Needhi is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language Drama film starring Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, K. Balaji, Major Sundarrajan, S. V. Subbaiah, Ganthimathi and J Jayalalitha. Sujatha Cine Arts was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) K. Balaji. Needhi is written by A. L. Narayanan and directed by C. V. Rajendran. Sujatha Cine Arts acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Needhi was released on 1st January 1972 and takes a screen time of 159 mins. Cinematography was done by Masthan and editing by B. Kandaswamy. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan along with : Kannadasan.