Pandiyan (film)
| Pandian | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | S. P. Muthuraman |
| Produced by | S. P. Muthuraman |
| Written by | Panju Arunachalam |
| Story by | Tiger Prabhakar |
| Starring |
Rajinikanth Khushboo Jayasudha Janagaraj Tiger Prabhakar Charan Raj |
| Music by |
Ilaiyaraaja Karthik Raja |
| Cinematography | T. S. Vinayagam |
| Edited by | R. Vittal |
Production company |
Visaalam Productions |
| Distributed by | Visaalam Productions |
Release date | 25 October 1992 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pandian is a 1992 action Tamil language movie directed by the Tamil director S. P. Muthuraman. It stars Rajinikanth, Kushboo, Janagaraj and Jayasudha in the lead roles. It was released on 25 October 1992 as one among Deepavali releases along with Thevar Magan.Its music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. This film was a remake of Kannada film Bombay Dada,starring Tiger Prabhakar and also directed by him. Tiger Prabhakar portrayed the antagonist in the remake. It was dubbed in Telugu as Secret Police and Hindi as Kanoon Ka Khiladi.
Plot
The film is about Pandian (Rajinikanth) who wants to avenge his sister's (Jaysudha) husband's (Charan Raj) death.He joins the murderer's gang and how he takes revenge forms the crux of "Pandian". Then the gang came to known that Pandiyan made undercover operation, Pandiyan was a police officer.The rest of the story deals with how pandiyan caught the culprit, with stylish approach of Pandiyan (Rajinikanth).
Cast
- Rajinikanth
- Khushboo
- Jayasudha
- Janagaraj
- Tiger Prabhakar
- Charan Raj
- Rocky
- Gautham Shenal
- Archana Puran Singh
Production
Rajinikanth decide to make a low-budget film with S. P. Muthuraman. Muthuraman turned producer for this film under his production banner "Visalam Productions" named after his mother. In spite of being a producer, Rajini took care of production duties of the film along with AVM Saravanan. Rajini decided to act in the film to contribute for the retirement fund of main crew members of SP Muthuraman team who were regular in most of Muthuraman's films.[1] Rajini acted in the film without taking any remuneration. Even though, the film made some money and whatever money grossed were used for the retirement fund of director Muthuraman's crew.[2] Tragedy struck before release, when Muthuraman's wife died.[3]
Soundtrack
Music is composed by Ilayaraja while Ilayaraja's son Karthik Raja composed "Pandianin Rajyathil".[4]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Adi Jumba | Mano, K. S. Chithra | Vaali | 06:00 |
| 2 | Anbe Nee Enna | Mano, K. S. Chithra | 04:41 | |
| 3 | Pandiayana Kokka Kokka | Mano | 04:56 | |
| 4 | Pandiyanin Rajiyathil | Mano, K. S. Chithra | Panju Arunachalam | 05:44 |
| 5 | Ulagathukaaga | Mano | Vaali | 04:49 |
Trivia
- This was Rajinikanth's last film with SP. Muthuraman. This is one of the few Rajini films which did not have any tracks sung by S.P. Balasubramaniam The movie was released along with Kamal's Thevar Magan, the movie went on to have an average run.
- Scene where Khushboo tricks Rajini to eat green chillies and apply onions in eyes was lifted from Amitabh Bachchan starrer Hindi film Coolie.
References
- ↑ http://cinemalead.com/visitor-column-id-the-journey-of-living-legend-rajinikanth-part-5-rajinikanth-15-09-133375.htm
- ↑ http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/12/31223412/sp-muthuraman-unit-help-rajini.html
- ↑ http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/01/01215350/Wife-death-suppressed-sorrow-P.html
- ↑ "Pandiyan Songs". raaga. Retrieved 2014-03-04.