Thee (film)
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Thee is a 1981 Tamil
film directed R. Krishnamurthy. Rajnikanth
plays the lead role and Suman
plays the role of his brother. It is a remake of the classic Hindi film Deewar starring Amitabh Bachchan
and Shashi Kapoor
and directed by Yash Chopra
.
) and children to face the wrath of angry mill workers. His elder son Rajasekhar a.k.a Raja (Rajnikanth
) is badly affected by a (then) Mason (R. S. Manohar
). The hard childhood, drops him out of school and becomes an atheist and grows up to be a low level labourer at the harbor. He later joins with violent mafia don Jagdish (K.Balaji). Meanwhile Raja becomes a star and matures into another leader in Jagdish's gang and raises himself to #2 wanted by the law. He buys an exotic bungalow, telling his family that he earned the money through business.
Meanwhile Raja meets his childhood enemy the Mason who also has grown up as another big don in the city & develops enmity towards him and waits for an opportunity to kill him. He develops a relationship with a call girl, Anita, who was forced into this business. She becomes pregnant to Raja.
The younger son Ravi (Suman
), sheltered by his brother and Mother, goes through school and college and ends up with a job in the police force with the advice from his girlfriend, Radha (Sripriya
) and her father (Major Sundarrajan
). Suman is given the responsibility by his seniors in the police department to bring down Jagdish's gang that Raja is a part of. Ravi later realizes that his own brother, Raja, is a part of the gang, on confronting this along with their mother for self confession, Raja refuses for confession which leads Ravi & their mother to get away from their Porsch house.
Though Sita is with Ravi she always loved Raja more than Ravi because she knew the difficulties that he'd undergone as a child to make up the family. Meanwhile Ravi manages to gun down many members of the gang, tries to arrest Raja, who runs away. The sentimental point of the movie is that, when Sita becomes unconscious because she being missing her elder son, Raja, he goes to the temple for the first time in his life and prays to God to make his mother alright.
When Raja comes to know that Anita (Shobha) is pregnant, he decides to marry her and asks his mother to come to the same temple at night. However, Raja's enemy don, finds Anita and kills her when she refuses to divulge where Raja is. Raja gets a clue who killed Anita from the cigar that was lying around in Anita's house and hunts him down, erasing his entire gang in the subsequent killing spree. Ravi learns of Raja's whereabouts and decides to arrest him. However, Raja is on the run towards the temple to see his mother. Ravi then shoots Raja, who dies in the lap of his Mother. Ravi receives an award for his brave act and he is accompanied by his mother who is happy as well as sad.
classic Deewar which starred Amitabh Bachchan
. Rajni wore the coolie number 786 in this movie
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
film directed R. Krishnamurthy. Rajnikanth
Rajnikanth
Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....
plays the lead role and Suman
Suman
Kabir Suman is a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter, musician, poet, journalist, politician, TV presenter, and occasional film actor...
plays the role of his brother. It is a remake of the classic Hindi film Deewar starring Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
and Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor , born Balbir-Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Calcutta , is an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He has also been film director and assistant director in Hindi Films. He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema...
and directed by Yash Chopra
Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra is an Indian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of his highly popular movies...
.
Plot
After a labour leader (AVM Rajan) is framed by a mill-owner and publicly dishonored, he leaves his wife Sita (Sowcar JanakiSowcar Janaki
Sankaramanchi Janaki , popularly known as Shaukar Janaki , is a south-Indian actress who has acted in over 385 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. She also performed on stage in over 300 shows, and performed for TANA all over the United States in 2 Telugu plays created by actor...
) and children to face the wrath of angry mill workers. His elder son Rajasekhar a.k.a Raja (Rajnikanth
Rajnikanth
Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....
) is badly affected by a (then) Mason (R. S. Manohar
R. S. Manohar
R. S. Manohar was a popular villain actor of yesteryears. He was born at Namakkal in 1925. He had acted over 200 films.-Biography:Ramasamy Subramania Manohar was born on 29 June 1925 at Namakkal as Lakshmi Narashiman to Subramania Iyer and Rajalakshmi Ammal. He got the name Manohar after playing...
). The hard childhood, drops him out of school and becomes an atheist and grows up to be a low level labourer at the harbor. He later joins with violent mafia don Jagdish (K.Balaji). Meanwhile Raja becomes a star and matures into another leader in Jagdish's gang and raises himself to #2 wanted by the law. He buys an exotic bungalow, telling his family that he earned the money through business.
