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{{Infobox film
| name = Nattukku Oru Nallavan
| image = Nattukku Oru Nallavan.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]]
| producer = V. Ravichandran [[N. Veeraswamy]] (presenter)
| writer = V. Ravichandran R. P. Viswam (dialogues)
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]] [[Juhi Chawla]] V. Ravichandran [[Anant Nag]] [[Khushbu]]
| music = [[Hamsalekha]]
| cinematography = R. Madhusudanan
| editing = K. Balu
| studio = Sri Eswari Productions BMB Combines
| distributor = 
| released = {{film date|1991|10|2|df=y}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil Hindi
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Nattukku Oru Nallavan''''' ({{Translation|A good man for the country}}) is a 1991 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] written, produced and directed by [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]] and also produced by N. Veersamai. The film stars [[Rajinikanth]], [[Juhi Chawla]], V. Ravichandran, [[Anant Nag]] and [[Khushbu]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 June 2018|title=From 'Kaala' To 'Sivaji', Every Time Rajinikanth Made Good Win Over Evil|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/from-kaala-to-sivaji-each-time-rajinikanth-made-good-win-over-evil/nattukku-oru-nallavan/slideshow/64494807.cms|url-status=live|access-date=19 July 2021|website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref>

The film was simultaneously shot in [[Hindi]] as '''''Shanti Kranti''''' ({{Translation|Peace and revolution}}) with a slightly different cast. The film marked the debut of popular Kannada actor [[Anant Nag]] in Tamil cinema as main antagonist. The music was composed by [[Hamsalekha]].

The film was simultaneously released in Kannada and Telugu under the ''Shanti Kranti'' title in 1991. [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] was the lead in [[Shanti Kranti (1991 Telugu film)|Telugu]] and Ravichandran was the lead in [[Shanti Kranti (1991 Kannada film)|Kannada]], while Rajinikanth was in the lead in Tamil and Hindi.

Despite a simultaneous Telugu film ''Shanti Kranti'', the film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Police Bullet''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec3BW4nfgsg</ref> Incidentally, all the versions failed at the box-office.

== Plot ==

''Nattukku Oru Nallavan'' is the story of an honest police officer ([[Rajinikanth]]) and his fight against a dreaded criminal named Daddy ([[Anant Nag]]) who indulges in organ transplant mafia.

== Cast ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
! Actor (Tamil) !! Actor (Hindi) !! Role
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Rajinikanth]] || Inspector Subhash
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Juhi Chawla]] || Jyothi
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[V. Ravichandran]] || Inspector Bharath
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Anant Nag]] || Daddy
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Khushbu]] || Rekha
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jaishankar]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Alok Nath]] || Commissioner of Police
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Janagaraj]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Satyendra Kapoor]] || Subhash's father
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] || style="text-align:center;"| [[Aruna Irani]] || Subash's mother
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| - || style="text-align:center;"| [[Om Shivpuri]] || Politician
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Charuhasan]] || Politician
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Babu Antony]] || Bob
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Y. Vijaya]] || Swathi
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Delhi Ganesh]] || style="text-align:center;"| - || Doctor
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Jai Ganesh]] || style="text-align:center;"| - || Advocate
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Idichapuli Selvaraj]] || style="text-align:center;"| - || Astrologer
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]] || Child artist
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Manik Irani]] || Daddy's henchman
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Jack Gaud]] || Daddy's henchman
|-
|}

== Production ==
[[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]] announced that ''Shanti Kranti'' will be an expensive project in his career. He decided to direct in four languages — Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. The Tamil version was titled ''Naattukku Oru Nallavan''. Rajinikanth played the lead in Hindi and Tamil, while [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] was in [[Shanti Kranti (1991 Telugu film)|Telugu]] and Ravichandran himself in [[Shanti Kranti (1991 Kannada film)|Kannada]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |pages=134 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}</ref>

== Release ==
All the four versions of the film became a failure in box office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2014 |title=Rajinikanth's 10 Biggest FLOPS |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-rajinikanths-10-biggest-flops/20140528.htm?print=true |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==

;Tamil version

Singers: [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]], [[K. S. Chithra]] Lyrics: [[Vairamuthu]], Muthulingham.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Chinna Kannamma" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] || rowspan=3|[[Vairamuthu]] || 08:22
|-
| 2 || "En Thayinmani Kodiye" || S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 04:43
|-
| 3 || "Nallavan Nallavan" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 05:08
|-
| 4 || "One Two Three" || [[K. S. Chithra]], S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || rowspan=2|Muthulingham || 07:29
|-
| 5 || "Ore Moochi Ponal" || S. Janaki || 04:34
|-
| 6 || "Thendrale Thendrale" || S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || Vairamuthu || 05:11
|-
| 7 || "Veedi Katti Vilaiyadalama" || S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || Muthulingham || 04:46
|-
|}

;Hindi version

Singers: [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Suresh Wadkar]] Lyrics: [[Indeevar]]

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Ja Ae Ga" || [[Alka Yagnik]] || rowspan=8|[[Indeevar]] || 04:41
|-
| 2 || "One Two Three" || [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[S.P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || 07:32
|-
| 3 || "Ude Uhi Uncha" || [[Suresh Wadkar]], Alka Yagnik || 04:45
|-
| 4 || "Tu Hi Mera" || Alka Yagnik, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 01:22
|-
| 5 || "Sajna O O" || Alka Yagnik, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 04:49
|-
| 6 || "Purvaee Purvaee" || Alka Yagnik, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 05:15
|-
| 7 || "Aadhi Night Mein" || Alka Yagnik, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 08:24
|-
| 8 || "Jo Dare Who" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 05:10
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt0364553}}

{{V. Ravichandran}}

[[Category:1990s multilingual films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1991 action films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by V. Ravichandran]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hamsalekha]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]

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