This intense social drama follows an offbeat family consisting of Sivaji, the loving elder step-brother of Rajendran a.k.a. Raja (Rajinikanth) and Vijaybabu. After his marriage, his wife (Vadivukkarasi) throws his brothers out, while he's out on a trip to Chennai.
Raja, the older of the two, toils and becomes a taxi driver to educate and treat his brother. But his brother strays and gets mixed up with some miscreants. He marries a girl (Ramya Krishnan) from a wealthy family. The girl's uncle (Jaishankar), is a smuggler who sells drugs using his brother's lorries, kills him and entraps Raja for the death. When Sivaji, the presiding judge, realises with shock and joy that the 'criminal' on trial is none other than his long-lost brother, he resigns as the judge and returns as a lawyer to save him. Will Sivaji succeed in exposing the truth and ensuring that Raja gets free?
Cast: Ambika Ravikanth, Rajinikanth
Crew: Rajasekhar Ramanathan (Director), V Ranga (Director of Photography), Ilaiyaraaja (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Release Dates: 11 Nov 1985 (India)
Malayalam Name: படிக்காதவன்
Did you know? This film is was one of the biggest hits for Rajnikanth during the 1980s and its phenomenal success is credited for having increased his fan base among all sections of audience. Read More
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Actress
as Rajendran/Raja
Supporting Actor
as Kabali
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Manju
as Baldev Kashiram Pandey
Supporting Actor
as Radha
Direction
Director
Distribution
Distributor
Writers
Screenplay Writer
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Lyricist
Playback Singer
Editorial
Editor
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Malayalam
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
05:00
Music Director: Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Playback Singer: S Janaki, SP Balasubramaniam
04:07
03:45
Music Director: Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist: Vairamuthu
Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Playback Singer: Malaysia Vasudevan
04:32
Music Director: Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist: Vaali
Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Playback Singer: SP Balasubramaniam
04:29
Music Director: Ilaiyaraaja
Lyricist: Gangai Amaran
Composer: Ilaiyaraaja
Playback Singer: Malaysia Vasudevan, S Janaki
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed from: Padikkadhavan (Tamil)
Trivia:
This film is a remake of the Hindi movie Khud-Daar (1982), which starred Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar and Vinod Mehra.
This film is was one of the biggest hits for Rajnikanth during the 1980s and its phenomenal success is credited for having increased his fan base among all sections of audience.
This film was a huge blockbuster and had a run for more than 200 days breaking the box office records in many distribution territories for Tamil films.
This film is was one of the biggest hits for Rajnikanth during the 1980s and its phenomenal success is credited for having increased his fan base among all sections of audience.
This film was a huge blockbuster and had a run for more than 200 days breaking the box office records in many distribution territories for Tamil films.
