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{{Infobox film
| image = Pudhumai Pithan 1998.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = S. K. Jeeva
| producer = [[Henry (producer)|Henry]]
| screenplay = S. K. Jeeva
| story = Mohandass
| writer = [[R. N. R. Manohar]] (dialogues)
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]]
*[[Roja Selvamani|Roja]]
*[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]
*[[Priya Raman]]
}}
| cinematography = Siva Manohar
| editing = Peter Bhabiyaa
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| studio = Pangaj Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1998|10|20}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Pudhumai Pithan''''' is a 1998 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[political satire]] film directed by S. K. Jeeva. The film stars [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]], [[Roja Selvamani|Roja]], [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] and [[Priya Raman]], while [[Anandaraj]] and [[Ranjith (actor)|Ranjith]] play key roles. It was released on 20 October 1998, during [[Diwali]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kummar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=16 October 1998 |title=Varied fare for Deepavali |url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981016/09/09160224.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010818150157/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981016/09/09160224.htm |archive-date=18 August 2001 |access-date=5 July 2023 |work=[[The Hindu]] |pages=27}}</ref> The film was later dubbed into Telugu as ''Oka Votu''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajitha |date=19 June 1999 |title=No laughing matter |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/jun/19ss.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125012/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/jun/19ss.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=3 January 2013 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=July 2023}}
Jeeva, a social activist, ends up in a police lock-up. Mahesh, a police officer, is surprised to see his best friend Jeeva in this condition and brings him to his home. Mahesh lives happily with his wife Aarthi and his daughter.

Aarthi and Jeeva were in love in the past. Ramadass, Aarthi's father, hated Jeeva and his activism. As an honest police officer, Ramadass protected a corrupted politician and was beaten by Jeeva's supporters. Later, Aarthi and Jeeva split up. Jeeva clashes with the same politician, his whole family dies due to his orders and Jeeva was sent to a mental hospital. Gayathri, a nurse, helps him to escape from the hospital and then she accommodates him in her house from where he later fled.

Now, Jeeva changes his name and is determined to clean up the society. He also falls in love with the prostitute Shenbagam. Jeeva as Bharath becomes popular among the poor and subsequently becomes a minister.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] as Jeeva / Bharath
*[[Roja Selvamani|Roja]] as Shenbagam
*[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] as Aarthi
*[[Priya Raman]] as Gayathri
*[[Anandaraj]]
*[[Ranjith (actor)|Ranjith]] as Mahesh
*[[Jai Ganesh]] as Ramadass
*[[Vadivelu]] as 'Super' Suruli
*[[S. S. Chandran]]
*[[Charle]]
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Viswanath
*[[Vasu Vikram]] as Karimuthu
*Laxmi Rattan
*[[Sabitha Anand]] as Bhavani, Jeeva's sister
*[[Dubbing Janaki]] as Jeeva's mother
*[[Bala Singh]]
*Thiruppur Ramasamy as Ramasamy
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]
*[[Joker Thulasi]]
*Shilpa as Anandraj's daughter
*[[Mahanadi Shankar]]
*[[Crane Manohar]] as 'Super' Suruli's sidekick
*[[Kovai Senthil]]
*[[M. R. Krishnamurthy|MRK]]
*[[Bayilvan Ranganathan]]
*[[Muthukaalai]]
*[[Hemalatha|Baby Hemalatha]]
*[[Shakeela]] as Vanaja
*John Babu in a cameo appearance
}}

== Production ==
[[Gautami]] was originally chosen as one of the actresses but due to her marriage she was replaced by Priya Raman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 1998 |title=Instead of Gouthami......... |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/15-07-98/seemaan.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990218060516/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/15-07-98/seemaan.htm |archive-date=18 February 1999 |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=[[Dinakaran]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 1998 |title=Pudhumaipithan |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pudhumaipithan/yTK7w3,o-UQ_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705074428/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pudhumaipithan/yTK7w3,o-UQ_ |archive-date=5 July 2023 |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MR. Romeo / Pudhumai Pithan / Aravindan |url=https://avdigital.in/products/mr-romeo-pudhumai-pithan-aravindan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612024614/https://avdigital.in/products/mr-romeo-pudhumai-pithan-aravindan |archive-date=12 June 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=AVDigital |language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration
|-
| "Namma Kuppamellam" || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] || Nandalala || 4:39
|-
| "Odudhada Namma" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || [[Pulamaipithan]] || 5:25
|-
| "Onnu Rendu" (male) || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] || rowspan=2|[[Thamarai]] || 5:12
|-
| "Onnu Rendu" (female) || [[K. S. Chithra]] || 5:14
|-
| "Sirikkathae Ennai" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Sujatha Mohan]] || [[Palani Bharathi]]|| 3:53
|-
| "Unnai Kandaen" || [[Swarnalatha]] || Nandalala || 5:19
|}

== Reception ==
A critic from ''[[Dinakaran]]'' noted "The film has tried to establish how a politician could be a good leader too! But it's rather surprising to note how so experienced an artiste like Parthiban forgot the fact that such a subject when dealt with in cinema medium has to be told in an uniformly interesting manner from the beginning till the end".<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 1998 |title=Cinema Reviews: "Puthumaippiththan" |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/reviews/06-11-98/puthumai.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814114215/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/reviews/06-11-98/puthumai.htm |archive-date=14 August 2003 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=[[Dinakaran]]}}</ref> Kala Krishnan Ramesh from ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' wrote, "the film is often downright silly, when not crass, but it has a kind of senseless appeal. To be honest, it hasn’t gone as far overboard as it could have with its masala mix. It, commendably, has no scenes of communal violence, no religious chauvinism, and its single rape scene is cut short by the mother shooting dead her about-to-be-raped daughter".<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 1999 |title=Cinema Reviews |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/565643645742E3436525694000570F65?OpenDocument |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705074625/https://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/%28docid%29/565643645742E3436525694000570F65?OpenDocument |archive-date=5 July 2023 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref>

K. N. Vijiyan of ''[[New Straits Times]]'' called it "one of the best movies of the year. See it if you appreciate meaningful movies".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. N. |date=16 November 1998 |title=One of the year's best movies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IZoWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5140%2C667272 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612024159/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IZoWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5140%2C667272 |archive-date=12 June 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |pages=Arts 4 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> Ji of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote that despite the three heroines, the film has a documentary feel to it, and congratulated director Jeeva himself for taking on an otherwise responsible venture.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜி |date=1 November 1998 |title=புதுமைப்பித்தன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-11-01/page/n97/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230213090139/https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-11-01/page/n97/mode/2up |archive-date=13 February 2023 |access-date=5 July 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=96 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> D. S. Ramanujam of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "No doubt, debutant director, Jeeva, has adopted cinematic solutions to a few issues but overall, he generates an atmosphere suggesting that everything is not lost, if the electorate uses its ''vote weapon'' properly to choose the right person".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=D. S. |date=30 October 1998 |title=Film Reviews: Veeram Velanja Mannu/Puthumaippithan/Desiya Geetham |url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981030/09/09300225.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990117071703/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981030/09/09300225.htm |archive-date=17 January 1999 |access-date=11 January 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |pages=27}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1998 Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s political satire films]]
[[Category:1998 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1998 directorial debut films]]
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[[Category:Films about corruption in India]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:Indian political satire films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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