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Polladhavan is a film of genre Thriller directed by Muktha Srinivasan with Rajinikanth
Polladhavan (1980)
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Add to a movie listPolladhavan (Tamil: பொல்லாதவன்; English: Ruthless Man) is a 1980 Tamil film directed by Muktha V. Srinivasan which stars Rajinikanth, Lakshmi and Sri Priya in the lead roles.It was a remake of 1976 Kannada movie Premada Kanike. It was also dubbed in Hindi as Dushmanon ka Dushman (Hindi: दुश्मनों का दुश्मन; meaning Enemy of the Enemies).
Synopsis
Lakshmi is traveling with her nephew to an estate to attend her job interview as a nanny to the estate merchants daughter. There is a suspicious looking man seated in front of her, at a point in the journey he tries to rape her but suddenly he is shot dead. Lakshmi sees the murderer (Rajinikanth) and clearly remembers his face and reports the murder to the police (Delhi Ganesh). Then she is appointed for the nanny position and she and the merchants daughter grow fond of each other.Actors
Rajinikanth
(Manohar)
Lakshmi Narayan
(the newly appointed Nanny)
Sripriya
(Kumudha)
Suruli Rajan
(Manohar's manager)
Delhi Ganesh
(Police Inspector Moorthy)
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