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Pandian is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Rajinikanth, Khushbu, Janagaraj and Prabhakar. It is a remake of the 1991 Kannada film Bombay Dada which starred Prabhakar, who portrayed the antagonist of this film. The film was released on 25 October 1992 during Diwali and emerged an average success due to facing competition from other Diwali releases.

Pandian
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	S. P. Muthuraman
Screenplay by	Panchu Arunachalam
Story by	Prabhakar
Produced by	S. P. Muthuraman
Starring	Rajinikanth Khushbu Janagaraj Prabhakar
Cinematography	T. S. Vinayagam
Edited by	R. Vittal
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja Karthik Raja
Production company	Visaalam Productions
Release date	25 October 1992 (1992-10-25)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

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The film is about Pandian, who wants to avenge his brother-in-law's death. He joins the murderer's gang and seeks vengeance. Then the gang discovered that Pandian did an undercover operation, Pandian was a police officer. But Pandian captures the culprit.

Cast

• Rajinikanth as Pandian I.P.S.[1]
• Khushbu as Rekha[1]
• Janagaraj as Vinayaga
• Prabhakar as Parameshwaran[1]
• Vinu Chakravarthy as Rajendran[1]
• Charan Raj as Ashok Kumar I.P.S.[1]
• Radha Ravi as Lawyer of Parameswaran
• Delhi Ganesh as Public Prosecutor
• Rocky as Philips
• Prathapachandran as Police Officer
• Natraj as Press reporter
• V. Narasimhan as Commissioner of police
• Typist Gopu as Kannaiyan
• Archana Puran Singh as Reeta[2]
• Jayasudha as Inspector Vijayalakshmi[2]

Production

Rajinikanth decide to make a low-budget film with director S. P. Muthuraman. Muthuraman produced the film under his production banner Visaalam Productions, named after his mother. Although not being a producer, Rajinikanth took care of production duties of the film along with M. Saravanan. Rajinikanth decided to act in the film to contribute for the retirement fund of main crew members of the Muthuraman team who were regulars in most of the latter's films.[3] The film title was initially titled Nanban (transl. Friend) before being retitled to Pandian.[4][2] It was Muthuraman's penultimate film as director,[5] and remade from the 1991 Kannada film Bombay Dada. Prabhakar, who acted as that film's protagonist, portrayed a different role in Pandian, the antagonist.[1][6] Rajinikanth acted in the film without taking any remuneration.[3] This would be the last film in Rajinikanth portrayed a police officer until the release of Darbar (2020).[7]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja,[8] while his son Karthik Raja composed "Pandianin Rajyathil", his first song.[2]

Release and reception

Pandiyan was released on 25 October 1992, Diwali day.[9][10] Though Muthuraman's wife died 10 days before, he refused the crew's suggestion to postpone the release.[11] The film opened up against other Diwali releases such as Thevar Magan, Senthamizh Paattu, Thirumathi Palanisamy and Rasukutty.[4] The Indian Express called it "a typical Rajini film; a mishmash of all ingredients formulated to please his fans".[1] New Straits Times wrote "This 135-minute movie is only for hard-core Rajini fans".[2] Due to facing competition from Thevar Magan, Pandiyan emerged an average success.[12] Even though it made some money, whatever money grossed were used for the retirement fund of Muthuraman's crew.[3]

References

External links

• Pandian at IMDb

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