Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran (English: The guard of flower garden) is a 1988 Indian Tamil language film directed by Senthilnathan making his directorial debut. The film features starring Vijayakanth, Radhika, 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 Kumaranathunga, Ranjan Ramanayaka, Nadeeka Gunasekara, Anoja Weerasinghe.
Like a gardener with all his tenderness for his flowers, an some old kind of vigilante takes his wing a young couple of runaway lover. He lavishs them love and safety.
The father of the young woman who tries to eliminate the lover, is other than the sworn enemy of the upholder of the law. It is in cause he, 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.