Seeman (director)|Seeman]] (dialogues)
| story = Seeman
| screenplay = Bharathiraja
| starring = {{ubl|[[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]|[[Sivaji Ganesan]]|[[Sivakumar]]|[[Raadhika Sarathkumar|Raadhika]]|[[Saranya Ponvannan]]}}
| music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]
| editing = K. Pazhanivel
| studio = Ananthi Films
| distributor = [[GV Films]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 April 1995 |title=பசும்பொன் |language=ta |work=Kathiravan}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1995|04|14}}
| country = India
| runtime = 135 minutes
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Pasumpon''''' is a 1995 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Bharathiraja]], starring [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Sivakumar]], [[Raadhika Sarathkumar|Raadhika]] and [[Saranya Ponvannan]]. The film, produced by V. Mohan and V. Natarajan, had musical score by [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]] and was released on 14 April 1995.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2020 |title=நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல் |language=ta |work=Seithi Saral |url=https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529050553/https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |archive-date=29 May 2021}}</ref>

== Plot ==
For several years, Thangapandi ([[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]) is in feud with his stepbrothers Sellasamy ([[Ponvannan]]) and Raasa ([[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]]).

In the past, Durairasu Thevar ([[Sivaji Ganesan]]), the village chief was very rich and highly respected in his area. His only heir Nachiyar ([[Raadhika Sarathkumar|Raadhika]]), married a rich man of neighbouring village as per Durairasu's wishes. A few years later, Nachiyar has a boy and he is named Thangapandi. Within weeks of Thangapandi's birth, nachiyaar's husband dies, and Durairasu Thevar becomes distraught. Seeing the young widow, his health deteriorates. He then forces her daughter to remarry with her maternal cousin Kathiresan Thevar ([[Sivakumar]]), so that she may have a safe life. Thangapandi who was aged 8 by then, hated his step-dad. Two years later, Nachiyar has another boy baby, and Thangapandi became jealous of the newborn Sellasamy. He leaves the house and decided to live with his grandfather Durairasu Thevar, in a grand house in the same street. After Durairasu Thevar's death, the conflict has hardened. Thangpandi manages all of the properties left by his Grandfather, and refuses to acknowledge that his mother is alive.

The liquor smuggler Angusamy ([[Ilavarasu]]) hates Thangapandi since the latter beats him up in public one day. Sellasamy wants to get married as soon as possible after his uncle Angusamy convinced him to, but that's disrespectful to not arrange the marriage for the elder son first. Finally, Sellasamy got married before Thangapandi.

Meanwhile, Malar ([[Saranya Ponvannan]]) is in love with her cousin Thangapandi, and he proposes to her. At Thangapandi's marriage, Nachiyar comes to see it secretly, and she witnesses how her son Thangapandi loves her secretly. When Sellasamy and his family go to Angusamy's house to ask his daughter's hand for Raasa, a fight occurs and Thangapandi comes to the aid of his brothers. The younger brothers realise the worth of their elder one.

The next day, Thangapandi gets a widow with a baby boy married to her cousin whom she loves, to protect the girl's future. Malar cites that the same was done 25 years ago by his Grandfather, and it has become old enough for Thangapandi to accept his mother and step-family. This puts Thangapandi into deep thoughts.
Later, Nachiyar falls ill due to a head injury in the fight, and Thangapandi feeds her last milk ([[Thalaikoothal]]) to choke her and to finally end her sufferings. The family reconciles.

== Cast ==
*[[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Thangapandi<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sundaram |first=Nandhu |date=1 December 2020 |title='Baasha' to 'Sathi Leelavathi': Why 1995 is an unforgettable year for Tamil cinema fans |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/baasha-sathi-leelavathi-why-1995-unforgettable-year-tamil-cinema-fans-138739 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128102555/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/baasha-sathi-leelavathi-why-1995-unforgettable-year-tamil-cinema-fans-138739 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=26 October 2021 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref>
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Durairasu Thevar<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2021 |title=Sivaji Ganesan’s birth anniversary: Revisiting five exceptional performances of the veteran actor |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivaji-ganesans-birth-anniversary-revisiting-five-exceptional-performances-of-the-veteran-actor/photostory/86649302.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026062958/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivaji-ganesans-birth-anniversary-revisiting-five-exceptional-performances-of-the-veteran-actor/photostory/86649302.cms |archive-date=26 October 2021 |access-date=26 October 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
*[[Sivakumar]] as Kathiresan Thevar
*[[Raadhika Sarathkumar|Raadhika]] as Nachiyar<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 August 2020 |title=Happy Birthday, Radhika: 'Kizhakke Pogum Rail' to 'Vaanam Kottatum', five extraordinary performances of the talented actress |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/happy-birthday-radhika-kizhakke-pogum-rail-to-vaanam-kottatum-five-extraordinary-performances-of-the-talented-actress/photostory/77654209.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026093829/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/happy-birthday-radhika-kizhakke-pogum-rail-to-vaanam-kottatum-five-extraordinary-performances-of-the-talented-actress/photostory/77654209.cms |archive-date=26 October 2021 |access-date=26 October 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
*[[Saranya Ponvannan]] as Malar (voice-over by [[Revathi]])
*[[Ponvannan]] as Sellasamy
*[[Vignesh (actor)|Vignesh]] as Raasa
*[[Vadivelu]] as Sonnaiya
*[[Ilavarasu]] as Angusamy<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saravanan |first=T. |date=4 October 2013 |title=Success through spontaneity |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/success-through-spontaneity/article5200654.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026062958/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/success-through-spontaneity/article5200654.ece |archive-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[Yuvarani]] as Thenmozhi<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=22 January 2011 |title=Grill Mill: Ilavarasu |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Grill-Mill-Ilavarasu/article15529078.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026062023/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Grill-Mill-Ilavarasu/article15529078.ece |archive-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[Shenbaga]]m as Paramakudiya
*[[Dubbing Janaki]] as Chellathayi, Malar's mother
*S.R. Vijaya as Angusamy's wife
*[[Periya Karuppu Thevar]] as Kanakku Pillai
*[[Theni Kunjarammal]]
*Theni Murugan

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]], with lyrics written by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pasumpon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Songs: Pasumpon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://gaana.com/album/pasumpon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026062958/https://gaana.com/album/pasumpon |archive-date=26 October 2021 |access-date=26 October 2021 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref> The tune of the song ''Thaamara Poovukku'' was later reused in the song ''Ishq Mein Pyar Mein'' in the [[Hindi language|Hindi]] film ''[[Hulchul (2004 film)|Hulchul]]'' which also had music by Vidyasagar.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Adi Aathi" || [[K. S. Chitra]], [[P. Jayachandran|Jayachandran]], [[Sujatha Mohan]] || 5:00
|-
|2 || "Aele Aele" (male) || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]] || 2:47
|-
|3 || "Aele Aele" (female) || [[Swarnalatha]] || 2:47
|-
|4 || "Marudhaani Vachu" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Swarnalatha || 4:27
|-
|5 || "Thamarai Poovukum" || [[Sujatha Mohan]], Krishnachandar || 5:24
|-
|6 || "Vada Thangam Vada" || K. S. Chitra || 4:00
|-
|7 || "Thennattu Singame Thevarayya" || [[Pushpavanam Kuppusamy]], [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar]] || 4:00
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0273950}}

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