Padikkadavan (2009 film)

For the 1985 Tamil movie of the same name, see Padikkadavan (1985 film)

Padikkadavan
Directed by Suraj
Produced by Bharathi Reddy
Written by Suraj
Starring Dhanush
Tamannaah
Vivek
Atul Kulkarni
Music by Mani Sharma
Cinematography A. Venkatesh
Edited by Manoj
Production
company
Distributed by Sun Pictures
Release date
  • 14 January 2009 (2009-01-14)
Running time
 160 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
Box office

₹50

crore

Padikkadavan (English: Uneducated Man) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Suraj. It stars Dhanush, Tamannaah, Vivek, Sayaji Shinde, Pratap Pothan, Suman and Atul Kulkarni in the lead roles[1] and features a huge supporting cast in small pivotal and cameo roles. The film released on 14 January 2009 during Pongal receiving huge positive Response.[2][2] The film was successful grossing ₹17 crore in Tamil Nadu and established Dhanush as one of top five saleable heroes of Tamil cinema then.[3] Later the film was dubbed in Hindi as Meri Taqat Mera Faisla 2. Filming began in March 2008 and was released in Pongal 2009.

Plot

Radhakrishnan alias Rocky (Dhanush) is a 10th grade dropout youngster who is looked down upon by his father Ramakrishnan (Pratap Pothen) 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 colleagues (Mayilsamy, Nellai Siva, and others).

Rocky's friends advise him to love and marry a well-educated girl so that his name will be added with her name after marriage (i.e. indirectly he gets a degree after his name). So, hearnestly he earnestly looks around by hovering around women's colleges to find a perfect girl for his mission. He finally succeeds in his attempt and makes Gayathri (Tamannaah), a well-educated rich girl, fall in love with him.

He starts to honestly love her and takes her for shopping to a mall where she is confronted by a group of rogues who work for Rami Reddy (Sayaji Shinde), who is a rival of her father Samarasimha Reddy (Suman), a notorious don in Andhra who protects his daughter by destroying the gang and taking her back to Andhra Pradesh from Tamil Nadu. Rocky goes to thug-for-hire Assault Arumugam (Vivek) to help him marry Gayathri.

Rocky saves Gayathri from Rami Reddy and follows her home, where he realizes that another Thirunelveli rowdy Kasi Anandan (Atul Kulkarni), whose brother (Sashikumar) he accidentally kills in a flashback, 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 after smashing Kasi while his gang appreciates him by clapping.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of fives songs composed by Mani Sharma. The song "Raanki Rangamma" has become one of the greatest dance song ever composed and a Mega hit on the charts with rave reviews on its music and picturisation.

No.SongSingersLength (min:sec)LyricsNotes
1"Hey Vetri Velaa"Ranjith, Naveen Madhav4:50Pa. Vijay
2"Hey Rosu Rosu"Ranjith, Jaey5:00Thabu Shankarfrom Athidhi
3"Raanki Rangamma"Malathy Lakshman, Udit Narayan4:47Pa. Vijayfrom Choodalani Vundi song : "Ramma Chilakamma"
4"Kadavulum Kadhalum"Karthik, Harini5:17Snehanfrom Yuvatha
5"Appa Amma Vilayattu"Ranjith, Saindhavi4:44Snehanfrom Adavi Ramudu

References

  1. ↑ Dhanush pairs with Tamannaah! - Sify.com
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Padikkathavan grossed 17 crore in Tamil Nadu
  4. ↑ ".Padikkathavan - Hey Vetri Velaa Video Dhanush, Manisarma". Youtube. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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