Panakkaran (1990)
பணக்காரன்
The illegitimate son of a rich man and a singer is raised by a poor drunkard. Before he can commit to the girl he loves, he wants to find out who his parents really are. Will the drunkard help him?
Casting
- Rajinikanth — Muthu
- Gautami Tadimalla — Latha
- Vijayakumar — Vishwanath
- Charan Raj — Shankar
- Radha Ravi — Rao Bahathur
- Janagaraj — Sabapathy
- V. Thamilazhagan
- Sumithra — Bhuvaneswari
- Sathyapriya — Pushpa
- Devisri — Lakshmi
- Baby Diya
- Senthamarai — Aarumugam
Interesting facts
Panakkaran is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by P. Vasu. A remake of the Hindi film Lawaaris (1981), it stars Rajinikanth and Gautami. The film was released on 14 January 1990, Pongal day, and ran for more than 175 days in theatres.
Production
To celebrate the silver jubilee of the production company Sathya Movies, R. M. Veerappan decided to remake the Hindi film Laawaris with Rajinikanth and chose P. Vasu as the director. Vasu made changes to the screenplay for Tamil version by eliminating unnecessary characters from the original. The film marked the first of several collaborations between Rajinikanth and Vasu. While filming the song "Nooru Varusham", Rajinikanth dressed in drag.
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