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{{short description|1999 film by Dharani Director}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ethirum Pudhirum
| image =
| director = [[Dharani (director)|Dharani]]
| writer = [[E. Ramdoss]] (dialogues)
| story = E. K. Maharajan
| screenplay = [[Dharani (director)|V. C. Ramani]]
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br />[[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]]<br />[[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]]<br />[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]
| producer = G. S. Madhu
| studio = Madhu Film Internationals
| distributor = Madhu Film Internationals
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1999|03|04}}
| runtime = 165 mins
| cinematography = A. Karthik Raja
| editing = B. S. Nagarajan
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
}}
'''''Ethirum Puthirum''''' (English: ''Different poles'') is a 1999 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language action-drama film directed by [[Dharani (director)|Dharani]] under his real name V. C. Ramani. Produced by G. S. Madhu, the film stars [[Mammootty]], [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]], [[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]], and [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] in the lead roles, while [[Goundamani]], [[Senthil]], and [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] play supporting roles. The music was composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] with editing by B. S. Nagarajan and cinematography by A. Karthik Raja. The film released on 4 March 1999.

==Plot==
Kannan ([[Mammootty]]) is a sincere district collector. A female leader of a major political party is kidnapped by terrorist Veeraiyan ([[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]), and he promises to return her back if his injured brother Arasappan ([[Napoleon]]) is treated well and brought back safely. The government agrees to this condition and asks Kannan to look after Arasappan. At first, Arasappan hates Kannan and his family as Kannan works for the government against whom his brother's group is rebelling, but the kindness shown by Kannan's wife Selvi ([[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]]) and mother ([[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]) change his attitude. Just when he was about to turn over a new leaf, a bad thing occurs. The police team, without taking the necessary orders from Kannan, go to the forest and attack Veeraiyan's gathering. This angers Arasappan, but he was restrained by Kannan. the police accuses Kannan of having links with the terrorists as Arasappan ran away from his house and Kannan condemned the police action; hence, they arrest Kannan's wife and mother (Kannan ran away to find Arasappan). Hearing this sad news, Arasappan himself surrenders to the police as he did not want them to suffer for him, but the police do not spare him despite his surrender.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Mammootty]] as Collector Kannan
* [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] as Arasappan
* [[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]] as Selvi
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Kannan's mother
* [[Goundamani]] as Auto Driver
* [[Senthil]]
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Veeraiyan
* [[Charan Raj]] as Devaraj
* [[Raadhika]] as Dr. Jayanthi
* [[Sangili Murugan]] as Panchayat Thalaivar
* [[Uday Prakash (actor)|Uday Prakash]] as Inspector
* [[Perarasu]] as Doctor
* [[Shanmugasundaram]]
* [[Madhan Bob]]
* [[Kumarimuthu]]
* [[Raju Sundaram]] (special appearance in "Thottu Thottu")
* [[Simran Bagga|Simran]] (special appearance in "Thottu Thottu")
{{colend}}

==Production==
The film was initially titled ''Master'' and production delays postponed the film's release by a couple of years. [[Soundarya]] was the original choice for the female lead role, while the [[item number]] done by Simran was initially offered to actress [[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]], who wanted better pay.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/News/98/Mar/news3.htm |title=Tamil Movie News: March edition |access-date=2 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430054302/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/News/98/Mar/news3.htm |archive-date=30 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>http://www.geocities.ws/gokima/gcnapril.htm</ref>

==Soundtrack==

*Music : [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
*Lyrics: [[Vairamuthu]]

{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
|-
! Song Title !! Singers
|-
| "Thottu Thottu Pesum" || [[Swarnalatha]], [[Pushpavanam Kuppusamy]]
|-
| "Kathu Pasanga" || Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]], Gopal Rao
|-
| "Nilavonnu Pathikichhu" || Swarnalatha
|-
| "Maruthaani Thottu" || [[Sujatha Mohan]], Malaysia Vasudevan
|-
| "Ellorukkum Oru" || Gopal Rao
|}

==Release & reception==
The film was initially scheduled to release on 19 October 1998 to coincide with Diwali, but was delayed by five months.<ref>http://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/oct/17diw.htm</ref> Prior to the theatrical release of the film, pirated copies were released and streamed on television, which ultimately affected the profitability of the film.<ref>http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/dec/15mudal.htm</ref>

''The Hindu'' wrote "Though the crux of Maharajan’s story is simple, the director, with his screenplay, ably supported by E. Ramdass’s dialogue, has worked out enough absorbing situations."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080214152456/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/BE004C6C111DB30D6525694100207B47?OpenDocument</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.thenisai.com/tamil/movies/edhirum_review.htm Review by thenisai]

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