New is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language science fiction comedy film directed, written and produced by S. J. Suryah, who also stars alongside Simran.

When Kishore refuses and gets rid of him, Pappu cuts off the power out of anger, creating a short circuit at home.

Distraught, Pappu leaves to end his life near a river, but is stopped by a man who takes him to his home.

He meets the owner's daughter Priya, whom Vichu helped to her feet at an amusement park earlier.

Deepak demands ice cream but Vichu refuses, having a tight schedule as a son, employee, and husband.

There, everyone learns the truth about Pappu, and Priya gives birth to his son while being upset on her fate of being a child's wife.

[3][4] After Ajith Kumar had become busy with other commitments, Suryah decided to enact the lead role himself, revealing he had always wanted to be an actor.

The film was shot in hundred days, with Suryah revealing he would often stop acting in between the scenes, when he knew that his performance was not up to his expectation as a director.

[10] In an interview in 2001, Suryah stated that Deva had composed ten songs for the film, but he was later replaced by Rahman.

[12] Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu claimed that "belonging to a genre that is rare to our cinema, "New" however, gets bogged down in a mire of duets and double entenders", but hinted at potential success citing that director "seems to have hit the bull's eye.

[13] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that "It's director Suriyah's third directorial venture after his highly successful 'Vali' and 'Khushi'.

Suryah responded by claiming that the scenes are there because the storyline requires them and described his film as "fiction laced with adult comedy".

[16] In August 2005, the Madras High Court revoked the film's censor certificate and directed the Chennai Commissioner of Police to investigate two criminal complaints registered against Suryah.

Suryah was arrested by city police on 22 August 2005 in connection with allegedly throwing a mobile phone at a woman censor board official in a fit of anger during the post-production of the film.

According to the complainant, Vanathy Srinivasan, Suryah was denied permission to add the "Kumbakonam" song to the film due to excessively obscene scenes and as a result he allegedly threw a mobile phone at her.

The Supreme Court had also mentioned that "It is not for judges to make “piecemeal analysis” of a movie and apply their subjective views of life to revoke the censor certification issued to a film".