Padikkadavan (1985 film)
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Padikkadavan
Padikathavan 1985.jpg
Poster
Directed by Rajasekar
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
11 November 1985
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 Rajasekar. 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.


Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 References
5 External links
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
Categories: 1985 films1980s Tamil-language filmsFilms directed by Rajashekar (director)Films scored by IlaiyaraajaIndian action drama filmsTamil remakes of Hindi films