Pudhu Vasantham

Pudhu Vasantham () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film, directed by Vikraman in his directorial debut, starring Murali, Anand Babu, Raja, Charle and Sithara. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary and R. Mohan, had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 14 April 1990. It was remade in Kannada as "Shruthi" the same year, and in Hindi as "Baharon Ke Manzil" a year later.
Plot.
Friends Balu, Michael, Raja and Manohar are street performers who aim to achieve big in life despite leading a below poverty life. Balu sings, Michael dances, Raja plays the guitar while Manohar plays the flute. One day, the friends come across Gowri, a seemingly mute girl. The four pity Gowri knowing that she is an orphan and allows her to stay with them.
Friendship blossoms for Gowri with the four men and she does the household activities while the men seek opportunities to prove their talents. One day, they see Gowri negotiating with a vegetable vendor and the four get furious knowing Gowri has cheated them by acting as a mute girl. Gowri apologises to them and tells a flashback.
Gowri is a rich girl and she falls in love with Suresh, a rich man, against her parents' wishes. As Suresh has gone abroad for a while, Gowri preferred to stay away from her parents as they would force her to marry someone of their choice. She also says that the four men are so genuine and she liked their friendship which made her feel safe. Just to get their sympathy, she pretended to be mute. The four men are convinced and allow her to stay with them until Suresh returns. Gowri also sings and the friends get an opportunity to perform at a big function.
Meanwhile, Suresh returns and unites with Gowri. Now Gowri leaves to Suresh's home. Suresh does not like Gowri befriending these four poor men. Also, Suresh does not like Gowri performing on stage along with her four friends and does not permit her to sing. Gowri feels bad as she cannot help her friends which will make them lose an opportunity they had obtained. The four friends come to Suresh's house to request him to allow Gowri to perform, but he does not permit. Gowri requests her friends to leave the place as she cannot violate Suresh's words.
Now Gowri quarrels with Suresh asking him to allow her to sing. But Suresh gets angry and doubts Gowri's relationship with her friends. Gowri feels bad that Suresh has no trust in her and also Gowri gets to know that Suresh has secretly taken her for a pregnancy test. Gowri decides to leave Suresh as he has no trust in her and joins with her friends and starts singing on stage. The film ends showing that their friendship lasts for long as well as they have become popular.
Soundtrack.
The soundtrack were composed by S. A. Rajkumar, with lyrics written by Vaali, Muthulingam and Rajkumar. The song "Paattu Onnu Paada" is set in Shivaranjani raga.
Release.
"Pudhu Vasantham" was released on 14 April 1990 alongside another Murali starrer "Silambu". On 28 April 1990, "Ananda Vikatan" wrote that the friendship between four aspiring musicians and Gowri had been shown in a grand manner without diluting its purity. The reviewer also praised Rajkumar's music, and said the film proved that with a strong script, audiences would be engaged well even if there is no artiste value. Despite the lack of stars and its director being a newcomer, the film was a major commercial success, running for over 25 weeks in theatres, and was reported by "India Today" to be the "biggest success" of 1990.