Ranuva Veeran

<p>The film opens with ‘s character being chased and caught by a group of policemen, but he escapes. Meanwhile, a young soldier Raghu returns to his village, which is known for frequent thefts and murders perpetrated by the mysterious “One-Eyed Man” Chiranjeevi and his gang of thieves. Raghu soon meets Chiranjeevi; the two were once college roommates, but they had since separated. In addition to Chiranjeevi, Raghu reunites with his father, an Orthodox who always condemns him, and he finds out that his sister eloped with a man few years before, which he later finds out was none other than the gang leader of the thieves himself, Chiranjeevi. In the end, Chiranjeevi gets shot by his own son. Producer R. M. Veerappan wrote this script keeping in mind, but since he was involved with politics, Rajinikanth was chosen instead. Chiranjeevi, who went on to become a megastar and Rajinikanth’s counterpart in acted in a negative role. Soundtrack was composed by and lyrics were written by . was released on 27 October 1981 on the occasion of , along with six other movies, including , , and , it became a box office failure. Nalini Sastry of praised Babu’s cinematography as the film’s main highlight while praising Sridevi’s performance but felt Chiranjeevi and Thengai Srinivasan were underutilised. She concluded that the film was entertaining till interval then it became boring.</p>