Pandiya Naadu

Pandiya Naadu
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Suseenthiran
Produced by	Vishal
Written by	Suseenthiran Bhaskar Sakthi (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Suseenthiran
Story by	Suseenthiran
Starring	Vishal Bharathiraja Lakshmi Menon
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	R. Madhi
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	Vishal Film Factory
Distributed by	Vendhar Movies
Release date	2 November 2013 (2013-11-02)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹10 crore (US$1.5 million)

Pandiya Naadu (English: Land of the Pandyans) is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama-thriller film written and directed by Suseenthiran and produced by Vishal. The film features Vishal, Vikranth and Lakshmi Menon in the lead roles, while Bharathiraja and Soori play other pivotal roles. The film has music composed by D. Imman. The film received positive reviews and was successful at the box office. It was dubbed in Hindi as Shiva Ka Badla and in Telugu as Palnadu. The film is being remade in Kannada as Rudra Tandava with Chiranjeevi Sarja.

Sivakumar (Vishal), a meek person who owns a mobile sales and service center in Madurai, falls for a schoolteacher Malar (Lakshmi Menon). His father Kalyanasundaram (Bharathiraja), a retired government employee, shows much care on Sivakumar's elder brother Nagaraj (Guru Somasundaram). Meanwhile, there is a big mafia gang led by Simmakkal Ravi (Sharath Lohitashwa), who rules Madurai with an iron fist. Sethu (Vikranth), a friend of Siva, helps him woo Malar. Sethu helps his ex-lover Amudha (Krithi Shetty) escape from Ravi's chief henchman, Bharani (Harish Uthaman). Nagaraj, an honest government officer, gets into Ravi's bad books and is killed by Ravi. Siva learns that Sethu is also killed by Ravi and is infuriated. Now, the helpless father and the meek son draw up separate plans to eliminate Ravi. Kalyanasundaram hires a hit-squad to do his bidding while Sivakumar monitors Ravi's activities closely, biding his time for the right moment. The hit squad makes a failed attempt at Ravi and he in turn tracks the source down to an 'old man' (Kalyanasundaram). Just as Kalyanasundaram is about to be 'found out' in a trap set by Ravi, Sivakumar interferes and manages to secure his father out without his knowledge. Sivakumar continues to be on Ravi's heels but he too gets exposed and the story culminates with Sivakumar mustering up all his courage strength out of his survival instinct and kills all of Ravi's associates and Ravi himself. Sivakumar also manages to retrieve the cash his father had paid to the hit-squad, and this lets Kalyanasundaram know that Sivakumar was the one responsible for Ravi's death.