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{{Infobox film
| name = Aranmanai Kaavalan
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = Selva Vinayagam
| producer = K. Muralidharan V. Swaminathan G. Venugopal
| writer = Arul (dialogues)
| story = Arul
| screenplay = Selva Vinayagam
| starring = [[R. Sarathkumar]] [[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]]
| music = [[Deva (music director)|Deva]]
| cinematography = B. Balamurugan
| editing = P. Venkateswara Rao
| distributor =
| studio = [[Lakshmi Movie Makers]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1994|02|25}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aranmanai Kaavalan''''' ({{trans|Protector of the Palace}}) is a 1994 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama film]] directed by Selva Vinayagam, who had previously directed the film ''[[Kottai Vaasal]]'' (1992). The film features [[R. Sarathkumar]] and [[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]] in lead roles. The film had musical score by [[Deva (music director)|Deva]] and was released on 25 February 1994.

==Plot==

Sakthi ([[R. Sarathkumar]]) and his best-friend Thangamani ([[Goundamani]]) are taxi-drivers in [[Mumbai]]. Sakthi fights for the [[Tamil people|Tamil community]] against the local rowdies who want to expel them from their area. The Tamil Association of Mumbai prepares the 25th-anniversary function, so the association's presidents invite the pillars of the association. Still, only one person doesn't respond for the invitation : Karpagavalli, the wife of the late founder Sandanapandian. The presidents go to Karpagavalli's village Pasumpon to invite her, but they are driven out from the village. In fact, Karpagavalli ([[Srividya]]) and her relatives ([[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]], [[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]] and Kokila) are held prisoners by the heartless Duraipandi ([[Raghuvaran]]) in his palace. Under pressure, Duraipandi finally lets Karpagavalli go to the function in Mumbai. In the meantime, the police officers force the Tamil community to leave their place, but they refuse. So the police officers kidnap and rape the young girls under the influence of Amara Settu (K. Rajpreeth). Sakthi turns berserk, and he kills all the police officers and the main antagonist Amara Settu who created conflicts between the Tamil people and Hindi people. Therefore, Sakthi becomes a hero for the community, and they ask him to flee instead of surrendering. By chance, Sakthi and Thangamani take the same train as Karpagavalli. Karpagavalli asks them to come to her village, and she compels Sakthi to become the palace's protector. Later, Sakthi and Thangamani try to leave the village, but Karpagavalli stops them. In the process, Karpagavalli was heavily wounded by Duraipandi's henchmen.

In the past, Sandanapandian ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]) was the village chief and was a respected man. While his uncle (Mohan Natarajan), Duraipandi's father, was a womaniser and was hated by the villagers, his uncle was jealous of Sandanapandian. One day, he behaved badly with school girls, so Sandanapandian forced him to beg forgiveness from the girl at the village court. After this humiliation, Duraipandi's father committed suicide. Duraipandi killed all the men of Sandanapandian's family, including Sandanapandian. Later, Duraipandi's mother self-immolated. Since that day, Duraipandi sequesters Karpagavalli, Uma ([[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]]) and her family.

After telling her poignant past, Karpagavalli dies on Sakthi's knees. So Sakthi challenges the villain Duraipandi to prepare Uma's wedding. Meanwhile, Uma falls in love with Sakthi. What transpires subsequent forms the rest of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[R. Sarathkumar]] as Sakthi
*[[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]] as Uma
*[[Goundamani]] as Thangamani
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Sandanapandian
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Duraipandi
*Mohan Natarajan
*[[Srividya]] as Karpagavalli
*[[Visu]]
*[[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]]
*Sathyapriya
*Kokila
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Tanatana
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]]
*[[Ra. Sankaran]]
*Veera Raghavan
*K. Rajpreeth as Amara Settu
*Rajesh Kumar
*Veera Pandiyan as Duraipandi's son
*Vimalraj
*Vijayraj
*Dileep
*Dhanush
*Lakshmanan
*[[Pasi Narayanan]]
*[[Oru Viral Krishna Rao]]
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]
*V. L. Narasimhan
*[[Thideer Kannaiah]]
*[[Vellai Subbaiah]]
*Jayamani
*[[Alex (actor)|Alex]]
*[[LIC Narasimhan]]
*[[Indraja (actress)|Indraja]]
*[[Khushbu]] in a cameo appearance
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album|
| name = Aranmanai Kaavalan
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Deva (music director)|Deva]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1994
| recorded = 1994
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 23:41
| label =
| producer = Deva
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Deva (music director)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/aranmanai-kavalan-mw0002133934 |title=Aranmanai Kavalan |website=Allmusic |access-date=2019-03-07}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Aranmanai Deepam" || [[Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith (singer)|Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith]] || 1:36
|-
|2 || "Ketti Melam" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Chorus || 4:27
|-
|3 || "Manushankala" || [[Deva (music director)|Deva]] || 6:57
|-
|4 || "Oorukke Nallavan" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]], Chorus || 4:39
|-
|5 || "Raja Kumaran" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || 4:54
|-
|6 || "Santhana Pandi" || Chorus || 1:08
|}

==Release and reception==
''Aranmanai Kaavalan'' was released on February 25, 1994, alongside another Sarathkumar starrer ''[[Captain (1994 film)|Captain]]''.<ref>https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/slideshow/list-of-top-tamil-heroes-who-had-two-releases-on-the-same-date/sarath-kumar.html</ref> Malini Mannath of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' gave the film a positive review and said "a fairly engrossing entertainer, despite flaws, ''Aranmanai Kaavalan'' has an engaging screenplay, neat treatment and suspense that keeps the viewers on tenterhooks".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940225&printsec=frontpage |title=What a surprise! |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=1994-02-25 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=6}}</ref> ''New Straits Times'' called the film "slightly better than other average Sarath movies".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19940319&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Predictable, just like those cowboy flicks |last=Vijiyan |first=K. |page=13 |date=March 19, 1994 |work=New Straits Times}}</ref>

==References==
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919328/reference

[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:1990s action drama films]]
[[Category:1994 drama films]]

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