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Cast
Rajinikanth
as Chakravarthy/Santhosh
Lakshmi
as Meenakshi (Chakravarthy's wife)
Saritha
as Radha (the girl who is raped by Chakravarthy)
Menaka Suresh
as Menaka (Santhosh's girlfriend)
Vijayashanti
as Sangeetha (Chakravarthy's daughter/Santhosh's sister)
Sarath Babu
as Yuvaraj (Guest appearance)
Thengai Srinivasan
as (Guest appearance)
Goundamani
as Singaram (Chakravarthy's driver)
Visu
as Cast
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1981
Runtime2h 30m
LanguageTamil
CertificationNR
GenresComedy, Drama
Votes9
DirectorS. P. Muthuraman
WritersK. Balachander, Visu
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.1 out of 10
Cast9 credited
Also Known AsNetrikan
About Netrikan
The story revolves around Chakravarthy (Older Rajini) who is a successful textile businessman in Coimbatore. He is a great womaniser (perhaps his only weakness) and picks up any women he wants. He has wife Meenakshi (Lakshmi), his son Santosh (also Rajini) and his daughter Sangeetha (Vijayashanthi). It doesn't take long for Santosh to find his father's provocative behavior and tries to mend his father's ways. Radha (Saritha) gets introduced as a candidate for PRO (Public Relations Officer) interview and eventually gets selected and is sent to Hong Kong for training. Chakravarthy unable to tolerate his son's growing menace also sets off to Hong Kong for a vacation. Here he meets Radha and at one point ends up raping her. Chakravarthy flies back to India where he is met with a number of changes which all points out to the new General Manager.
Directed by S. P. Muthuraman, Netrikan leans on a strong ensemble — Rajinikanth, Lakshmi, Saritha — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1981.
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