Padikkadavan (2009 film)
For the 1985 Tamil movie of the same name, see Padikkadavan (1985 film)
| Padikkadavan | |
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| File:Padikathavan Poster.jpg | |
| Directed by | Suraj |
| Written by | Suraj |
| Produced by | Bharathi Reddy |
| Starring | Dhanush Tamannaah Vivek Atul Kulkarni |
| Cinematography | A. Venkatesh |
| Edited by | Manoj |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sun Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹50 crore |
Padikkadavan (English: Uneducated Man) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Suraj. It stars Dhanush, Tamannaah, Vivek, Sayaji Shinde, Pratap Pothan, Suman and Atul Kulkarni in the lead roles[1] and features a huge supporting cast in small pivotal and cameo roles. The film released on 14 January 2009 during Pongal receiving huge positive Response.[2][2] The film was successful grossing ₹17 crore in Tamil Nadu and established Dhanush as one of top five saleable heroes of Tamil cinema then.[3] Later the film was dubbed in Hindi as Meri Taqat Mera Faisla 2. Filming began in March 2008 and was released in Pongal 2009.
Plot
Radhakrishnan alias Rocky (Dhanush) is a 10th grade dropout youngster who is looked down upon by his father Ramakrishnan (Pratap Pothen) because of his sharp contrast to the rest of the family, who are well qualified in education. Rocky spends most of his time in a mechanic shop with his colleagues (Mayilsamy, Nellai Siva, and others).
Rocky's friends advise him to love and marry a well-educated girl so that his name will be added with her name after marriage (i.e. indirectly he gets a degree after his name). So, hearnestly he earnestly looks around by hovering around women's colleges to find a perfect girl for his mission. He finally succeeds in his attempt and makes Gayathri (Tamannaah), a well-educated rich girl, fall in love with him.
He starts to honestly love her and takes her for shopping to a mall where she is confronted by a group of rogues who work for Rami Reddy (Sayaji Shinde), who is a rival of her father Samarasimha Reddy (Suman), a notorious don in Andhra who protects his daughter by destroying the gang and taking her back to Andhra Pradesh from Tamil Nadu. Rocky goes to thug-for-hire Assault Arumugam (Vivek) to help him marry Gayathri.
Rocky saves Gayathri from Rami Reddy and follows her home, where he realizes that another Thirunelveli rowdy Kasi Anandan (Atul Kulkarni), whose brother (Sashikumar) he accidentally kills in a flashback, has put a price on his head. Kasi declares that if Rocky wins him in hand-to-hand combat, he will never be disturbed by him. Rocky accepts his deal and smashes him down. The movie ends as Rocky walks out after smashing Kasi while his gang appreciates him by clapping.
Cast
- Dhanush as Radhakrishnan (Rocky)
- Tamannaah as Gayathri
- Vivek as Assault Arumugam
- Atul Kulkarni as Kasi Anandan
- Suman as Samarasimha Reddy
- Sayaji Shinde as Rami Reddy
- Pratap Pothan as Ramakrishnan
- Meera Krishnan as Ramakrishnan's wife
- Devadarshini as Kousalya Gowtham
- Chetan as Gowtham
- Dr. Sharmila as Kavitha
- Mayilsamy as Mayilsamy
- Suman Setty as Rocky's friend
- Ganeshkar as Rocky's friend
- Sendrayan as Rocky's friend
- Nellai Siva as Rocky's friend
- Bonda Mani as Bonda Mani
- Sashikumar as Kasi's brother
- Crane Manohar as Appa Rao
- Mahandhi Shankar as Subba Rao
- Cell Murugan as Cell Murugan
- Aarthi as Bride
- Swaminathan as Bride's father
- Madhan Bob
- Nirosha as Madhan Bob's wife
- Santhana Bharathi
- Kadhal Thandapani
- Ambani Shankar
- Karate Raja
- Suruli Manohar
- Pandu
- Ennatha Kannaiya
- Balu Anand
- Baba Bhaskar (special appearance in the song "Hey Vetri Velaa")[4]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack consists of fives songs composed by Mani Sharma. The song "Raanki Rangamma" has become one of the greatest dance song ever composed and a Mega hit on the charts with rave reviews on its music and picturisation.
| No. | Song | Singers | Length (min:sec) | Lyrics | Notes |
| 1 | "Hey Vetri Velaa" | Ranjith, Naveen Madhav | 4:50 | Pa. Vijay | |
| 2 | "Hey Rosu Rosu" | Ranjith, Jaey | 5:00 | Thabu Shankar | from Athidhi |
| 3 | "Raanki Rangamma" | Malathy Lakshman, Udit Narayan | 4:47 | Pa. Vijay | from Choodalani Vundi song : "Ramma Chilakamma" |
| 4 | "Kadavulum Kadhalum" | Karthik, Harini | 5:17 | Snehan | from Yuvatha |
| 5 | "Appa Amma Vilayattu" | Ranjith, Saindhavi | 4:44 | Snehan | from Adavi Ramudu |
References
- ^ Dhanush pairs with Tamannaah! - Sify.com
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
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- ^ ".Padikkathavan - Hey Vetri Velaa Video Dhanush, Manisarma". Youtube. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
External links
- Padikkadavan at IMDb
