Rickshaw Driver
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| Directed by | M. Krishnan Nair |
| Produced by | R. M. Veerappan |
| Written by | R. K. Shanmugam (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | R. M. Veerappan |
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R. M. Veerappan S. Jagadeesan Radha Veerannan |
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| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
| Cinematography | V. Ramamoorthy |
| Edited by | C. P. Jambulingam |
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| Distributed by | Sathya Movies |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamiil |
Rickshawkaran (English: The Rickshaw Driver) is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language vigilante film directed by M. Krishnan Nair and produced by R. M. Veerappan. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and Manjula in the lead roles. It was a major commercial success and won Ramachandran the National Film Award for Best Actor. It was remade in Hindi as Rickshawala (1972), however the remake was a failure. A digitally restored version of Rickshawkaran is scheduled to be released on 17 January, 2017.
In the early 1970s, at the end of a rickshaw competition the winner, Selvam (MGR), an ex-military officer, witnesses a murder, that of another driver of rickshaw named Manickam. With his girl Soussi in the arms, this one was chased, killed and burned on the spot by a notable of the region, merciless Kaïlasam (S. A. Ashokan). The latter imagines above the laws for a very good reason, he is defended by effective Dharmaradj (Major Sundarrajan) who is also his brother-in-law. Dharmaraj knows perfectly the weaknesses of the judicial system and does not hesitate to exploit them in defiance of the morality. Meanwhile, Selvam got back the orphan girl Soussi and wants now that justice is returned for the girl and his deceased father. But nice Selvam is very far from suspecting that behind this murder hides in fact a vast network, specialized trafficking in persons, especially women led by vile Kaïlasam. Noticing that the justice is ineffective, Selvam decides to tidy up there in his own way.
In 1968, the Puja was held with the heroine for the film not being finalised at that time and Pandari Bai playing the role of M. G. Ramachandran's sister, Parvathi. After the completion of the first schedule of the principal photography, the film's shooting was delayed due to conflict of views on the selection of the heroine. In 1969, Kasilingam and Pandari Bai were replaced with M. Krishnan Nair and Padmini respectively. Regarding the female lead, Ramachandran wanted Jayalalithaa for the role while R. M. Veerappan, the film's producer, wanted to include a newcomer to break the proximity between Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. The result went in Veerappan's favour and Manjula Vijayakumar was cast as Uma. Ramachandran disliked the song "Azhagiya Tamil Magal" and requested Veerappan to remove it, but after Veerappan convinced him, the song was retained.
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