Panakkaran

Panakkaran
Poster
Directed by	P. Vasu
Produced by	G. Thiyagarajan V. Thamizhzhagan
Written by	P. Vasu
Screenplay by	P. Vasu
Story by	Prakash Mehra
Starring	Rajinikanth Gouthami Vijayakumar Charan Raj Radharavi Pandu Gopi Janagaraj Thiyagu Senthamarai V. Thamizhagan Sathyapriya Sumithra Devisri[1]
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	M. C. Sekar
Edited by	K. R. Krishnan
Distributed by	Sathya Movies
Release dates	14 January 1990 (1990-01-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Panakkaran is a 1990 Tamil language film starring Rajinikanth and Gouthami. This film ran for more than 200 days and was declared a hit film. It was dubbed in Telegu as Kondaveedi Puli and Hindi as Dhanwan No. 1.^[2][3] This movie is a remake of Lawaaris starring Amitabh Bachchan.

Plot

Muthu (Rajinikanth) is a poor man who works in a labour factory. He works only to give his money to his drunkard father (Senthaamarai) who tortures him for that right from his childhood. Muthu gets a chance to go to work in Vijayakumar's factory. After that, he learns that Vijayakumar is his father. How they unite forms the story.

Cast

• Rajinikanth as Muthu
• Gauthami as Sumathi
• Janagaraj
• Vijayakumar
• Radha Ravi
• Sumithra
• Sathyapriya
• Charan Raj
• Senthaamarai
• Pandu
• Thyagu

Crew

• Screenplay, Dialogue, Direction: P. Vasu
• Story: Prakash Mehra
• Producers: Thyagarajan, Thamizhagan
• Music: Ilayaraja
• Lyrics: Vaali, Pulamaipithan, Piraisoodan
• Cinematographer: M. C. Sekar
• Editor: K. R. Krishnan
• Art: Mohan, Rajendran

Production

The film marked the first time collaboration of Rajinikanth and P. Vasu. The success of the film prompted further collaborations between the pair. The pair went on to do Mannan (1992), Uzhaippali (1993), Chandramukhi (2005) and Kuselan (2008).^[4][5]

Soundtrack

All Music composed by Ilayaraja. There are a Total of Seven Tracks for this Film.

References

External links

• Panakkaran at the Internet Movie Database