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{{For|other film named Padikkadavan|Padikkadavan (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|2009 film by Suraj}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Padikkadavan
| image = Padikathavan Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director =[[Suraj (director)|Suraj]]
| writer = Suraj
| starring = [[Dhanush]] [[Tamannaah]] [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] [[Atul Kulkarni]] [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] [[Sayaji Shinde]] [[Prathap Pothan]]
| producer = [[B. Venkatarama Reddy]]
| music = [[Mani Sharma]]
| cinematography = [[A. Venkatesh (cinematographer)|A. Venkatesh]]
| editing = Manoj
| studio = [[Vijaya Productions]]
| distributor = [[Sun Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|2009|01|14|[[India]]}}
| runtime = 160 minutes
| language = Tamil
| country = India
| gross =
}}

'''''Padikkadavan''''' (English: ''[[Illiterate]]'') is a 2009 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action comedy film]] written and directed by [[Suraj (director)|Suraj]]. It stars [[Dhanush]], [[Tamannaah]], [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], [[Atul Kulkarni]], [[Suman (actor)|Suman]], [[Sayaji Shinde]], and [[Pratap Pothan]] in the lead roles<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14634940|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406001913/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14634940|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-04-06|title=Dhanush Raja pairs with Tamannaah Bhatia! - Sify.com}}</ref> amongst a huge supporting cast in small pivotal and [[cameo roles]]. The music was composed by [[Mani Sharma]] with cinematography by [[A. Venkatesh (cinematographer)|A. Venkatesh]] and editing by Manoj. The film released on 14 January 2009 during [[Thai Pongal|Pongal]] and received a huge positive response.<ref name=csi>{{cite web |url=http://fresh.cinesnacks.in/exclusive-slumdog-millionaire-%E2%80%93-7crores-villu-%E2%80%93-30-crore.html |title=Exclusive: Slumdog Millionaire – 17 crore, Villu – 130 crore |work=Cinesnacks |access-date=2011-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217210800/http://fresh.cinesnacks.in/exclusive-slumdog-millionaire-%E2%80%93-7crores-villu-%E2%80%93-30-crore.html |archive-date=17 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The film was successful grossing {{INR}}15 [[crore]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] and established Dhanush as one of top 5 saleable heroes of [[Tamil cinema]] after then.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/|title=Sify Movies | Kollywood, Telugu Movie Reviews|website=www.sify.com}}</ref> Filming began in March 2008 and was released in Pongal 2009.

