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	'''''Naan Sigappu Manithan''''' ({{translation\|I am a Red Man}}) is a 1985 Indian [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language [[~~action~~ thriller film]] written and directed by [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[K. Bhagyaraj]] and [[Ambika (actress)\|Ambika]], with music by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. It was a commercial success at the box office. The film is a remake of 1984 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Aaj Ki Awaaz]]''.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Ramachandran \|first=Naman \|title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography \|title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography \|publisher=[[Penguin Books]] \|year=2014 \|isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 \|~~page~~=110 \|author-link=Naman Ramachandran \|orig-~~year~~=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet \|number=1209756170199502848 \|user=NFAIOfficial \|title=#Remake S.A. Chandrasekharan’s popular #Tamil action drama Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) was a remake of Ravi Chopra’s Aaj Ki Awaaz (1984). \|author=NFAI \|author-link=National Film Archive of India \|date=25 December 2019}}</ref> [[Vijay (actor)\|Vijay]] played a child artist role in this film.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=10 June 2010 \|title=Vijay in Rajnikanth film remake \|work=[[The Indian Express]] \|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vijay-in-rajnikanth-film-remake/631034/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=1 March 2021 }}</ref>		'''''Naan Sigappu Manithan''''' ({{translation\|I am a Red Man}}) is a 1985 Indian [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[K. Bhagyaraj]] and [[Ambika (actress)\|Ambika]], with music by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. It was a commercial success at the box office. The film is a remake of 1984 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Aaj Ki Awaaz]]''.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Ramachandran \|first=Naman \|title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography \|title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography \|publisher=[[Penguin Books]] \|year=2014 \|isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 \|pages=110 \|author-link=Naman Ramachandran \|orig-date=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet \|number=1209756170199502848 \|user=NFAIOfficial \|title=#Remake S.A. Chandrasekharan’s popular #Tamil action drama Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) was a remake of Ravi Chopra’s Aaj Ki Awaaz (1984). \|author=NFAI \|author-link=National Film Archive of India \|date=25 December 2019}}</ref> [[Vijay (actor)\|Vijay]] played a child artist role in this film.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=10 June 2010 \|title=Vijay in Rajnikanth film remake \|work=[[The Indian Express]] \|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vijay-in-rajnikanth-film-remake/631034/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=1 March 2021 }}</ref>

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
	<!-- Please describe the plot as it unravels and refrain from commenting on its effects from a movie reviewer's point of view. Wikipedia is not a space to write reviews. Parts of the existing article is removed and left incomplete until it's filled appropriately.-->		Vijay is a Tamil professor living with his widowed mother and his sister Shanti. He is in love with Uma, who is a lawyer. During a visit to his friend Ravi's house, he is disgusted by the goings-on in his neighbourhood. Illicit liquor is being sold at a tea-stall while prostitution is flourishing in another house in the same colony. But his complaints to the police, yield nothing since the policeman is on the corruption's payroll and manages to warn them before making a raid. When Ravi's sister is killed and the perpetrator Mohanraj gets off scot-free with help from a minister, Vijay and Ravi take matters into their own hands and clean up the tea-stall and brothel on their own.
	Vijay ~~([[Rajinikanth]])~~ is a Tamil professor living with his widowed mother and his sister. He is in love with Uma ~~([[Ambika (actress)\|Ambika]])~~, a lawyer. During a visit to his friend Ravi's ~~([[Nizhalgal Ravi]])~~ house, he is disgusted by the goings-on in his neighbourhood. Illicit liquor is being sold at a tea-stall while prostitution is flourishing in another house in the same colony. But his complaints to the police, yield nothing since the policeman is on the ~~villains~~' payroll and manages to warn them before making a raid. When Ravi's sister is ~~raped and~~ killed, and the perpetrator Mohanraj ~~([[Sathyaraj]])~~ gets off scot-free with help from a minister, Vijay and Ravi take matters into their own hands and clean up the tea-stall and brothel on their own. ~~Wanting to teach Vijay a lesson,~~ Mohanraj and his ~~goondas rape his sister (who then commits suicide)~~ and ~~kill~~ his mother. Vijay then turns into a vigilante, walking the streets at nights and dealing out his own brand of justice – shoot first and ask questions ~~later –~~ to the ~~rowdies and goondas~~. He soon becomes known as [[Robin Hood]], helper of the poor, and the police sends Singaaram ~~([[Bhagyaraj]])~~, a CID officer, to unmask Robin Hood.
	Vijay kills Mohanraj and his uncle~~. Now Vijay~~ surrenders to Singaram, revealing the truth, but Singaram mentions that he has already found the truth and decided not to arrest Vijay as he ~~cleans up~~ the society. But Vijay feels guilty for his murders and surrenders ~~to the police~~. Uma appears in court in favour of Vijay and argues. The day before the judgment, Singaram masks as a criminal and tries to molest the judge's daughter, seeing which the judge tries to shoot the criminal. ~~Now~~ Singaram reveals his identity and mentions that his intention was to make the judge understand that Vijay was also under a similar situation before. ~~Finally, the~~ judge sentences Vijay for lifetime imprisonment but recommends to the president of India for granting a pardon.		Mohanraj and his goons barges into Vijay's house where they assault Shanti and his mother and throw them from the terrace. Vijay then turns into a vigilante, walking the streets at nights and dealing out his own brand of justice – shoot first and ask questions latter to the gangsters. He soon becomes known as [[Robin Hood]], helper of the poor and the police sends Singaaram, a CID officer, to unmask Robin Hood. Vijay kills Mohanraj and his uncle, after which he surrenders to Singaram revealing the truth, but Singaram mentions that he has already found the truth and decided not to arrest Vijay as he destroy the ''weeds'' that are harmful to the society. But Vijay feels guilty for his murders and surrenders himself. Uma appears in court in favour of Vijay and argues.

