| Padikkadavan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rajasekhar |
| Produced by | V. Ravichandran V. Veerasami |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Sivaji Ganesan Ambika |
| Release date(s) | 11 November 1985 |
| Language | Tamil |
Padikkadavan (Tamil: படிக்காதவன்; English: Uneducated Man) is a Tamil film is directed by Rajasekhar. The story is about a man who strives hard to make his younger brother to study. The two brothers are the step-brothers of Sivaji Ganesan. The younger brother of rajinikanth after distressing from rajinikanth finally joins with him. They three of them finally join together after certain conviction regarding a death. The movie was a remake of Amitabh's Khud-Daar which starred himself alongside Sanjeev Kumar and Vinod Mehra.[1] The film was produced by noted kannada actor Ravichandran along with his father Veerasami.
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Sivaji is the loving elder step-brother of Rajinikanth and Vijaybabu. After his marriage, his wife (Vadivukkarasi) sends his brothers out when he goes to Chennai. Rajni, the older of the two, toils and becomes a taxi driver to educate and treat his brother. But his brother strays and gets mixed up with some wrong-doers. He marries a girl (Ramya Krishnan) from a rich family. The girl's uncle (Jaishankar), is a smuggler who sells drugs using his brother's lorries, kills him and puts the blame on Rajni. Sivaji, the presiding judge, realises that its his long-lost brother and returns as a lawyer to save him.
Music was scored by Ilaiyaraaja.