Gentleman is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language heist action film directed by S. Shankar, in his directorial debut, and produced by K. T. Kunjumon.

The film stars Arjun Sarja, alongside Madhubala, Subhashri, M. N. Nambiar, Manorama, Goundamani, Senthil, Charan Raj, Vineeth, and Rajan P. Dev.

In Ooty, Krishnamoorthy "Kicha" and his sidekick Mani perform a swashbuckling heist of several crores, while being in disguise diverting the attention of police, and escape in Nilgiri Mountain Railway, much to the frustration of Inspector Ratnam.

Another thing adding to Susheela's woes is the arrival of her jovial cousin Sugandhi, who makes the place lively and playful with silly fights between Mani and Babloo.

Due to this, Kicha becomes a thief to build a college, with the desire to make education available to the deserved, regardless of income, caste, or religion.

In the present, to fund the final stages of the construction of the college and being aware of the police trap, Kicha makes one last attempt to steal money from the Chief Minister (CM) and succeeds, but Nambi manages to arrest him.

[12] Cinematography was handled by Jeeva, editing by Vijayan and B. Lenin, and art direction by Maghi,[1] while Vikram Dharma was the action choreographer.

[9] The climax scene where a student kills the antagonist in a suicide bombing was inspired from the assassination of the then President of Sri Lanka, Ranasinghe Premadasa.

[12][18] Kunjumon insisted that Shankar rewrite the climax by adding this element, much to the dissatisfaction of Arjun, who felt that his heroism would be diluted.

[19] Critics have noted the film's resemblance to Ore Oru Gramathiley (1987) due to caste-based reservation being a mutual theme in both and the protagonist being a Brahmin who rebels against this,[20] and Karuppu Panam (1964).

[37] Kunjumon promoted the film by playing trailers on television sets situated on suburban railway stations.

[39] Writing for The Indian Express on 6 August 1993, Malini Mannath said, "Shankar makes a promising debut infusing his script with action, sentiment, comedy and even some titillating scenes for added measure and tries to give something different within the parameters of commercial cinema.

[41] In the 2019 Tamil film Hero, Arjun portrays Sathyamoorthy (whose name is similar to Krishnamoorthy), a man who steals money from the rich to build a school that is free for everyone.