			The day before the judgment, Singaram masks as a criminal and tries to molest the judge's daughter, seeing which the judge tries to shoot the criminal. Singaram reveals his identity and mentions that his intention was to make the judge understand that Vijay was also under a similar situation before. The judge sentences Vijay for lifetime imprisonment, but recommends to the president of India for granting a pardon.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==
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			== Reception ==
			Jayamanmadhan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'' said the film would run for Rajinikanth and Bhagyaraj.<ref>https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1985/may/12-05-1985/p61.jpg {{Bare URL image\|date=March 2022}}</ref>

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{{About||the 2014 film|Naan Sigappu Manithan (2014 film)}}
{{short description|1985 film by S. A. Chandrasekhar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Naan Sigappu Manithan
| image = Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]
| screenplay = S. A. Chandrasekhar
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Aaj Ki Awaaz]]''}}
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[K. Bhagyaraj]]<br />[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]
| producer = A. Poorna Chandra Rao
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = M. Kesavan
| editing = P. R. Gautham Raju
| studio = Lakshmi Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1985|04|12}}
| country = India
| runtime = 147 minutes
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Naan Sigappu Manithan''''' ({{translation|I am a Red Man}}) is a 1985 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action thriller film]] written and directed by [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[K. Bhagyaraj]] and [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], with music by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. It was a commercial success at the box office. The film is a remake of 1984 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Aaj Ki Awaaz]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 |page=110 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1209756170199502848 |user=NFAIOfficial |title=#Remake S.A. Chandrasekharan’s popular #Tamil action drama Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) was a remake of Ravi Chopra’s Aaj Ki Awaaz (1984). |author=NFAI |author-link=National Film Archive of India |date=25 December 2019}}</ref> [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] played a child artist role in this film.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 June 2010 |title=Vijay in Rajnikanth film remake |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vijay-in-rajnikanth-film-remake/631034/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2021 }}</ref>

