{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Needhi Pizhaithathu | image = Needhi Pizhaithathu.jpg | caption = Title card | director = [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]an | writer = Pulavar Muthubharathi (dialogues) | story = K. P. Kottarakkara | producer = K. P. Ganesh | starring = [[Vijayakanth]]<br />[[Mucherla Aruna]]<br />[[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] | cinematography = D. D. Prasad | editing = K. Sankunni | music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]] | studio = Sharada Arts | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1981|11|28|ref1=}} | runtime = 116 minutes | country = India | language = Tamil }}
'''''Needhi Pizhaithathu''''' ({{translation|Justice has prevailed}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action drama film]] directed by [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]an, starring [[Vijayakanth]], [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] and [[Mucherla Aruna]]. It was released on 28 November 1981.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 December 2002 |title=நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல் |url=https://ibb.co/cTSgjhM |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202064212/https://ibb.co/cTSgjhM |archive-date=2 February 2024 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=[[Cinema Express]] |pages=41–43 |language=Ta}}</ref>
== Plot == {{No plot|date=October 2022}}
== Cast == *[[Vijayakanth]] as Vijay *[[Mucherla Aruna]] as Sheela *[[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] as Shankar *Uma as Geetha *[[Silk Smitha]] as Mala *[[S. S. Chandran]] as Rama Rao [[Chettiar]] *[[Kalaranjini]] as Usha *[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]]
== Production == After the success of ''[[Sattam Oru Iruttarai]]'' (1981), director S. A. Chandrasekhar and actor Vijayakanth reunited for ''Needhi Pizhaithathu'' the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 July 2021 |title=ஐந்து படங்கள் தொடர் தோல்வி... விஜயகாந்த் வாழ்க்கையில் திருப்புமுனை ஏற்படுத்திய எஸ்.ஏ.சி ! |url=https://www.nakkheeran.in/cinema/cinema-news/writer-sura-about-actor-vijaykanth-and-director-sa-chandrasekhar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221104035906/https://www.nakkheeran.in/cinema/cinema-news/writer-sura-about-actor-vijaykanth-and-director-sa-chandrasekhar |archive-date=4 November 2022 |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=[[Nakkheeran]] |language=ta}}</ref>
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neethi Pizhaithathu |url=https://avdigital.in/products/neethi-pizhaithathu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026043706/https://avdigital.in/products/neethi-pizhaithathu |archive-date=26 October 2021 |access-date=8 June 2022 |website=AVDigital}}</ref> {{Track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Edhuvarai Inbam | note1 = | lyrics1 = [[Pulamaipithan]] | music1 = | extra1 = [[P. Jayachandran]], [[S. Janaki]] | length1 = | title2 = Chikkichikka Chikkichikka | note2 = | lyrics2 = Poonguyilan | music2 = | extra2 = [[Vani Jairam]] | length2 = | title3 = Vanakkam Vanakkam | note3 = | lyrics3 = Pulamaipithan | music3 = | extra3 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] | length3 = | title4 = Dham Dham Naanorudham | note4 = | lyrics4 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] | music4 = | extra4 = S. Janaki | length4 = }}
== Reception == Sindhu Jeeva of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' panned the film for its plot, music, dialogues and illogical sequences.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=சிந்து |last2=ஜீவா |date=13 December 1981 |title=நீதி பிழைத்தது |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1981-12-13/page/n47/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230224115643/https://archive.org/details/kalki1981-12-13/page/n47/mode/2up |archive-date=24 February 2023 |access-date=24 February 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=47 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title}} {{S. A. Chandrasekhar}}
[[Category:1980 films]] [[Category:1981 Indian films]] [[Category:1981 Tamil-language films]] [[Category:1981 action drama films]] [[Category:1981 films]] [[Category:Films directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar]] [[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by S. A. Chandrasekhar]] [[Category:Indian action drama films]] [[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]