Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Senthilnathan, in his directorial debut. The film stars Vijayakanth, Raadhika, Anand, Vani Viswanath and Livingston. the movie was a blockbuster hit and ran more than 150 days in many theatres. The film's score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 10 June 1988. It was remade in Sinhala as Ran Hadawatha and in Telugu as Dharma Teja. Plot Like a gardener with all his tenderness for his flowers, an old vigilante takes under his wing a young couple of runaway lovers. He lavishes them with love and safety. The father of the young woman tries to eliminate the lover who is none other than the sworn enemy of the upholder of the law. It is because of him, that the woman of the hero lost their unique heir and cannot give birth anymore from now on. Horrible memories surface and put the old upholder of the law on a war footing, for his ultimate confrontation. Cast Vijayakanth as Anthony Raadhika as Sivagami Anand as Anand Vani Viswanath as Vidhya Livingston as Ramkumar S. S. Chandran as M.L.A. Pandiyan as Muthu Batcha M. N. Nambiar as D.S.P. Malaysia Vasudevan as Sivagami's Father (Guest Appearance) Thyagu as Ramkumar's Assistant Senthil as Azhagu (Guest Appearance) S. N. Lakshmi as Anand's Grandma Kullamani K. S. Jayalakshmi Vijay Krishnaraj as Minister Kokila as Susheela Subhala Production Senthilnathan, son of Jambulingam who directed Nam Naadu with M. G. Ramachandran and erstwhile assistant of S. A. Chandrasekhar and V. Azhagappan made his directorial debut with this film. Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. "Sindhiya Venmani" song is set to Srothaswini raaga and "Adi Kaana Karunkuyile" is set to HariKhamboji raaga."En Uyire Vaa" was set in Shankarabaranam ragam and "Paramal Partha nenjam" set in Sudhadhanyasi ragam while "Padatha Themangu" set in Natabhairavi ragam. Reception Raadhika won the Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil. References External links 1980s action drama films 1980s Tamil-language films 1988 directorial debut films 1988 films Films directed by Senthilnathan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian action drama films Tamil films remade in other languages