Padikkadavan (1985 film)

Padikkadavan
Poster
Directed by	Rajasekhar
Produced by	N. Veeraswamy V. Ravichandran
Written by	Rajasekhar
Story by	Kader Khan
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Rajinikanth Ambika
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	V. Ranga S. V. Srikanth
Edited by	R. Vittal S. B. Mohan
Production company	Sri Eswari Productions
Distributed by	Sri Eswari Productions
Release date	11 November 1985
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹2.96 crore

Padikkadavan (Tamil: படிக்காதவன்; English: Uneducated Man) is a 1985 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. All three of them finally join together after certain conviction regarding a death.The film was produced by noted Kannada actor Ravichandran along with his father Veerasami. The film was a huge blockbuster and had a run for more than 200 days breaking the box office records in many distribution territories for Tamil films. This film is considered as one of the biggest hits for Rajnikanth during the 1980s and increased his fan base among all classes of audience. The movie is remake of Khud-Daar.

Rajasekhar (Sivaji Ganesan) is the loving elder stepbrother of Rajendran (Rajinikanth) and Ramu (Vijaybabu). After his marriage, his wife (Vadivukkarasi) sends his brothers out when he goes to Chennai. Rajendran, the older of the two, toils and becomes a taxi driver to educate and bring up his brother, but his brother strays and gets mixed up with some wrong-doers. He marries a girl Manju (Ramya Krishnan) from a rich family. The girl's uncle (Jaishankar), is a smuggler who sells drugs using his older brother's lorries. Jaishankar later kills his brother and puts the blame on Rajendran. Rajasekhar, the presiding judge, realizes that Rajendran is his long-lost brother and returns as a lawyer to save him.

The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.