Purusha Lakshanam

Purusha Lakshanam
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Directed by	K. S. Ravikumar
Screenplay by	K. S. Ravikumar
Story by	P. Vasu
Produced by	M. Narendiran
Starring	Jayaram Khushbu
Cinematography	Ashok Rajan
Edited by	K. Thanikachalam
Music by	Deva
Production company	Good Luck Films
Release date	3 December 1993 (1993-12-03)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Purusha Lakshanam is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar from a story by P. Vasu. The film stars Jayaram and Khushbu. It was released on 3 December 1993.^[1] The film was remade as Bhale Pellam in Telugu and in Mangalya Bandhana in Kannada.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Nandagopal works as a managing director in a company. Abhirami "Ammu", a carefree college student, falls in love with Nandagopal at first sight, while Anju also loves Nandagopal, but it is one sided. Finally, Nandagopal accepts to get married with Ammu. Raja was Ammu's classmate and was in love with Ammu, so Raja wants to take revenge on Ammu. Raja begins to compel Ammu, and challenges to marry her. One day, Raja hugs Ammu in front of Nandagopal, Nandagopal thinks that his wife has an affair with Raja and he expels Ammu. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

• Jayaram as Nandagopal
• Khushbu as Abhirami (Ammu)
• Anju as Anju
• R. Sundarrajan as Rajgopal
• Srividya as Vidya
• Raja Ravindra as Raja
• Charle as Rajesh
• K. S. Ravikumar as Madhavan Nair
• Idichapuli Selvaraj
• Loose Mohan
• Major Sundarrajan
• Thyagu
• Pandu
• Kumarimuthu
• Shanmugasundari as Shanmugasundari
• Indraja

Production

P. Vasu wrote the story with Khushbu in mind, and she accepted. Though Khusbhu had fever on the first day of shooting, she concealed this from director K. S. Ravikumar to prevent production delays.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Kalidasan.^[3]

Song	Singers	Length
Anna Salai	K. S. Chithra	04:51
"Kaakai Chiraginile"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	04:42
"Kum Kum Kumbakonam"	S. Janaki	04:20
"Mundhanaiye Naan"	Mano	04:57
"Oru Thaali"	K. S. Chithra	05:22
"Sempattu Poove"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	04:12

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote "P. Vasu's story gets a serious turn, the director gets a grip [..] and the film manages to keep the viewers engrossed in the proceedings."^[4] K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times praised Khushboo's performance and Ravikumar's direction, saying he "has managed to keep the pace light and full of delightful moments for first three quarters of the movie".^[5] Kalki wrote that the film was moving at a brisk pace despite having elements like thaali sentiment and devotional song.^[6] K. S. Chithra won the Cinema Express Award for Best Playback Singer (Female) at the 14th Cinema Express Awards.^[7]

References

1. "புருஷ லட்சணம் / Purusha Lakshanam (1993)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
2. Ashok Kumar, S. R. (28 May 2020). "Landmark films, golden memories". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
3. "Purusha Lakshanam (1993)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
4. Mannath, Malini (3 December 1993). "Lots of fun". The Indian Express. p. 6. Retrieved 21 August 2019 – via Google News Archive.
5. Vijiyan, K. (1 January 1994). "Kushboo's talent comes to the fore". New Straits Times. p. 26. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2023 – via Google News Archive.
6. "புருஷ லட்சணம்". Kalki (in Tamil). 19 December 1993. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.
7. "Kizhakku Cheemayile adjudged best film". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 13 March 1994. p. 3. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via Google News Archive.

External links

• Purusha Lakshanam at IMDb