Manithan (2016 film)

Manithan
Directed by	I. Ahmed
Produced by	Udhayanidhi Stalin
Written by	Ajayan Bala (Dialogue) I. Ahmed (Additional Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Original Screenplay: Subhash Kapoor Adapted Screenplay: I. Ahmed (uncredited)
Story by	Subhash Kapoor
Based on	Jolly LLB by Subhash Kapoor
Starring	Udhayanidhi Stalin Hansika Motwani Aishwarya Rajesh Radha Ravi Prakash Raj Vivek
Music by	Santhosh Narayanan
Cinematography	R. Madhi
Edited by	J. V. Manikanda Balaji
Production company	Red Giant Movies
Distributed by	Fox Star Studios
Release date	29 April 2016
Running time	149 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Manithan (English: Man) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film directed by I. Ahmed. The film features an ensemble cast, including Udhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Radha Ravi, Prakash Raj, and Vivek. Aishwarya Rajesh, Krishna Kumar, and Suraj play supporting roles. Based on Subhash Kapoor's Hindi film Jolly LLB (2013), which itself being loosely based on the 1999 Delhi hit-and-run case, the story—which revolves around a junior lawyer who, after a period of struggle and ridicule among colleagues, fights a case against a powerful supreme court lawyer—was slightly altered from a comedy-drama genre in the original to a drama-thriller theme. Manithan was released on 29 April 2016 to positive reviews.

The film begins with a drunk Rahul Dewan, racing in a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado against an Audi, after he is seduced by a woman in the passenger seat. He loses control and crashes into a wall on the footpath by the road. The film cuts to a court scene where Sakthivel aka Sakthi (Udhayanidhi Stalin), an LLB (law-degree) graduate defending a surgeon against a Public interest litigation (PIL) filed against him after the surgeon had his son operate upon a pregnant woman in his pursuit of Guinness Book of World Records. Sakthi loses the case but decides to move to the capital Chennai to try his luck. He happens to see prominent criminal lawyer Adhiseshan (Prakash Raj) defending Rahul in a sessions court. Rahul is accused of causing death under the influence of alcohol. Adhiseshan convinces the judge that prosecution had no evidence to implicate Rahul and he was being deliberately targeted by the media as he was from a rich family, resulting in Rahul's acquittal.