==Plot==

Radhakrishnan [[pseudonym|a.k.a.]] Rocky ([[Dhanush (actor)|Dhanush Raja]]) is a 24 years old [[10th grade]] [[Dropping out|dropout]] [[youth]], who is looked down upon by his father Ramakrishnan ([[Pratap Pothan]]) because of his sharp contrast to the rest of the family, who are well-qualified in education. Rocky spends most of his time in a mechanic shop with his friends. Rocky's friends advise him to love and marry a well-educated girl so his name will be added with her name after marriage (i.e. indirectly he gets a degree after his name). He looks around by hovering around women's colleges to find a perfect girl for his mission. He succeeds in his attempt and makes Gayathri ([[Tamannaah Bhatia]]), a well-educated rich girl, fall in love with him. He starts to love her and takes her to a shopping mall where she is confronted by a group of rogues who work for Rami Reddy ([[Sayaji Shinde]]), a rival of her father Samarasimha Reddy ([[Suman (actor)|Suman Reddy]]), a notorious don in Andhra Pradesh who protects his daughter by destroying the gang and taking her back to Andhra from Tamil Nadu. Rocky goes to thug-for-hire Assault Arumugam ([[Vivek (actor)|Vivek Kumar]]) to help him marry Gayathri. Rocky saves Gayathri from Rami and follows her home, where he realizes that another Thirunelveli rowdy named Kasi Anandan ([[Atul Kulkarni]]), whose brother ([[Sashikumar Subramani]]) he accidentally kills, has put a price on his head. Kasi declares that if Rocky wins him in hand-to-hand combat, he will never be disturbed by him. Rocky accepts his deal and smashes him down. The movie ends as Rocky walks out while his gang applauds for him.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Dhanush]] as Radhakrishnan [[pseudonym|a.k.a.]] Rocky
* [[Tamannaah]] as Gayathri
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Assault Arumugam
* [[Atul Kulkarni]] as Kashi Anandan
* [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] as Samarasimha Reddy
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Rami Reddy
* [[Pratap Pothan]] as Ramakrishnan
* [[Meera Krishnan]] as Janaki Ramakrishnan
* [[Devadarshini]] as Kousalya Gowtham
* [[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]] as Gowtham
* [[Dr. Sharmila]] as Kavitha
* [[Ganeshkar]] as Ganesh, Rocky's friend
* [[Suman Setty]] as Ramesh, Rocky's friend
* [[Mayilsamy]] as Mayilu (Mayilsamy), Rocky's friend
* [[Sendrayan]] as Kumaran, Rocky's friend
* [[Sashikumar Subramani]] as Pandi, Kasi's brother
* [[Bonda Mani]] as Bonda Mani
* [[Crane Manohar]] as Appa Rao
* [[Mahanadi Shankar]] as Subba Rao
* Cell Murugan as Cell Murugan
* [[Madhan Bob]] as Srinivasan, Gayathri's uncle
* [[Nirosha]] as Andal, Srinivasan's wife
* [[Aarthi (actress)|Aarthi]] as Thirukaani, Radhakrishnan's niece
* [[Swaminathan]] as Malaisamy, Thirukaani's father
* [[Santhana Bharathi]] as Ramalingam
* [[Karate Raja]] as Bhaskar
* [[Suruli Manohar]] as Maarimuthu, Aarumugam's sidekick
* [[Nellai Siva]] as Kothandam, a mechanic
* [[Kadhal Dhandapani|Dhandapani]] as Veerapandi, Kasi's enemy
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Professor Sundaramurthy
* [[Balu Anand]] as Shanmugam
* [[Munnar Ramesh]] as Samarasimha Reddy's henchman
* [[Cool Suresh]] as Veerapandi's henchman
*[[Ambani Shankar|Shankar]]
* [[Ennatha Kannaiya]] as Kannaiya (guest appearance)
* [[Baba Bhaskar]] (special appearance in the song "Hey Vetri Velaa")
{{colend}}

==Music==

The [[soundtrack]] consists of fives songs composed by [[Mani Sharma]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Length (min:sec) !! Lyrics !! Notes
|-
|1 || "Hey Vetri Velaa" || [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]], Naveen Madhav || 4:50 || [[P. Vijay]] ||
|-
|2 || "Hey Rosu Rosu" || Jey, Ranjith || 5:00 || Thabu Shankar ||from ''[[Athidhi (2007 film)|Athidhi]]''
|-
|3 || "Raanki Rangamma" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Malathy Lakshman]] || 4:47 || P. Vijay ||from ''[[Choodalani Vundi]]''
|-
|4 || "Kadavulum Kadhalum" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Harini ||5:17 || [[Snehan]] || from ''[[Yuvatha]]''
|-
|5 || "Appa Amma Vilayattu" || Ranjith, [[Saindhavi]] || 4:44 || Snehan || from ''[[Adavi Ramudu (2004 film)|Adavi Ramudu]]''
|}

==Reception==
===Critical response===

''Indiaglitz'' wrote, "Padikathavan is worth a watch for its unadulterated masala".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/padikathavan-review-tamil-movie-10511|title=Padikathavan review. Padikathavan Tamil movie review, story, rating|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> ''Behindwoods'' wrote, "On the whole, Padikathavan struggles to identify itself between comedy and violence and ends up not being both".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/padikathavan.html|title=Padikathavan Movie Review - Behindwoods.com Dhanush Tamanna Suraaj Sun TV Cool Suresh Movie Stills Images Tamil Movie Gallery Stills Images hot images tamil picture gallery images|website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt1956589}}
{{Suraj (director)}}

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2009 action comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Mani Sharma]]
[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]

Padikkadavan (2009 film) - Revision history

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