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Guru Sishyan is a film of genre Comedy directed by SP. Muthuraman with Rajinikanth
Guru Sishyan (1988)
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Add to a movie listGuru Sishyan (English: Teacher, Student) is a 1988 Indian Tamil action comedy film directed by SP. Muthuraman. The film stars Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Gautami Tadimalla and Seetha playing the lead roles with Radha Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy and Manorama playing supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film's cinematography was handled by T. S. Vinayagam and editing were handled by R. Vittal and C. Lancy.
The film revolves around Guru and Babu, two crooks who gets released from jail decides to find out the truth in order to save an innocent prisoner who is accused of murdering a taxi driver. In the process, Guru and Babu discovers the secrets about their childhood.
The film was produced by Meena Panchu Arunachalam under the production company P. A. Art Productions. The film was a remake of Hindi film Insaf Ki Pukar written by M. D. Sundar. The film's screenplay and dialogues were written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Zulm Ka Badsha. It was released on 13 April 1988 became a blockbuster and completed a 175-day run at the box office.
Synopsis
Guru (Rajinikanth) and Babu (Prabhu) are two friends and petty criminals. They end up in jail and come across an innocent man Manohar ('Mannvaasanai' Paandiyan) who tells them that his sister was raped by Muthuraaj (Radha Ravi) and who had killed a taxi driver (witness) with the help of foolish corrupt police officer Nallasivam (Vinu Chakravarthy) and pinned the murder on Manohar. Manohar is sentenced to death row for the killing by the court. Guru and Babu believe in Manohar's story and decide to find the truth and prove his innocence once they get out of jail. Guru fractures Manohar's hand so that his death sentence would be delayed, until it heals, under law. Guru and Babu get released from prison and set in motion an elaborate plan to find out the real killers. Along the way, Guru, who believed that his parents were murdered, finds out that they are in fact being held captive by Muthuraj's brother Rajamanickam (Ravichandran) who is trying to find the map to a treasure. The location of the map is know only to Guru's father who is suffering from memory loss and is tortured to make him remember it. Babu finds out that his parents were murdered by Rajamanickam (Ravichandran). Guru and Babu help them find the treasure to free Guru's parents and Guru finds out that Manohar is his own brother. The ensuing fight at the treasure location, ends up with Muthuraj and his brother arrested by the police after Guru and Babu beat them up and the treasure cave collapses after Guru, Babu and Guru's family escape from it. Babu marries Muthuraj's niece Chitra (Seetha) while Guru marries Nallasivam's daughter Geetha (Gautami Tadimalla) and they live happily ever after for.Actors
Rajinikanth
(Raja aka Guru)
Prabhu
(Babu aka Sishya)
Aachi Manorama
(Kalyani Nallasivam)
Radha Ravi
(Muthuraaj)
Ravichandran
(Rajamanickam)
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