Meanwhile Raja meets his childhood enemy the Mason who also has grown up as another big don in the city & develops enmity towards him and waits for an opportunity to kill him. He develops a relationship with a call girl, Anita, who was forced into this business. She becomes pregnant to Raja.
The younger son Ravi (Suman
Suman (actor)
Suman is a South Indian Telugu film actor. He played action hero and romantic hero in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films during the 1980s. After a long while away from cinema, he returned to acting in Tamil films in 2007, starring in S. Shankar's Sivaji: The Boss with Rajinikanth. He has also...
), sheltered by his brother and Mother, goes through school and college and ends up with a job in the police force with the advice from his girlfriend, Radha (Sripriya
Sripriya
Sripriya is an actress who played leading roles in the 1970s and 1980s in South India. She has acted in Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam films, but her main contribution was in Tamil films, where she has acted in over 200 films.-Personal life:...
) and her father (Major Sundarrajan
Sundarrajan (actor)
Sundarrajan , popularly known as Major Sundararajan, was an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil language films.-Biography:...
). Suman is given the responsibility by his seniors in the police department to bring down Jagdish's gang that Raja is a part of. Ravi later realizes that his own brother, Raja, is a part of the gang, on confronting this along with their mother for self confession, Raja refuses for confession which leads Ravi & their mother to get away from their Porsch house.
Though Sita is with Ravi she always loved Raja more than Ravi because she knew the difficulties that he'd undergone as a child to make up the family. Meanwhile Ravi manages to gun down many members of the gang, tries to arrest Raja, who runs away. The sentimental point of the movie is that, when Sita becomes unconscious because she being missing her elder son, Raja, he goes to the temple for the first time in his life and prays to God to make his mother alright.
When Raja comes to know that Anita (Shobha) is pregnant, he decides to marry her and asks his mother to come to the same temple at night. However, Raja's enemy don, finds Anita and kills her when she refuses to divulge where Raja is. Raja gets a clue who killed Anita from the cigar that was lying around in Anita's house and hunts him down, erasing his entire gang in the subsequent killing spree. Ravi learns of Raja's whereabouts and decides to arrest him. However, Raja is on the run towards the temple to see his mother. Ravi then shoots Raja, who dies in the lap of his Mother. Ravi receives an award for his brave act and he is accompanied by his mother who is happy as well as sad.
Cast
- RajnikanthRajnikanthRajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....
.... Rajshekhar 'Raja' - SumanSumanKabir Suman is a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter, musician, poet, journalist, politician, TV presenter, and occasional film actor...
.... Inspector Ravi - hobha)] .... Anantlakshmi 'Anita'
- SripriyaSripriyaSripriya is an actress who played leading roles in the 1970s and 1980s in South India. She has acted in Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam films, but her main contribution was in Tamil films, where she has acted in over 200 films.-Personal life:...
.... Radha - Kalyan KumarKalyan KumarKalyan Kumar was a Kannada film actor. During 60s and 70s there were three prominent Kannada Film actors and among them Kalyan Kumar was one; the others being Rajkumar and Udayakumar. He was the protagonist in the first ever full length Kannada film in colour. Kalyan Kumar along with Udaykumar,...
.... Sita's Husband - Sowcar JanakiSowcar JanakiSankaramanchi Janaki , popularly known as Shaukar Janaki , is a south-Indian actress who has acted in over 385 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. She also performed on stage in over 300 shows, and performed for TANA all over the United States in 2 Telugu plays created by actor...
.... Sita - K. BalajiK. BalajiK. Balaji was a South Indian producer and actor whose work included Billa.-Early Life:Balaji was born in a prominent Tamil Brahmin family and was the grandson of a very prominent colonial era advocate T...
.... Jagdish - R. S. ManoharR. S. ManoharR. S. Manohar was a popular villain actor of yesteryears. He was born at Namakkal in 1925. He had acted over 200 films.-Biography:Ramasamy Subramania Manohar was born on 29 June 1925 at Namakkal as Lakshmi Narashiman to Subramania Iyer and Rajalakshmi Ammal. He got the name Manohar after playing...
.... Madan - Major SundarrajanSundarrajan (actor)Sundarrajan , popularly known as Major Sundararajan, was an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil language films.-Biography:...
.... Radha’s Father
Trivia
This a remake of the Yash ChopraYash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra is an Indian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of his highly popular movies...
classic Deewar which starred Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
. Rajni wore the coolie number 786 in this movie