''Pudhiavan'' () is a 1984 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

-language film directed by Ameerjan and produced by

Kavithalayaa Productions Kavithalayaa Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. It was founded by filmmaker K. Balachander in 1981. It has a library of 50+ films in three languages and 3500+ hours of television content. Kavith ...

. The film stars Murali, Anitha, Raveendran and N. Viswanathan. It was released on 18 August 1984.

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. S. Narasimhan, with lyrics by

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he firs ...

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of ''

Kalki Kalki (), also called Kalkin, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hinduism, Hindu god Vishnu. According to Vaishnavism, Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages i ...

'' wrote that the story of ''Pudhiavan'' is like old rice, but served with curdled onions and grated dates, making it delicious nonetheless.

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* {{Kavithalaya Productions 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1984 films Films directed by Ameerjan Films scored by V. S. Narasimhan Films with screenplays by Ananthu (screenwriter) Tamil-language Indian films