Padikkadavan (1985 film)

Padikkadavan
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Directed by	Rajasekhar
Produced by	N. Veeraswamy V Ravichandran
Written by	Rajasekhar
Story by	Kader Khan
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Rajinikanth Ambika
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	V Ranga
Edited by	R Vittal S B Mohan
Production company	Sri Eswari Productions
Distributed by	Sri Eswari Productions
Release dates	11 November 1985
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹2.96 crore

Padikkadavan (Tamil: படிக்காதவன்; English: Uneducated Man) is a 1985 Tamil film is directed by Rajasekhar. The story is about a man who strives hard to make his younger brother to 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 together after certain conviction regarding a death.The film was produced by noted Kannada actor Ravichandran along with his father Veerasami. The film was a huge blockbuster and had a run for more than 200 days breaking the box office records in many distribution territories for Tamil films. This film is considered as one of the biggest hits for Rajnikanth during the 1980s and increased his fan base among all classes of audience.

Plot

Sivaji is the loving elder step-brother of Rajinikanth and Vijaybabu. After his marriage, his wife (Vadivukkarasi) sends his brothers out when he goes to Chennai. Rajini, the older of the two, toils and becomes a taxi driver to educate and bring up his brother. But his brother strays and gets mixed up with some wrong-doers. He marries a girl (Ramya Krishnan) from a rich family. The girl's uncle (Jaishankar), is a smuggler who sells drugs using his older brother's lorries. Jai Shankar later kills his brother and puts the blame on Rajini. Sivaji, the presiding judge, realizes that Rajini is his long-lost brother and returns as a lawyer to save him.

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Rajasekar
• Rajinikanth as Rajendran (Raja)
• Jaishankar
• Nagesh
• Poornam Vishwanathan
• Thengai Seenivasan
• Janakaraj
• Ambika
• Vadivukkarasi
• Ramya Krishnan
• Indira
• Santhi
• Suryakala
• Vijaybabu as Babu
• Rasi

Soundtrack

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Jodi Kili	S P Balasubrahmanyam, S Janaki	Vairamuthu	05:00
2	Oorai Therinchikitten	K J Yesudas		04:07
3	Oru Koottu	Malaysia Vasudevan		03:45
4	Rajavukku Raja	S P Balasubrahmanyam	Vaali	04:32
5	Solli Adipenadi	Malaysia Vasudevan, S Janaki	Gangai Amaran	04:29

External links

• Padikkadavan at IMDb