Pattakkathi Bhairavan () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by V. B. Rajendra Prasad, starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jai Ganesh, Sridevi and Jayasudha. It is a remake of the 1978 Telugu film Katakataala Rudrayya. The film was released on 19 October 1979.
Plot
Pattakkathi Bhairavan is a notorious criminal sought by the police for several murders which he commits using his customary pattakkathi (gauntlet-sword). When in jail, he encounters his adopted father and after an escapade he murders his boss Dharmalingam, who had ruined his adopted family. He also reunites with his step-sister Deepa and camouflages himself as Karnan, a rich businessman to deceive the Police. Deepa's close friend Roopa is Bhairavan's romantic interest, but in a twist, Deepa herself is in love with police officer Arjunan, who is actually on a mission to find and eliminate the elusive Pattakkathi Bhairavan. Bhairavan approaches Arjunan quite convincingly masquerading as businessman Karnan, but Arjunan's mother Malathi realises Bhairavan/Karnan is none other than her own first son whom she had borne out of wedlock, but struggles to tell him the truth, since he professes a profound hatred for his unknown mother, who he believes had dumped him in a garbage bin as a baby. How the events unfold form the rest of the story.
Cast
Sivaji Ganesan as Bhairavan/Karnan
Jayasudha as Roopa
Sridevi as Deepa
Sowcar Janaki as Malathi
Jai Ganesh as Arjunan
R. S. Manohar as Dharmalingam
Thengai Srinivasan
Major Sundarrajan
A. R. Srinivasan
Pushpalatha
Poornam Viswanathan
Usilai Mani
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Kannadasan.
Reception
Kausikan of Kalki felt the pattakkathi (gauntlet-sword) failed to shine.