- Country: India
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
- Release: 1991-11-25
- Director: Mani Ratnam
- Writers: Mani Ratnam , Umesh Sharma
- Language: Filipino | Tagalog | Tamil
- Stars: Rajinikanth , Mammootty , Shobana , Arvind Swamy , Srividya , Bhanupriya , Amrish Puri (1932–2005) , Jai Sankar , Geetha , Charlie
- Runtime: 157 min
- Awards: 4 wins
- AKA: Thalapathi (Singapore) , थलपथी (India) , ダラパティ 踊るゴッドファーザー (Japan) , Dalapathi (India) , Thalapathi (United Arab Emirates) , Dal-pati (The Leader) (India) , Commander , Thalapathi , Thalapathi (India) , Командир (Russian Federation) , Thalapathi (United States of America) , Thalapathi (United Kingdom)
- Plot: Surya (Rajnikanth) is an orphan raised in a slum. He finds a friend in the local Godfather (Mamooty). They rule the town and forms a parallel government. Things are well until new district collect(Aravind Swami), step -brother of Surya takes charge. Surya finds his mom (Sreevidya) and decides to surrender.
- IMDB:tt0101649
Thalapathi Cast · · · ALL
Mani Ratnam
Director
Rajinikanth
Surya
Mammootty
Devaraj 'Deva'
Arvind Swamy
Arjun
Srividya
Kalyani
Jaishankar
Krishnamoorthy
Amrish Puri
(1932–2005)
Kalivardhan
Shobana
'Subbu' Subbulakshmi
Geetha
Selvi
Bhanupriya
Padma
Nirmalamma
Surya's Foster Mother
Nagesh
Panthulu
Charu Haasan
Subbulakshmi's Father
Manoj K. Jayan
Manohar
Thalapathi Dinesh
Ramana
Sonu Walia
Special Appearance "Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu" Song
Tarun
Petty Thief