Polladhavan (1980)

Original title

பொல்லாதவன்

Directed by

Muktha Srinivasan

Genre

rape and revenge film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 14m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy businessman commits a murder and holds his daughter's nanny captive because she witnessed the crime. The film follows the confrontation between the ruthless man and the trapped woman.

tensedarksuspensefuldramaticslow-burnseriousunsettlingintense

What happens

Polladhavan ( transl. The Ruthless Man) is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film produced by S. Ravi, directed and co-written by his father Muktha Srinivasan. A remake of the 1976 Kannada film Premada Kanike, it stars Rajinikanth, Lakshmi and Sripriya. The film revolves around a wealthy business man who holds captive in his house, his daughter's nanny, an eyewitness to a murder committed by him. The film was photographed by M. Karnan and edited V. P. Krishnan, with music by M. S. Viswanathan. Polladhavan was released on 6 November 1980, Diwali. The film became a commercial success, and was one of many films which helped Rajinikanth to carve out a niche for himself in vendetta roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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