Vetrikku Oruvan is a 1979 Indian Tamil language film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by S. Baskar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sripriya, M. N. Nambiar and Mohan Babu. Plot Saravanan is a cowardly, mild mannered, honest and good son to his doting and loving father Rajaraman. Rajaraman goes so far to write love letters for him as Saravanan could not manage it on his own. He is in love with Radha who Madhan vies for. Madhan is a criminal who works for Ethirajulu, a secretive don who acts like a honest businessman to the society. Rajaraman exposes him and raids his home and office in his capacity as tax officer. In anger, Ethirajulu gets Rajaraman murdered by Madhan. This comes as a wake up call to Saravanan who decides that he wants vengeance. He, with help from Radha, learns martial arts, prepares, does background research and then proceeds to systematically destroy Ethirajulu's empire and in the end, kills him and Madhan. Cast Sivaji Ganesan as Saravanan Sripriya as Radha M. N. Nambiar as Ethirajulu Mohan Babu as Madhan Major Sundarrajan as Rajaraman, Saravanan's father Thengai Srinivasan V. K. Ramasamy as Radha's father Y. G. Parthasarathy as Ethirajulu's secretary Poornam Viswanathan Pushpalatha as Saravanan's mother Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. References External links 1979 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1970s Tamil-language films Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam