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{{For|other film named Padikkadavan|Padikkadavan (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Padikkadavan
| image = Padikathavan 1985.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Rajasekhar (director)|Rajasekhar]]
| writer = Rajasekhar
| story = [[Kader Khan]]
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]
| producer = [[N. Veeraswamy]]<br />[[V. Ravichandran]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = V.Ranga
| editing = R. Vittal<br />S. B. Mohan
| released = 11 November 1985
| studio = Sri Eswari Productions
| distributor = Sri Eswari Productions
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross = {{INR}}6 crore<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raghu |first=Sunita |date=4 May 2014 |title=Southern Supernova |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2014/may/04/Southern-Supernova-607857.html |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref>
}}

'''''Padikkadavan''''' ({{trans|Uneducated Man}}) is a 1985 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action drama]] film, starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Rajinikanth]] and [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]]. It is directed by [[Rajasekhar (director)|Rajasekhar]]. The film was produced by [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] actor [[V. Ravichandran|Ravichandran]] along with his father Veerasami. It is a remake of the [[Hindi]] film ''[[Khud-Daar]]'' (1982). <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 |location=New Delhi |page=111 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}</ref>

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 together after certain conviction regarding a death. The film was a blockbuster and had a run for more than 250 days. This film is considered as one of the biggest hits for Rajinikanth during the 1980s.

== Plot ==
Rajasekhar ([[Sivaji Ganesan]]) is the loving elder stepbrother of Rajendran ([[Rajinikanth]]) and Ramu ([[Vijay Babu (actor, born 1951)|Vijay Babu]]). After his marriage, his wife ([[Vadivukkarasi]]) sends his brothers out when he goes to Madras. 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. His brother, who he believes to be the innocent and well-educated man, strays and gets mixed up with some wrong-doers. He marries a girl Manju ([[Ramya Krishnan]]) from a wealthy family. The girl's uncle Chakravarthy([[Jaishankar]]), 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.

== Cast ==
* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Rajasekhar
* [[Rajinikanth]] as Rajendran
* [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] as Mary
* [[Vijay Babu (actor, born 1951)|Vijay Babu]] as Ramachandran
* [[Jaishankar]] as Chakkaravarthi
* [[Nagesh]] as Rahim
* [[Poornam Vishwanathan]] as Vedhachalam
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Ramanathan
* [[Janagaraj]] as Kabali
* [[Vadivukkarasi]] as Radha, Rajasekhar's wife
* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Advocate
* [[Ramya Krishnan]] as Manju
* Indira as Faritha
* Santhi
* Suryakala
* Rasi
* [[Gundu Kalyanam]] as Ramu's friend.

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000311|title=Padikkadavan Songs|accessdate=2013-12-21|publisher=raaga}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Jodi Kili" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] || rowspan=3|[[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 (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:32
|-
| 5 || "Solli Adipenadi" || Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki || [[Gangai Amaran]] || 04:29
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0316369}}

[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]

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