Pudhiya Mannargal

Pudhiya Mannargal
File:Pudhiya Mannargal.jpg Audio cover
Directed by	Vikraman
Produced by	J. Krishti
Written by	Vikraman
Starring	Vikram Mohini Zeenat Babu Ganesh Nalinikanth
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	S. Saravanan
Edited by	M. Ganesan
Production company	Paradise Pictures
Release date	2 December 1994
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pudhiya Mannargal (transl. New rulers) is a 1994 Tamil-language film directed by Vikraman with music by A. R. Rahman. The film features Vikram and Mohini .

The movie's score and soundtrack are composed by A.R. Rahman. The film did not perform well commercially.

Cast

• Vikram as Satyamoorthy
• Mohini as Vidhya
• Babu Ganesh as Pandian
• Nalinikanth as Chitti Babu
• Vivek as Araitchi Ariandndham
• Prithiveeraj
• Sriman
• Dhamu
• Soundarya Kumar
• Udhayan (Sakthi Kumar)
• Mahesh
• S. S. Chandran as S. S.
• Vinu Chakravarthy as Tamilmagan
• Delhi Ganesh as Vidhya's Father
• Y. Vijaya as House owner
• Kamala Kamesh
• P. R. Varalakshmi
• Neelu
• Sampath Kumar
• Pasi Narayanan
• Karuppu Subbiah
• Typist Gopu
• LIC Narasimhan
• Manager Cheena
• Perumal
• Tirupur Ramasamy
• Singamuthu as S.S's P.A
• Peter Hein as Henchman (uncredited)

Soundtrack

Pudhiya Mannargal
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released	11 November 1994 (India)
Recorded	Panchathan Record Inn
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:37
Label	Pyramid Aditya Music
Producer	A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Karuththamma (1994) Pudhiya Mannargal (1994) Palnati Pourusham (1994)

All songs were composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics were by Pazhani Bharati and Kalidasan. The song "Nee Kattum Selai" attained popularity. After this movie Vikram and A.R.Rahman duo joined in Raavanan only after 16 years followed by I (2015).

No.	Title	Singers	Length
1.	"Eduda Antha Sooriya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Minmini	05:00
2.	"Vaanil Yeni"	Mano	04:27
3.	"Nee Kattum Selai"	Sujatha Mohan, T. L. Maharajan	05:26
4.	"Onnu Rendu Moonuda (not in the movie)"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	04:57
5.	"Vaadi Saathukodi"	Kalyani Menon, Sujatha Mohan	04:45
Total length:			24:37

Reception

The Hindu called it "a relevant film by Vikraman" but "The problem with it: the same old cliches of commercial cinema — the film was ridden with stereotypes, predictable incidents triggered by unidimensional screen villains." New Strait Times wrote "Nothing much in this movie but a controversial idea". The movie did not perform well in the box office. After this, director Vikraman again moved back to his usual style of movie making, targeting a family audience which gave him blockbusters.