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{{Infobox film
| image = Ini Oru Sudhanthiram.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Manivannan]]
| writer = Manivannan
| producer = Thirupur N. Venkatachalam
| starring = [[Sivakumar]]
| cinematography = A. Sabapathy
| editing = Gowthaman
| music = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| studio = Kalaikovil
| released = {{film date|1987|6|12|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Ini Oru Sudhanthiram''''' ({{Translation|Freedom Now}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[political drama]] film written and directed by [[Manivannan]]. The film, starring [[Sivakumar]], was released on 12 June 1987,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ini Oru Sudhanthiram (1987) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/ini-oru-sudhanthiram |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116034507/https://screen4screen.com/movies/ini-oru-sudhanthiram |archive-date=16 January 2024 |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref> and failed at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2020 |title=நட்சத்திரங்களுடன் ஒரு வண்ணத்துப்பூச்சி: 32- இயக்குநர் ராசி அழகப்பன் எழுதும் தொடர் |url=http://andhimazhai.com/news/view/rasi-azhagppan-32.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105065442/http://andhimazhai.com/news/view/rasi-azhagppan-32.html |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Andhimazhai |language=ta}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=November 2022}}
Sundaramoorthy is an Indian liberal leader. He tries to obtain his [[pension]] money, but all his attempts are futile. His daughter Kannamma gets cheated by a collector and she gives birth to a baby but the collector avoids that baby. The collector is killed by Sundaramoorthy, who is sentenced to death. How the lives of such a leader and his family changes due to circumstances, forms the crux of the story.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Sivakumar]] as Sundaramoorthy<ref name="hindutamil" />
* [[Vagai Chandrasekhar|Chandrasekhar]] as Muthukaalai<ref name="hindutamil" />
* [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]] as Pandiyan
* [[Raja (Tamil actor)|Raja]] as Raja, the collector<ref name="hindutamil" />
* [[Janagaraj]]
* [[Senthil]]
* [[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]] as Marudagam
* [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] as Kannamma<ref name="hindutamil" />
* [[Jeevitha]] as Thayamma
* [[Kovai Sarala]]
* [[Gandhimathi]]
* [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]]
* [[Vinu Chakravarthy]]
* [[Chitra Lakshmanan]]
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]]
* [[Periya Karuppu Thevar]]
* [[Sathyaraj]] as an [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer (Guest appearance)<ref name="hindutamil" />
}}

