Pandithurai is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Prabhu and Khushbu. It was released on 15 January 1992, and completed a 100-day run. The film was remade in Telugu as Bava Bavamaridi (1993), in Hindi as Bandhan (1998), in Kannada as Baava Baamaida (2001) and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Bhalobashar Shotru (2005).