Guru Sishyan (1988 film)

Guru Sishyan English Teacher, Student is a 1988 Indian Tamil action comedy film directed by SP. Muthuraman. The film stars Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Gautami Tadimalla and Seetha playing the lead roles with Radha Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy and Manorama playing supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The films cinematography was handled by T. S. Vinayagam and editing were handled by R. Vittal and C. Lancy.

Guru Rajinikanth and Babu Prabhu are two friends and petty criminals. They end up in jail and come across an innocent man Manohar Mannvaasanai Paandiyan who tells them that his sister was raped by Muthuraaj Radha Ravi and who had killed a taxi driver witness with the help of foolish corrupt police officer Nallasivam Vinu Chakravarthy and pinned the murder on Manohar. Manohar is sentenced to death row for the killing by the court. Guru and Babu believe in Manohars story and decide to find the truth and prove his innocence once they get out of jail. Guru fractures Manohars hand so that his death sentence would be delayed, until it heals, under law. Guru and Babu get released from prison and set in motion an elaborate plan to find out the real killers. Along the way, Guru, who believed that his parents were murdered, finds out that they are in fact being held captive by Muthurajs brother Rajamanickam Ravichandran who is trying to find the map to a treasure. The location of the map is know only to Gurus father who is suffering from memory loss and is tortured to make him remember it. Babu finds out that his parents were murdered by Rajamanickam Ravichandran. Guru and Babu help them find the treasure to free Gurus parents and Guru finds out that Manohar is his own brother. The ensuing fight at the treasure location, ends up with Muthuraj and his brother arrested by the police after Guru and Babu beat them up and the treasure cave collapses after Guru, Babu and Gurus family escape from it. Babu marries Muthurajs niece Chitra Seetha while Guru marries Nallasivams daughter Geetha Gautami Tadimalla and they live happily ever after.Guru Sishyan was S. P. Muthuramans 20th collaboration with Rajinikanth. The film was a remake of Hindi film Insaf Ki Pukar. This was the first film where Rajini and Prabhu appeared and together they went on to collaborate in Dharmathin Thalaivan 1988, Mannan 1992 and Chandramukhi 2005. The film marked the debut of Gauthami in Tamil films.

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