Neethibathi
Neethibathi (lit. 'Judge') is a 1983 Indian Tamil film, directed by Krishnamoorthy and produced by Suresh Balaji. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Prabhu and V. K. Ramasamy in lead roles. The film had musical score by Gangai Amaran. The film was a remake of Telugu film Justice Chowdary.[2]
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Directed by | R. Krishnamoorthy |
Produced by | Suresh Balaji |
Story by | Satyanand |
Music by | Gangai Amaran |
Production company | Suresh Arts |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
Rajasekar is a talented prosecutor with a loving wife Radha (K. R. Vijaya), police inspector son Shankar (Natarajan Ramji) and mute daughter Geetha (Menaka). Sattanathan (V. K. Ramasamy) is a defense attorney and a bitter professional rival to Rajasekar. He offers advice and guidance to Kalidas (R. N. Sudarshan), the leader of diamond smuggling gang. Rajasekar earlier successfully argued for Ranjith (R. N. Sudarshan) to be hanged for his crimes. Kalidas has his own ax to grind with Rajasekar as Ranjith was his twin brother. Rajasekar is appointed as a judge bypassing Sattanathan. As judge, he sentences Kalidas' other brother Jagan to life inprisonment. This propels Sattanathan and Kalidas to plan to bring Rajasekar down.
Thyagu (Prabhu) is a mechanic and car racer that is determined to build a large house for his imprisoned mother Janaki (Sujatha). Janaki was a single mother that took the blame for a murder Thyagu committed as a child trying to protect her. Thyagu begins to work for Kalidas driving getaway vehicles. He also falls in love with Devi (Raadhika), Sattanathan's daughter. When Devi learns of Thyagu's work, she convinces him to turn a new leaf and give up crime. Just as he's ready to walk away from crime, he learns that his father and the man he believes abandoned Janaki is Rajasekar. Enraged, he teams up with Kalidas and Sattanathan to destroy Rajasekar. They conspire to make Geetha's husband abandon her and have Shankar arrested on false charges. Janaki is released from prison and Rajasekar also learns the truth about those conspiring against him. He must now uncover some deeply buried truths about his family and outsmart those against him.
Cast
- Sivaji Ganesan as Justice Rajasekar
- K. R. Vijaya as Radha
- Sujatha as Janaki
- V. K. Ramasamy as Lawyer Sattanathan
- Manorama as Arogyamary a. k. a Lucy
- Raadhika as Devi
- Prabhu as Thyagu
- R. N. Sudarshan as Kalidas and Ranjith
- Menaka as Geetha
- Sathyakala as Uma
- Vijayakumar as Ramesh (Guest Role)
- Ceylon Manohar as Mano
- Y. G. Mahendra as Anthony
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Boopathy
- Poornam Viswanathan as Radha's father
- Natarajan Ramji as Raja's Son
- Silk Smitha dancer in the Muthedukkum Aasaiyile song
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran.[3]
- Pasamalare - TMS, P.Susheela
- Muthedukkum Aasaiyile- SPB, S. Janaki
- Thanthai Naan - TMS
- Police Namakku - Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam
- Oru Devathai - SPB, Vani Jairam
References
- https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/15882-sivaji-jan-26-2.html
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/neethipathi-1982-tamil-bollywood-vinyl-lp-3