Pushpaka Vimana

Pushpaka Vimana

Year: 1987

Runtime: 131 mins

Director: Singeetam Srinivasa Rao

RomanceDramaComedy

An unemployed dreamer, yearning for a lavish life, discovers a wealthy drunk collapsed in a sewer. He seizes the opportunity, locks the man away and assumes his identity, diving into the comforts and complications of high society. As he navigates the perks and pitfalls, he discovers that the glittering lifestyle brings its own challenges.

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Timeline & Setting – Pushpaka Vimana (1987)

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Pushpak Hotel, Anand Bhavan Lodge

Pushpak Hotel serves as the opulent backdrop where wealth, illusion, and danger intersect. Anand Bhavan Lodge provides the grittier, modest setting that grounds the graduate's initial deceit. The two locations together drive the film's satire on status, appearance, and moral awakening.

🏨 Hotel 🏚 Lodge

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Main Characters – Pushpaka Vimana (1987)

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Unemployed graduate (Kamal Haasan)

An ambitious, quick-witted trickster who hijacks a wealthy man's life after a chance encounter. He revels in luxury before realizing the harm his deceit causes to others. As events unfold, his empathy grows and he chooses to reveal the truth and free the kidnapped man.

💼 Ambition 🕵️‍♂️ Deception

Rich man (Sameer Kakkar)

A successful but flawed husband whose secrets threaten his marriage and safety. His life is destabilized when the graduate assumes his identity and a killer targets him. The truth of the affair and betrayal comes to light, leading him toward reconciliation and sobriety.

💎 Wealth 🧭 Stability

Lover (Prathap Pothan)

A morally compromised friend who funds and facilitates betrayal, including hiring the killer. His extramarital affair and self-interest drive the plot’s darkest turns. His actions catalyze the downfall that eventually forces him to confront the consequences of his greed.

🤝 Betrayal 🕊️ Manipulation

Magician's wife (Farida Jalal)

The wife of the hotel magician who becomes entangled in an affair with the lover. Her actions reveal the fragility of loyalty and the messy entanglements of desire. She faces the fallout of the affair and ultimately leaves the partner when betrayed.

💔 Infidelity 🎭 Masks

Magician's daughter (Amala Akkineni)

The magician's daughter who forms a romantic connection with the graduate. She embodies innocence and genuine feeling amid the chaos of deception. She forgives the graduate at the end, underscoring a theme of redemption through honesty.

💖 Love 🎨 Innocence

Magician (K. S. Ramesh)

The performer at the hotel whose family is part of the setting's colorful tapestry. He contributes to the hotel's atmosphere and the sense of wonder; his presence anchors the subplot surrounding the magician's family.

🎩 Performer 🎭 Art

Hotel owner (Loknath)

A character whose ascent from poverty to hotel ownership mirrors the film’s moral journey. He appears in a montage showing fair means leading to success, providing a contrast to the graduate's deceitful rise.

🏚️ Rags-to-riches 🕰️ Change

Beggar (P. L. Narayana)

A roadside beggar who dies early in the story, only to reveal a stash of money that triggers social satire about value and greed. His death underscores the emptiness of wealth acquired through deception.

🪙 Poverty 🧭 Fate

Killer (Tinnu Anand)

A mercenary killer hired by a friend to kill the rich man, who repeatedly fails to complete the job. His presence intensifies the thriller element as he moves through the hotel, unaware of who his true target is in the end.

🔪 Assassin 💀 Threat

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Major Themes – Pushpaka Vimana (1987)

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🪞 Identity

A central thread follows how outward status can mask true character. The graduate adopts a wealthy persona, only to discover the hollowness of borrowed prestige. The story asks whether identity is earned or performed, culminating in a choice to reclaim honesty over social illusion.

💸 Greed

Greed drives multiple plot lines—from the graduate’s appetite for luxury to the affair and the killer’s hire. The pursuit of money unsettles relationships and blinds people to consequences. Eventually, characters confront the costs of unbridled craving and the fragility of wealth.

💖 Love and Redemption

Romance blooms between the magician’s daughter and the graduate, offering a counterbalance to deceit. Forgiveness and honesty gradually replace manipulation, guiding the lead character toward restitution of those he wronged. The film suggests love can redeem tangled lives when truth prevails.

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