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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Justice Gopinath<br />
| image = Justice Gopinath.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[D. Yoganand]]<br />
| producer = Kay Cee<br />K. Sivasankaran<br />
| screenplay = [[Vietnam Veedu Sundaram]]<br />
| story = Nannu Chandra<ref name="nadigarthilagam" /><br />
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[K. R. Vijaya]]<br />[[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]<br />
| studio = Vallimanalan Pictures<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = Viswanatha Rai<br />
| editing = R. Vittal<br />T. K. Rajan<br />
| released = {{film date|1978|12|16|df=y|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web |title=சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த் - ஒரு சரித்திரம் {{!}} சூப்பர் ஸ்டாரின் திரைக்காவியங்களின் பட்டியல்கள் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/globalmusic/rajini02.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622114535/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/globalmusic/rajini02.asp |archive-date=22 June 2022 |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref>}}<br />
| runtime = 115 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Justice Gopinath''''' is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[D. Yoganand]]. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[K. R. Vijaya]], [[Rajinikanth]] and [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]].<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web |title=191-200 |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050233/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp20.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=16 May 2018 |website=Nadigarthilagam.com |page=20}}</ref> It was released on 16 December 1978 and became a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 December 2014 |title=சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினி வழக்கை வரலாறு {{!}} 19 |url=http://canadauthayan.ca/oldsite/epaper/Dec05_2014/files/assets/downloads/page0024.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306234849/http://canadauthayan.ca/oldsite/epaper/Dec05_2014/files/assets/downloads/page0024.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2019 |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=Uthayan |location=Canada |pages=24 |language=ta}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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[[wikt:justice#Synonyms|Justice]] Gopinath is a man known for his rigid upholding of the law and honesty. His wife Radha is pregnant, but she gets an accident, resulting in the child being stillborn. One case that comes up before Gopinath is that of Murugan, who has been charged with assault and battery. Misled by false evidence, Gopinath sentences Murugan to imprisonment. Murugan's wife commits suicide, fearing the advances of the local landlord, and her infant son Ravi is orphaned. Gopinath conceals Ravi's true identity from him and raises him as his own son.<br />
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Ravi grows up to become a lawyer. He falls in love with a woman named Uma, and they decide to marry. Meanwhile, Murugan is released from prison and searches for his son. Though beseeched by Radha not to do so, Gopinath is unable to lie and reveals to Ravi the truth about his parentage. Uma's father is later revealed to be the man responsible for falsifying the evidence that led to Murugan's imprisonment. Ravi takes care of everything and brings things to a satisfactory conclusion.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as [[wikt:justice#Synonyms|Justice]] Gopinath{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=86}}<br />
*[[K. R. Vijaya]] as Radha{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=86}}<br />
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Ravi{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=86}}<br />
*[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] as Uma{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=86}}<br />
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as Murugan<br />
*[[C. I. D. Sakunthala|A. Sakunthala]] as Valli<br />
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Bhadrachalam{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|pp=86–87}}<br />
}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Justice Gopinath'' was the first film where Rajinikanth acted alongside his idol, Sivaji Ganesan.{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=86}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
All songs were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Gopinath Tamil Film EP VInyl Record by M S Viswanathan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/justice-gopinath-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612054529/https://mossymart.com/product/justice-gopinath-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |archive-date=12 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Title<br />
!Singer(s)<br />
!Length<br />
|-<br />
|"Ada Ennanga Ithu"<br />
|[[Vani Jairam]], [[T. M. Soundararajan]]<br />
|4:31<br />
|-<br />
|"Naana Sonnen Theerppu"<br />
|[[T. M. Soundararajan]]<br />
|3:54<br />
|-<br />
|"Namadhu Kaadhal"<br />
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]<br />
|4:28<br />
|-<br />
|"Adiye Nee"<br />
|[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[L. R. Eswari]]<br />
|3:52<br />
|}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
Kausikan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' felt the character of Justice Gopinath was not on par with other roles done by Ganesan; however he praised the acting of Vijaya and Rajinikanth.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=கெளசிகன் |date=14 January 1979 |title=ஜஸ்டிஸ் கோபிநாத் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/jan/14-01-1979/p49.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220728082800/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/jan/14-01-1979/p49.jpg |archive-date=28 July 2022 |access-date=23 June 2022 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=49 |language=ta}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-date=2012}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
{{D. Yoganand}}<br />
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