Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran


Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran is a 1988 Tamil drama film directed by Senthilnathan, making his directorial debut. The film features 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, starring Jeevan Kumaratunga, Ranjan Ramanayake, Nadeeka Gunasekara, Anoja Weerasinghe and it was also remade in Telugu as Dharma Teja, with Krishnam Raju.

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 on them love and safety. The father of the young woman who tries to eliminate the lover, 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 any more from now on... Horrible memories surface and put the old upholder of the law on a war footing, for his ultimate confrontation...

Cast

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 HariKamboji raaga.

Reception

The film was a huge success and was considered one of the masterpieces of Senthilnathan. It was also the best action oriented film during the decade. It also projected Vijayakanth as a versatile actor, who was known to play excellent roles.