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Padikkadavan (1985 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Padikkadavan' is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, starring Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth and Ambika. It is directed by Rajashekar. 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).
The story is about a man who strives hard to make his younger brother study. The two brothers are the step-brothers of Sivaji Ganesan. The younger brother of Rajinikanth after distressing from Rajinikanth 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.
Plot
Rajasekhar (Sivaji Ganesan) 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 (Nagesh). 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.
References
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