Male coolie) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Rajasekhar and produced by S. Thanu.

The film stars Vijayakanth and Rupini, in her Tamil cinema debut.

[3] Raja lives with his elder brother Velu, sister-in-law Lakshmi, and their little daughter.

Velu also gets into an accident at work at the mill and loses his arms and job, while also needing money for treatment.

Raja breaks into Chakravarthy's safe to get the money, but it is too late as Velu dies.

In jail, Raja meets the warden Marthandan, whose daughter was kidnapped by one of the prisoners when she was little.

[8][9] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki criticised the film's predictability, prolonged fight scenes and Rupini's performance but said Vijayakanth did his job well.