== Production ==
''Ini Oru Sudhanthiram'', directed by Manivannan,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Subha J. |date=11 May 2013 |title=Fifty and counting |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/fifty-and-counting/article4706162.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191107073619/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/fifty-and-counting/article4706162.ece |archive-date=7 November 2019 |access-date=13 November 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> was Sivakumar's 154th film as an actor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 May 2021 |title=நெஞ்சை நெகிழ வைத்த சிவாஜியின் சந்திப்பு |url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2021/05/30021701/2685994/cinima-history-sivaji.vpf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607043454/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2021/05/30021701/2685994/cinima-history-sivaji.vpf |archive-date=7 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |language=Tamil}}</ref> Raja played a character with negative shades, in contrast to the softer roles he was known for at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Srivatsan |date=6 November 2019 |title=From 'Kadalora Kavithaigal' to 'Adithya Varma': Tamil cinema's quintessential 'soft-spoken hero' Raja returns after a 20-year exile |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-raja-profilefrom-kadalora-kavithaigal-to-adithya-varma-tamil-cinemas-quintessential-soft-spoken-hero-raja-returns-after-a-20-year-exile/article29900048.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191107062826/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-raja-profile/article29900048.ece |archive-date=7 November 2019 |access-date=12 November 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=சரோஜினி |date=24 January 2018 |title=கடலோரக் கவிதைகள் 'ராஜா' எங்கே போனார்?! |url=https://www.dinamani.com/cinema/special/2018/jan/24/kadalora-kavidhaigal-raja-2850526.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105074146/https://www.dinamani.com/cinema/special/2018/jan/24/kadalora-kavidhaigal-raja-2850526.html |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=[[Dinamani]] |language=ta}}</ref> The film was launched at office premises of Kalaikovil.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-10-311|work=Anna|language=ta|access-date=14 July 2025|via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]|page=3|date=21 September 1986|title=மணிவண்ணன் படத்தில் பாரதியார் பாடல் }}</ref> It was also launched at Prasad Studios with minister Arumainayagam's wife Tamilselvi lighting the lamp.<ref>{{cite news|title=இனி ஒரு சுதந்திரம்|work=Anna|language=ta|access-date=15 July 2025|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-10-324|date=5 October 1986|page=4|via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref> The filming was held at [[Coonoor]] and [[Ooty]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 October 1986 |title=சுதந்திர போராட்ட தியாகியாக சிவக்குமார் |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-11-9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250508012321/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_11_9/4.jp2/full/1000%2C1378/0/default.jpg |archive-date=8 May 2025 |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=Anna |pages=4 |language=ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Gangai Amaran]], who also wrote the lyrics. His sons [[Venkat Prabhu]] and [[Premgi Amaren]] contributed as singers, using the names "Prabhu Gangai Amaran" and "Prem Gangai Amaran", respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ini Oru Sudhanthiram 1986 Tamil Vinyl LP |url=https://www.bollywoodvinyl.in/products/ini-oru-sudhanthiram-1986-tamil-vinyl-l-p |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107072946/https://www.bollywoodvinyl.in/products/ini-oru-sudhanthiram-1986-tamil-vinyl-l-p |archive-date=7 November 2019 |access-date=12 July 2021 |website=Bollywoodvinyl.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Vishal |last2=M |first2=Ramakrishnan |date=10 December 2016 |title=Brand of brothers |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Brand-of-brothers/article16789293.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215032003/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Brand-of-brothers/article16789293.ece |archive-date=15 December 2016 |access-date=7 November 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Pallikoodam
| extra1 = [[Venkat Prabhu|Prabhu Gangai Amaran]], [[Premgi Amaren|Prem Gangai Amaran]]
| length1 =
| lyrics1 = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| title2 = Enru Thaniyum
| extra2 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| length2 =
| lyrics2 = Bharathiyar
| title3 = Solla Vallayo
| extra3 = [[S. P. Sailaja]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length3 =
| lyrics3 = Bharathiyar
| title4 = Kaigalile Valuvirukku
| extra4 = [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], K. S. Chithra
| length4 =
| lyrics4 = Jeeva Bharathi
| title5 = Mogathai Konruvidu
| extra5 = K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra
| length5 =
| lyrics5 = Bharathiyar
| title6 = Partha Pasikuthadi
| extra6 = [[P. Jayachandran]], [[S. Janaki]]
| length6 =
| lyrics6 = Gangai Amaran
| title7 = Sonthangale
| extra7 = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| length7 =
| lyrics7 = Gangai Amaran
| title8 = Pattini
| extra8 = Malaysia Vasudevan
| length8 =
| lyrics8 = Nagai Swaminathan
}}

== Critical reception ==
[[Subha (writers)|Jayamanmadhan]] (a duo) of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised Sivakumar's acting, Chandrasekhar-Nalini's subplot, Vinu Chakravarthy's acting and characterisation. They appreciated Manivannan for skillfully having woven so many characters into separate threads and performed the puppet show without any problems while also praising his hard hitting dialogues but questioned him for making Sathyamurthy's character remain silent to the problems but raging only after he faces a problem.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=1987-06-28 |title=இனி ஒரு சுதந்திரம் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1987-06-28/page/n14/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230523050836/https://archive.org/details/kalki1987-06-28/page/n13/mode/2up |archive-date=23 May 2023 |access-date=5 January 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=13 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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<ref name="hindutamil">{{Cite news |date=9 July 2021 |title=திரைப்படச்சோலை 47: இனி ஒரு சுதந்திரம் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/691126-thiraippada-solai.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809045523/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/691126-thiraippada-solai.html |archive-date=9 August 2022 |access-date=12 July 2021 |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>

</references>

== External links ==
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[[Category:1987 Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s political drama films]]
[[Category:1987 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Manivannan]]
[[Category:Films scored by Gangai Amaran]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Indian political drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language political drama films]]

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