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{{short description|1996 film by M. Rathnakumar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Senathipathi
| image = Senathipathi poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = M. Rathnakumar
| producer = Malar Balu<br />K. Dhandapani
| writer = M. Rathnakumar
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sathyaraj]]|[[Soundarya]]|[[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]}}
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]
| editing = K. Pazhanivel
| studio = Malar Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1996|11|10}}
| runtime = 155 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Senathipathi''''' ({{IPAc-en|s|eɪ|n|ɑː|ð|ɪ|p|ə|θ|i}} {{translation|Chief}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[drama film]] written and directed by M. Rathnakumar. The film stars [[Sathyaraj]] in dual roles, along with [[Soundarya]] and [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]. It was released on 10 November 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senathipathi ( 1996 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=senathipathi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130726173354/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=senathipathi |archive-date=2013-07-26 |access-date=2013-07-26 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>

== Plot ==

Senathipathi is a rich and respected village man who is married to Meenakshi, while his little brother Sethupathi is a good-for-nothing young man. Senathipathi and Lingappan, another rich respected village man and their area chief, are best friends. Senathipathi has been charged for past 10 years with the duty to protect the village against the robbers, which he has done with 100% efficiency. Lingappan daughter Aishwarya, a clever, beautiful and arrogant girl, returns after studying in the city. Sethupathi and Aishwarya eventually fall in love with each other. But, Lingappan is totally against inter-caste marriage and sees them together. Nagappa is a long-distant relative of Lingappa and head of their rival village. Though he is rich, Nagappa has very bad habits and so does his only son. Lingappa's and Nagappa's villages clash every year, to receive water from the canal during farming seasons, though justice is on Lingappan village. After failing to get water for the past 10 years, Nagappa gets the photos of Sethu and Aishwarya clubbing each other. he sends the photo to all of his caste's big heads so that none would wed Aishwarya. then, Nagappa can make his son marry her and get all properties of Lingappa's to himself, including canal's check-dams owned by him.

Meanwhile, to protect Aishwarya, Lingappan cleverly assigns her to live in Senathipathi's house till her marriage, so that she would be a guarded-object of Senathipathi so that his brother would be away from her. Sethu and Aishwarya try to break up, but can't. Aishwarya blackmails Sethu to marry her the next day or she will commit suicide. The next day, at the moment of marriage, Senathipathi intercepts Sethu. he asks Sethu to either surrender Aishwarya or comes to a one-on-one till death. Sethu surrenders Aishwarya and is expelled from the house. All of this is seen by Lingappan afar. he tries to get an alliance to Aishwarya but fails. Then, Nagappa proposes an alliance, and it is taken by Lingappan Naicker. Sethupathi hands over Aishwarya and thus keeps his honour. Then, Aishwarya and her mom plead for Lingappan to change his mind. When he is about to, Nagappa and his son come and drag Aiswarya out to be wed. Lingappa shoots both of them dead and starts to find Sethupathi. But, meanwhile, Senathipathi and his wife are attacked on the way home. Though Sethupathi joins them, a traitor stabs both Senathipathi and his wife in the back. At the dying moments, Senathipathi consents for marriage and he removes the thali from his dead wife's neck and gives it to Sethupathi. Sethu then marries Aishwarya there. After a few days, it is seen that Sethupathi is the new Chief of village guards.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Senathipathi and Sethupathi Thevar
*[[Soundarya]] as Aishwarya
*[[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] as Meenakshi
*[[Goundamani]] as Kathavarayan
*[[Senthil]] as Veera Bahu
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Lingappan Nayakar
*[[Srividya]] as Lingappan Nayakar's wife
*[[Manivannan]] as Nagappan
*[[Ponvannan]] as Nagappan's son
*[[Periya Karuppu Thevar]] as Meenakshi's father
*[[Mohan V. Ram]] as Rangachari
*[[Pasi Narayanan]] as Thavasi
*[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]]
*[[Mahanadi Shankar]]
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]]
*[[K. K. Soundar]]
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]
*[[M. R. Krishnamurthy|MRK]]
*Dhanapal
*MLA Malaya
*Bayilvan Ranganathan
*MLA Thangaraj
*[[Mahendran (actor)|Mahendran]]
*Viswanath
*[[Vagai Chandrasekhar|Chandrasekhar]] as Suruli (guest appearance)
}}

== Soundtrack ==

The music was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senathipathi |url=https://gaana.com/album/senathipathi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329123330/https://gaana.com/album/senathipathi |archive-date=29 March 2023 |access-date=29 March 2023 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 24:11
| title1 = Chikku Pukku Ponnamma
| extra1 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], Krishnaraj
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length1 = 5:03
| title2 = En Idhayathai Thirudivittai
| extra2 = [[Swarnalatha]], Mano
| lyrics2 = Vairamuthu
| length2 = 5:20
| title3 = Moonu Mozhama Malliyappoo
| extra3 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
| lyrics3 = Vairamuthu
| length3 = 4:35
| title4 = Palaivana Roja
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
| lyrics4 = M. Rathnakumar
| length4 = 4:39
| title5 = Yarukkum Thalaivanangaa
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 'Baby' Deepika, K. S. Chithra
| lyrics5 = M. Rathnakumar
| length5 = 4:34
}}

== Reception ==
R. P. R. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised Sathyaraj's performance but felt Rathnakumar's direction was similar to his mentor [[Bharathiraja]] and also added when the world of cinema is heading towards grandeur and many other things, the makers are still stuck with subject like caste and its consequences.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஆர். பி. ஆர். |date=29 December 1996 |title=சேனாதிபதி |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1996-12-29/page/n25/mode/2up? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240307043652/https://archive.org/details/kalki1996-12-29/page/n25/mode/2up? |archive-date=7 March 2024 |access-date=7 March 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=25 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== Post-release ==
Ratnakumar later worked on a project titled ''Enna Solla Pogirai'' featuring debutants [[Nandha Durairaj|Nandha]], Saikiran and [[Gayathri Raguram]] in 2001, but the film was later stalled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |title=Enna Solla Pogirai |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/enna.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603235347/http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/enna.asp |archive-date=3 June 2004 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:1996 Indian films]]
[[Category:1996 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1996 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:1996 drama films]]
[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:Films about brothers]]
[[Category:Films about the caste system in India]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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