Padikkadavan (1985 film)
| Padikkadavan | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Rajasekhar |
| Story by | Kader Khan |
| Produced by | N. Veeraswamy V. Ravichandran |
| Starring | Sivaji Ganesan Rajinikanth Ambika |
| Cinematography | V. Ranga |
| Edited by | R. Vittal S. B. Mohan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Sri Eswari Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹6 crore[1] |
Padikkadavan (transl. Uneducated Man) is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, starring Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth and Ambika. It is directed by Rajasekhar. The film was produced by Kannada actor Ravichandran along with his father N. Veeraswamy. It is a remake of the Hindi film Khud-Daar (1982).[2]
The story is about a man who strives hard to make his younger brother study. The two brothers are the step-brothers of Rajasekhar. The younger brother of Rajendran after distressing from him finally joins with him. All three of them finally join after certain conviction regarding a death. The film was a blockbuster and had a run for more than 250 days. This film is considered one of the biggest hits for Rajinikanth during the 1980s.
Plot
Rajasekhar is the loving elder stepbrother of Rajendran aka Raja and Ramu. After his elder step brother marriage, his wife Radha sends his brothers out when he goes to Madras. After some struggle the two young brothers were adopted by Rahim, a Muslim. Rajendran, the older of the two, toils and becomes a taxi driver to educate and bring up his brother. As a taxi driver, he does what's right, such as stopping drug dealers. There he meets Mary a Girl who is smuggling drugs and alcohol as a pregnant woman. After some time She change and falls for Raja. Raja believes His brother, to be the innocent and well-educated man, strays and gets mixed up with some wrong-doers. He marries a girl Manju from a wealthy family. The girl's uncle Chakravarthy is a smuggler who sells drugs using his older brother's lorries. Chakravarthy later kills his brother and blames Rajendran. Rajasekhar, the presiding judge, realizes that Rajendran is his long-lost brother. He then proceeds to have a heart attack but then researches all night and returns as a lawyer to save him and proves that Chakravarthy is the one who murdered his own brother. A fight ensues between Chakravarthy and Raja Raja defeats Chakravarthy. Radha apologies for her old attitude with Raja and Ramu.
Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Rajasekhar
- Rajinikanth as Rajendran
- Ambika as Mary
- Ramya Krishnan as Manju
- Vijay Babu as Ramachandran
- Jaishankar as Chakravarthy
- Vadivukkarasi as Radha, Rajasekhar's wife
- Nagesh as Rahim
- Poornam Viswanathan as Vedhachalam
- Thengai Srinivasan as Ramanathan
- Janagaraj as Kabali
- Senthamarai as Advocate
- Indira as Faritha
- Gundu Kalyanam as Ramu's friend
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[3][4]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Jodi Kili" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | Vairamuthu | 05:00 |
| "Oorai Therinchikitten" | K. J. Yesudas | 04:07 | |
| "Oru Koottu" | Malaysia Vasudevan | 03:45 | |
| "Rajavukku Raja" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Vaali | 04:32 |
| "Solli Adipenadi" | Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki | Gangai Amaran | 04:29 |
References
- ^ Raghu, Sunita (4 May 2014). "Southern Supernova". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
- ^ "Padikathavan (1985)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Padikkathavan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
External links
- Padikkadavan at IMDb
