Padikkadavan (1985 film)

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 film is considered one of the biggest hit & increased fanbase of Rajinikanth during 1980's.It was major critical and commercial success.It ran for 250 days and was the highest grossing movie of that year.

Padikkadavan
Poster
Directed byRajasekhar
Story byKader Khan
Produced byN. Veeraswamy
Ravichandran
StarringSivaji Ganesan
Rajinikanth
Ambika
CinematographyV. Ranga
Edited byR. Vittal
S. B. Mohan
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Sri Eswari Productions
Release date
  • 11 November 1985 (1985-11-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box office₹3 crore[1]

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.

Plot

Rajasekhar is the loving elder stepbrother of Rajendran aka Raja and Ramachandran aka Ramu. After his marriage, his wife Radha ousts Raja and Ramu from home while he is away. After some struggle, the two young brothers are adopted by Rahim, a Muslim. Raja, the older of the two, toils and becomes a taxi driver to educate his brother. As a taxi driver, he does what is right, such as stopping drug dealers. There, he meets Mary, a girl who smuggles drugs and alcohol while pretending to be pregnant. After sometime, she has a change of heart, and she and Raja fall in love.

Ramu, whom Raja believes to be an innocent person, strays and gets mixed up with some wrong-doers. He marries a girl named Manju, who is from a wealthy family, and later severs his ties with Raja when Raja discovers that he lied about passing an examination (when actually, he failed in the examination) and confronts him. Meanwhile, Manju's maternal uncle Chakravarthy is a smuggler who sells drugs using his older brother Vedhachalam's lorries. Chakravarthy later kills Vedhachalam, and frames Raja for the crime. Rajasekhar, the presiding judge for the case, realizes that Raja is his long-lost brother. He then proceeds to have a heart attack, but then researches all night and returns as a defence lawyer to save him and proves that Chakravarthy is the one who murdered his own brother. A fight ensues between Chakravarthy and Raja, where Raja defeats Chakravarthy. In the end, Radha apologises for her old attitude with Raja and Ramu.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[3][4]

SongSingersLyricsLength
"Jodi Kili"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. JanakiVairamuthu05:00
"Oorai Therinchikitten"K. J. Yesudas04:07
"Oru Koottu"Malaysia Vasudevan03:45
"Rajavukku Raja"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamVaali04:32
"Solli Adipenadi"Malaysia Vasudevan, S. JanakiGangai Amaran04:29

Reception

Jayamanmadhan (a duo) of Kalki praised Rajinikanth for his fight scenes, Ganesan for controlled acting, Ilaiyaraaja's music as melodious with praise directed towards the song "Oorai Therinjukitten" for its tune, lyrics and picturisation but felt Ambika was there only for glamour. The duo concluded the review saying due to the presence of Rajinikanth, the film looks brighter and also added the film which is backed up by great music, strong story will satisfy all audiences and the film will easily succeed.[5]

References
  1. Raghu, Sunita (4 May 2014). "Southern Supernova". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
  3. "Padikathavan (1985)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. "Padikkathavan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ஜெயமன்மதன் (8 December 1985). "படிக்காதவன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 62. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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