"Oru Manushyan" (Malayalam: ഒരു മനുഷ്യൻ; English: A Certain Man) is a short story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
It was originally published in Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly and later included in the 1952 collection Pavapettavarude Veshya (The Prostitute of the Poor).
[1] The story is about a man living in a town notorious for its people's greed, who has saved his meagre earnings in his wallet, only to have it stolen at a restaurant; threatened to be stripped naked and left without any help, he is eventually saved by a stranger who shows him kindness by returning his wallet.
As the situation escalates, a blue-eyed man with a red turban appears from the crowd and pays the bill.
Noted director T. V. Chandran directed a telefilm titled Oru Manushyan based on the short story.