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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Neethibathi
| image = Neethibathi 1983.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = R. Krishnamoorthy
| story = Satyanand
| producer = Suresh Balaji
| starring = Sivaji Ganesan
K. R. Vijaya
| cinematography = K. S. Prasad
| editing = V.Chakkarapani
| music = Gangai Amaran
| studio = Suresh Arts
| released =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'Neethibathi' is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by Suresh Balaji. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. The film had musical score by Gangai Amaran. It is a remake of the 1982 Telugu film 'Justice Chowdary'.
Plot
Rajasekar is a talented prosecutor with a wife Radha, police inspector son Shankar and mute daughter Geetha. Sattanathan is a defence attorney and a bitter professional rival to Rajasekar. He offers advice and guidance to Kalidas, the leader of diamond smuggling gang. Rajasekar earlier successfully argued for Kalidas's twin brother Ranjith to be hanged for his crimes. Kalidas has his own axe to grind with Rajasekar. Rajasekar is appointed as a judge bypassing Sattanathan. As judge, he sentences Kalidas' other brother Jagan to life imprisonment. This propels Sattanathan and Kalidas to plan to bring Rajasekar down.
Thyagu is a mechanic and car racer that is determined to build a large house for his imprisoned mother Janaki. Janaki was a single mother that took the blame for a murder Thyagu committed as a child trying to protect her. Thyagu begins to work for Kalidas driving getaway vehicles. He also falls in love with Devi, Sattanathan's daughter. When Devi learns of Thyagu's work, she convinces him to turn a new leaf and give up crime. Just as he's ready to walk away from crime, he learns that his father and the man he believes abandoned Janaki is Rajasekar. Enraged, he teams up with Kalidas and Sattanathan to destroy Rajasekar. They conspire to make Geetha's husband abandon her and have Shankar arrested on false charges. Janaki is released from prison and Rajasekar also learns the truth about those conspiring against him. He must now uncover some deeply buried truths about his family and outsmart those against him.
Cast
* Sivaji Ganesan as Justice Rajasekar
* K. R. Vijaya as Radha
* Sujatha as Janaki
* V. K. Ramasamy as Lawyer Sattanathan
* Manorama as Arogyamary a. k. a Lucy
* Raadhika as Devi
* Prabhu as Thyagu
* R. N. Sudarshan as Kalidas and Ranjith
* Menaka as Geetha
* Sathyakala as Uma
* Vijayakumar as Ramesh (Guest Role)
* Ceylon Manohar as Mano
* Y. G. Mahendra as Anthony
* V. Gopalakrishnan as Boopathy
* Poornam Viswanathan as Radha's father
* Natarajan Ramji as Raja's Son
* Silk Smitha dancer in the Muthedukkum Aasaiyile song
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran.
Reception
'Ananda Vikatan' called it yet another Ganesan film to be watched, enjoyed and disliked.
References
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