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'Neethikku Thandanai' is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by S. S. Neelakantan and Shoba Chandrasekhar. The film stars Raadhika, Nizhalgal Ravi, Charan Raj and Senthil. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It was remade in Hindi as 'Kudrat Ka Kanoon' (1987) and in Telugu as 'Nyayaniki Siksha' (1988).

Plot



Cast



*Raadhika

*Nizhalgal Ravi

*Charan Raj

*Senthil

*S. S. Chandran

*Ravichandran

*Srividya

*S. A. Chandrasekhar

*Senthamarai

*Vasanth

*Karnan (debut)

*Charuhasan

*V. Gopalakrishnan

*Senapathi

*Amjath Kumar

*Suruli Vel

*Nagaraja Chozhan

*LIC Narasimhan

*Omakuchi Narasimhan

*Kutty Padmini

*Kovai Sarala

*Solochana

*Sri Asha (debut)

Production



In the late 1980s, politician and writer M. Karunanidhi was arrested and S. A. Chandrasekhar thought the law was wrong to do so; this inspired the title for their next film 'Neethikku Thandanai'. Karunanidhi wrote the script while in prison.

Soundtrack



The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Swarnalatha, who made her playback singing debut with the song "Chinnanchiru Kiliye", based on the poem by Subramania Bharati, was chosen to sing the song by Viswanathan after he was impressed with her rendition of his composition "Paal Polave" from 'Uyarndha Manithan' (1968), which he had asked her to sing during the song's audition.

Release and reception



'Neethikku Thandanai' was released on 1 May 1987. N. Krishnaswamy of 'The Indian Express' wrote that the "story and narration are so thoroughly mired in preposterous situations". He went on to say, "M. S. Viswanathan has tuned a Bharathi song to good effect, but how come Bharathi agreed to write a song for this film?".

Controversy



The film became controversial as the dialogues were by the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. The then ruling party AIADMK, Chief Minister M. G. Ramachandran tried to halt the release by filing a case that it may disrupt law-and-order situation in Tamil Nadu but overcame the case.

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