நெற்றிக்கண் (1981): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1981, நெற்றிக்கண் is a komödie and drama film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, running about 150 minutes.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. நெற்றிக்கண் stars Rajinikanth as Chakravarthy/Santhosh, Lakshmi as Meenakshi (Chakravarthy's wife), Saritha as Radha (the girl who is raped by Chakravarthy) and Menaka Suresh as Menaka (Santhosh's girlfriend), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, நெற்றிக்கண் has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In Vereinigtes Königreich you can stream it on Eros Now Amazon Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch நெற்றிக்கண் page.

If you liked it. Fans of நெற்றிக்கண் tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Das Leben ist schön and Fight Club.