பூந்தோட்ட காவல்காரன்

Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
StarringVijayakanth, Anand, Raadhika, Vani Viswanath, Livingston, S. S. Chandran, M. N. Nambiar, Pandiyan
Music ByIlaiyaraaja
Lyric By Gangai Amaran
SingersK. J. Yesudas, P. Susheela, Chithra, Mano, S. P. Balasubramanyam
Year 1988

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 in lead roles. The film had musical score 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.

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...