Protector Kali) is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language psychological drama film starring Sivakumar and Rani Chandra.

Slowly, she loses her mental balance and people around her, including her child, husband and mother-in-law, are afraid to come anywhere near her.

She understands the changed scenario of her life, including the death of her child and divorce, and reconciles to live alone.

To take revenge, Kandappan has kidnapped Rukmini and demands that Jayanthi have sex with him for getting her child back.

[8] During the final stages of filming, Rani Chandra along with her mother and sisters went to Dubai to take part in a cultural programme.

[10] When they were on a return from Bombay to Madras on 11 October 1976, their plane caught fire and crashed near the airport, killing all the passengers.

[12] As a result of Rani Chandra's death, a few unfinished portions of her were shot using a look-alike,[11] named Pushpa, a group dancer.

[11][13] Tirulokchandar was not fully convinced with the idea to shoot with a look-alike as Pushpa slightly resembled Rani.

However, Viswanath Rai, the cinematographer encouraged him to go with the idea of look-alike and used different camera angles and long shots for scenes involving Pushpa.

[16] The song "Kettele" was banned at All India Radio due to its alleged vulgar lyrics.

[19] Bhadrakali was released on 10 December 1976,[6] received unanimous acclaim and became a box office success.

[8] Ananda Vikatan said, "It is a daring effort to bring out the script of a Tamil writer in a high quality film format.