Big meets Indian cinema with extra chaos and 167 minutes of questionable life choices.
An 8-year-old boy runs away from home and meets a scientist, who transforms him into a young man of 28, although mentally, he remains a child.
Acting
S.J. Suryah commits fully to child-in-adult-body physicality.
Direction
Suryah directs himself into maximum melodramatic overdrive.
Director
S. J. Suryah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A rare Tamil foray into body-swap sci-fi, predating the Indian streaming boom's genre experiments by nearly two decades.
The 'New' title refers to Pappu's transformed state; the film's Oedipal tension sparked walkouts and cult fascination in equal measure.
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