Manithan

Manithan is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth, Rupini and Raghuvaran, with Senthil, Delhi Ganesh and Srividya. It was released 21 October 1987, and emerged a silver jubilee hit. Plot The story revolves around Raja, who grows up in juvenile detention due to hitting his teacher by a table weight for falsely calling him a thief due to the only reason he was born on a No Moon Day. He was born to a superstitious father who believes that a person born on a No Moon Day will surely turn criminal. When his imprisonment years are over, he joins the People Welfare Organisation in a local community and helps the needy people. In due course, he gets enemies due to his good deeds. The rest of the story forms on how Raja succeeds over his enemies and disproves the false claims on him and the superstitions and prejudice that surrounded him. Cast Rajinikanth as Raja Rupini as Ruba Raghuvaran as Kumaravelu Srividya as Lakshmi Jai Ganesh as Inspector Sridhar Madhuri as Indra Vinu Chakravarthy as Rathnavelu Cho Ramaswamy as Ponnambalam Senthil as Arivu G. Srinivasan as Chinnaya Delhi Ganesh as Marimuthu