Dharmathin Thalaivan

After the death of his kind-hearted brother Balu, Raju vows to change his ways and moves to Bangalore with Balus love interest Sumathi, where they encounter Shankar, who looks exactly like Balu, leading to a series of events that ultimately result in Shankar and Sumathi getting married and Raju marrying Devi. Dharmathin Thalaivan is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language Action Drama movie starring Rajinikanth, Khushbu, Kushboo, Nasser, Prabhu Ganesan and Suhasini Maniratnam. The movie is inspired from Kasme Vaade by Mirza Brothers. Dhandayuthapani Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) C. Dhandayuthapani. Dharmathin Thalaivan is written by Panchu Arunachalam and directed by S.p. Muthuraman and S. P. Muthuraman. Viswadarshan Distributors acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Dharmathin Thalaivan was released on 24th September 1988 and takes a screen time of 150 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Panchu Arunachalam. Cinematography was done by T.S. Vinayagam and editing by R. Vittal and S.B. Mohan. The music was composed by National Award winner Ilaiyaraaja.