A Man Like You) is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language drama film written, co-produced and directed by Jayakanthan.

After being abandoned by her lover, Thangam, a construction worker, lives in a slum with her only son Chitti Babu.

Chitti grows up as an irresponsible boy until he meets the owner of an ice cream factory.

The owner preaches to him the importance of one's mother and further provides him with a job in his factory and gives him an admission to study in his night school.

Chitti on hearing this, returns home and starts living with his mother but remains indifferent.

Unnaipol Oruvan was a novel written by Jayakanthan, and serialised in the magazine Ananda Vikatan.

Jayakanthan was encouraged by members of the Communist Party of India, with whom he was associated, to make a film based on his stories.

Jayakanthan, on the encouragement of his friends and Communist party members, met Krishnamurthy and told his idea of making a film adaptation of Unnaipol Oruvan.

[14] Ananda Vikatan, in a review dated 7 February 1965, wrote that Jayakanthan was bringing in a new wave with the film.