Lucky Man is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film directed by Pratap Pothen. The film stars Karthik, Goundamani, Senthil, and Sanghavi, while Manjula Vijayakumar, Radha Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy, and Thyagu play supporting roles. The music was composed by Adithyan with cinematography by Aravind Kamalanathan. The film released on 14 April 1995. It is a remake of the 1994 Telugu film Yamaleela.[1]

Lucky Man
Directed by	Pratap Pothen
Written by	Rajagopalan (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Pratap Pothen
Story by	S. V. Krishna Reddy
Produced by	K. Prashath
Starring	Karthik Goundamani Senthil Sanghavi
Cinematography	Aravind Kamalanathan
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Adithyan
Production company	Prashath Art Films
Release date	14 April 1995
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

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The film starts in heaven where Yama's assistant Chitragupta loses the Brahma Suvadi book written by Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma to administrate human birth, death, post-death punishment, and rebirth. The Brahma Suvadi falls into a city in Tamil Nadu, and Gopi, a young man, gets hold of the book and becomes rich using the book. At the same time, Brahma come to know that the book is lost and orders Yama and Chitragupta to locate the book within one month. Chitragupta fears that if the book is seen by humans, chaos will happen. However, Yama assures him that only the details of the person who is viewing the same will be shown by the book. Meanwhile, Yama and Chitragupta come to Tamil Nadu to search for the book. One day, Gopi learns about his mother's death date through that book. Now, Gopi wants to save his mother and win his lover. Gopi's opponent Sivaraman, a ruthless don, wants to know Gopi's secret of success, and he plans to steal the book from Gopi by abducting his mother and lover. In the climax, Yama helps Gopi secure the book from Sivaraman and kill him. Yama also spares Gopi's mother's life for his help.

Cast

• Karthik as Gopi[1]
• Goundamani as Yama[2]
• Senthil as Chitragupta[2]
• Sanghavi as Gopi's lover[1]
• Manjula Vijayakumar as Gopi's mother[1]
• Radha Ravi as "Cheating" Sivaraman[3]
• Vinu Chakravarthy as Inspector Ranjith Kumar
• Thyagu as Gopi's friend
• Jayamani as Police Constable
• Silk Smitha as Jill Jill Rosamani
• Besant Ravi
• Vijayakumar in a guest appearance

Soundtrack

The music composed by Adithyan and lyrics written by Piraisoodan.[4]

Reception

K. Vijiyin of New Straits Times wrote, "Lucky Man stands out as a story with a difference. It has enough laughs to make a pleasant 2 1/2 hours".[1] T. K. Balaji of Indolink wrote, "this Pratap Pothen directed comedy manages to hold your interest for a while, before turning into a predictable chaotic mess from which there is no escape".[3] RPR of Kalki wrote that, in contrast to the film's title, those going to watch the film were "unlucky men".[5] The film failed commercially.[6]

References

External links

• Lucky Man at IMDb