Needhikku Thalaivanangu
Needhikku Thalaivanangu is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Neelakantan, starring M. G. Ramachandran and Latha. It is a remake of the Telugu film Neramu Siksha. The film was released on 18 March 1976 and became a box office success.
Plot
Vijay, who lives with his uber rich parents with a pampering mother and a disappointed father, leaves home one day as his father insults him after he finds out that he, through accident during his passion for racing, has caused the death of one and blinding of another poor man. With his conscience pricking, he flees his home, to right the wrongs before surrendering for his mistakes in front of the law unaware that his mother has already found Gopal to take the blame in return for money for his sister's marriage.He comes across a girl, Nirmala and saves her from rapists whom he adopts as his sister unaware that she is Gopal's sister, and begins work on improving her life. Desperate to find a job, he joins as waiter to Vajravel and his daughter Vimala. Meanwhile, Sathiyamoorthy, Vijay's friend who really caused the accident and blamed it on Vijay, joins Vajravel and tries to impress Vimala. He also gets money from Vijay's mother telling her he knows where Vijay is and Vijay needs money. Vijay and Vimala fall in love but Vijay is quits the job for fear of exposure to his father.
On the other side, the family ruined by the accident has a widow, Seetha, her son and her blind brother-in-law Chinnaiya whose only motive is revenge. Vijay spends most of his earnings to help this family while the other half to support his new sister. He also plans to get Chinnaiya married to Nirmala which progress slowly. Vijay's relationship with Seetha is mischaracterised by society forcing him to don the getup of crazy beggar to help them which he uses to thrash those who mischaracterised the relationship with impunity. With Vijay's help Chinnaiya gets his vision thanks to money earned by Vijay in bike race and takes the sickle to kill Gopal who tells him that it was Vijay who did it. When looking for Vijay, they all realise that Vijay was the butler who Vimala is in love with, the beggar who helped them later, the man who helped them initially, the man who saved Nirmala among other things; they forgive him. He goes to the court who releases him as there cannot two punishment for single crime.