New (film)

New
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Directed by	S. J. Surya
Produced by	S. J. Surya
Written by	S. J. Surya
Starring	S. J. Surya Simran Manivannan Devayani
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	K. V. Guhan
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	Annai Mary Madha Creations
Release date	9 July 2004
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹6 crore (US$890,000)

New is a 2004 Tamil fantasy comedy film directed, written and produced by S. J. Surya, who also features in the lead role. The movie's plot is borrowed from the 1988 Hollywood Tom Hanks starrer Big. Simran, Kiran Rathod and Devayani play supporting roles, while A. R. Rahman composes the music. New is about an 8-year-old boy who is turned into a 28-year-old man by a scientist.

Pappu is an eight-year-old boy who is very mischievous always troubling his mother. He frequently gets scoldings from his mother Indira due to his bed-wetting habit despite being a grown up. Pappu bumps with a young woman one day and both of them help each other to get up. Pappu's elder brother Kishore plans to watch a porn movie with his friends in his room to which insists on joining them. When Kishore refuses and gets rid of him, Pappu cuts off the power out of anger creating a short circuit at home. Indira scolds for his dangerous mischief and shouts at her husband for not stopping with one child as Pappu is troubling her a lot and to throw him away forever. This hurts Pappu and he runs away from home to end his life near a river. But he is stopped by a man who takes Pappu to his place. The man introduces himself as a scientist who has his own laboratory. He insists Pappu take a medicine invented by him which will transform a boy to a fully grown man. Pappu agrees and the scientist transforms him into a young man. Pappu starts to live as a young man physically but he is child-like psychologically. The only person other than a scientist who knows the truth is his child classmate friend. Pappu meets the girl at a park who helped him once he fell down on the road. Innocent child Pappu helps to remove dust from her eyes, smiles at her and leaves the place. The girl is very much attracted towards him and she looks for him every day.

Pappu goes for an interview in a company under the name of Vichu. The company is a toy manufacturing company and the owner who interviews him demands to have childhood memories and should be like a child to understand children's taste. Since Pappu himself is a child he grabs the job easily. Vichu is diverted to the daughter of the owner who is none other than the girl named Priya who helped Pappu once on the road and whom she was helped by him at the park. Priya is surprised and happy to see him in her company. Priya-Vichu intimacy creates a jealousy for Raj another employee in the company who intends to attract her and marry her. The cold war continues when Pappu overcomes Raj's idea for a new type of bed for kids and introduces his own idea creating a successful product. Pappu meets his brother as an anonymous man and hears that his mother is very depressed on Pappu's disappearance. Pappu meets his mother who fell sick since her son's disappearance. She feels bad for being so strict with him which she had done for his goodness. Pappu realised his mother's love and goes to the scientist to change him back to an eight-year-old boy. The scientist understands and he again transforms him into an eight-year-old boy and Pappu reconciles with his mother. But again at night, he changes back to a young man and he immediately rushes to scientist. But scientist does not know what has happened and both of them are shocked at Pappu's present condition.