Pushpak will easily qualify as one of the greatest motion picture ever made in India. The theme, screenplay, performance, treatment were simply world class. Still cant get over the fact how the film missed the coveted oscar award. Pushpak ( in Telugu and kannada, as Pushpaka Vimaanam), Pesum Padam ( Tamil title), Pushpaka Vimanam ( Malayalam ) is the story of a poor man who suddenly finds himself rich and at the same timefalls in love with a beautiful girl. The obvious inspiration for the film is City Lights, although there are many differences between the two. What the two do have in common, however is a lack of dialogue: the better to win an audience with in linguistically splintered India. The film isn’t silent: there is music as well as sound effects and ’’concrete’’ noises. There are simply no spoken words. Surprisingly, one doesn’t even notice this after awhile. Made with a shoe string budget the film was well accepted at the boxoffice. Several scenes remains indelibly etched in our memory.....
Kamal Hasan dropping buttons and pins in a glass of tea.
The man on the street vomitting on seeing the gift wrapped box.
People shedding crocodile tears after the hotel owner dies.
Kamal Hasan wakes up with a start and plays the tape recorder emnating martial arts sounds.
The beggar displaying a stack of currency notes.
Tinnu Anand’s weird modus operandi to kill with a knife made of ice.
And the final touching scene where Kamal loses the Amla’s address.