Athiradi Padai

Athiradi Padai in Tamil / Samaram in Telugu () is a 1994 bilingual action film directed by R. K. Selvamani. The film features Rahman and Roja in lead roles whilst Suman, Lakshmi, Vijayakumar and Silk Smitha play supporting roles.

Plot
The film is loosely based on acid attack on Chandralekha IAS.

IAS officer chitra (Lakshmi) refuses to clear public land at low price to Adhiseshan (Puneet Issar). Adiseshan gave 30 crores to CM Ramachandra Moorthy (Kota srinivasa Rao/Vinu Chakravarthy) Adiseshan tries to halt investigation by throwing acid on chitra's face, sending goons to attack her daughter bharathi (Roja), giving sedated chocolate to chitra's younger daughter and humiliating her in public. When the IAS officer refuse to back down, Adiseshan kills her by hanging and make it look like suicide.

Bharathi (Roja) receives a courier containing evidences of Adiseshan and politicians scam. She plans to expose this to public through press meet. But another politician (Mansoor Ali Khan) who promised to help her betrays and her younger sister is raped and killed by Adiseshan. She kills Mansoor Ali Khan in rage and sentenced to prison. She also finds her father (Vijayakumar) is in prison on false case.

In prison, she suffers unnecessary torture at hands of police and finally she joins rahman's gang and uncovers the truth. Finally she kills Adiseshan (Puneet Issar).

Cast
Rahman
Suman
Roja as Bharathi
Vinu Chakravarthy / Kota Srinivasa Rao
Vijayakumar as Roja's father
Silk Smitha
Puneet Issar as Adiseshan
Lakshmi as Chitralekha IAS

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Tamil

Telugu

Reception
Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote that film "has more of imagination gone astray and less of reality" and "unlike the smooth transition from scene to scene in his earlier films, here the narration is jerky".

References

External links

Category:1994 films
Category:Indian films
Category:Indian action films
Category:Indian films about revenge
Category:Indian multilingual films
Category:Tamil film scores by Ilaiyaraaja
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:1990s multilingual films
Category:1990s action films