== Plot ==

Vijay ([[Rajinikanth]]) is a Tamil professor living with his widowed mother and his sister. He is in love with Uma ([[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]), a lawyer. During a visit to his friend Ravi's ([[Nizhalgal Ravi]]) house, he is disgusted by the goings-on in his neighbourhood. Illicit liquor is being sold at a tea-stall while prostitution is flourishing in another house in the same colony. But his complaints to the police, yield nothing since the policeman is on the villains' payroll and manages to warn them before making a raid. When Ravi's sister is raped and killed, and the perpetrator Mohanraj ([[Sathyaraj]]) gets off scot-free with help from a minister, Vijay and Ravi take matters into their own hands and clean up the tea-stall and brothel on their own. Wanting to teach Vijay a lesson, Mohanraj and his goondas rape his sister (who then commits suicide) and kill his mother. Vijay then turns into a vigilante, walking the streets at nights and dealing out his own brand of justice – shoot first and ask questions later – to the rowdies and goondas. He soon becomes known as [[Robin Hood]], helper of the poor, and the police sends Singaaram ([[Bhagyaraj]]), a CID officer, to unmask Robin Hood.
Vijay kills Mohanraj and his uncle. Now Vijay surrenders to Singaram, revealing the truth, but Singaram mentions that he has already found the truth and decided not to arrest Vijay as he cleans up the society. But Vijay feels guilty for his murders and surrenders to the police. Uma appears in court in favour of Vijay and argues. The day before the judgment, Singaram masks as a criminal and tries to molest the judge's daughter, seeing which the judge tries to shoot the criminal. Now Singaram reveals his identity and mentions that his intention was to make the judge understand that Vijay was also under a similar situation before. Finally, the judge sentences Vijay for lifetime imprisonment but recommends to the president of India for granting a pardon.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Rajinikanth]] as Professor Vijay (Robin Hood)
* [[K. Bhagyaraj]] as CID Chinna Salem Singaram
* [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Uma
* [[Sathyaraj]] as Mohanraj
* [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Ravi
* [[Banerjee (actor)|Banerjee]] as Anburaj (voice dubbed by [[Shanmugasundaram]])
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as Commissioner of police
*[[Y. Gee. Mahendra]] as Harichandran
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Minister Tambaram Thanga Kannan
*[[Sumathi (actress)|Sumathi]] as Sumathi
* [[Senthil]] as Senthil
* [[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Lawyer
* [[V.S. Raghavan|V. S. Raghavan]] as Judge
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Mohanraj's henchman
* S. R. Veeraraghavan as Justice Veeraraghavan
* [[Suryakanth]] as Henchman of mohanraj
*[[Babloo Prithiveeraj]] as Sumathi's fiancée
* [[Swaminathan]] as Student
*[[Kovai Sarala]] (Guest appearance)
*[[Anuradha (actress)|Anuradha]] (Special appearance)
*[[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as the victim of a robbery
*[[S. N. Surendar]] as Beggar
*[[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] as Hospital Ward Boy
*[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as a child artist in opening song in the pre-credits scene with a social message board
{{colend}}

== Production ==
Though Rajinikanth stopped working in "double-hero" films by the mid-1980s, he accepted to work on this film, which had Bhagyaraj in another leading role, "without any alterations" to the script.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Darshan |first=Navein |date=10 March 2020 |title=Sense of a Scene: Naan Sigappu Manithan-Professor by day, protector at night |work=[[Cinema Express]] |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/columns/2020/mar/10/sense-of-a-scene-naan-sigappu-manithan-professor-by-day-protector-at-night-17466.html |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124163241/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/columns/2020/mar/10/sense-of-a-scene-naan-sigappu-manithan-professor-by-day-protector-at-night-17466.html |archive-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

== Themes ==
Writing for [[Jump Cut (journal)|Jump Cut]], Kumuthan Maderya noted ''Naan Sigappu Manithan''{{'}}s similarities to the American film ''[[Death Wish (1974 film)|Death Wish]]'' (1974) and its sequel ''[[Death Wish II]]'' (1982). According to him, one factor that differentiates ''Naan Sigappu Manithan'' from those films is the "unleashing of nationalist angst in a climactic courtroom drama scene".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maderya |first=Kumuthan |date=2010 |title=Rage against the state: historicizing the "angry young man" in Tamil cinema |url=http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/Tamil/4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904015546/https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/Tamil/4.html |archive-date=4 September 2020 |access-date=1 March 2021 |website=[[Jump Cut (journal)|Jump Cut]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naan Sigappu Manidhan (1985) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000310 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131221140657/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000310 |archive-date=21 December 2013 |access-date=21 December 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable tracklist" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Ellarumey Thirudangathan" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:09
|-
| 2 || "Gandhi Desamey" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || [[Vairamuthu]] || 04:32
|-
| 3 || "Kungumathu Meni" || [[S. Janaki]] || [[Gangai Amaran]] || 04:30
|-
| 4 || "Penn Maaney" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[S. Janaki]] || [[Mu. Metha]] || 04:32
|-
| 5 || "Venmegam Vinnil" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || [[Pulamaipithan]] || 04:47
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0320116}}

{{S. A. Chandrasekhar}}

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