Pagadai Panirendu

Pagadai Panirendu is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language martial arts film directed by Dhamodharan N., starring Kamal Haasan, Sripriya and Y. G. Mahendran. Kanchana plays a guest role. The film was released on 14 November 1982.

Plot
The film is the story of Anand, a journalist and a martial arts expert. Anand is in love with Sripriya. He gets a microfilm showing the wrongdoings of underworld king Sudarsan. Now the gang is after Anand for the microfilm. Sudarsan's gang member Sathyapriya befriends Anand to get the microfilm, but fails. Meanwhile, Anand's love Sripriya leaves her house as her father, and Major Sundarrajan is against their affair. Sripriya gets threatened by Sudarsan's gang for the microfilm. Anand's friend Y. G. Mahendran also gets trapped by the underworld gang to retrieve the microfilm. Anand had to fight against his martial arts master too, who is an aide of Sudarsan. Finally, Anand succeeds in eliminating the entire gang, saving the microfilm.

Cast

 * Kamal Haasan – Anand
 * Sripriya – Anand's lover Usha
 * Kanchana – Anand's mother
 * R. N. Sudarshan – Dais
 * Major Sundarrajan – Usha's father
 * Y. G. Mahendran – Vishnu
 * Sathyapriya – Renuka
 * Sathyaraj – henchman
 * T. K. S. Natarajan

Soundtrack
The music was composed by K. Chakravarthy and lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Vaali.

Reception
Thiraignani of Kalki felt Kamal Haasan was only wasting time fighting kung-fu throughout the film but praised the acting of Sripriya but felt other actors were wasted. He however praised Lakshman Gore's cinematography and Kiruba Shankar's stunt choreography and concluded this film is okay for those who love Kamal and action.