Righteous senate) is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Rajasekhar and written by Panchu Arunachalam.

A remake of the 1989 Kannada film Deva, it stars Rajinikanth and Gautami, with Madhu, Charan Raj, Nizhalgal Ravi and Vaishnavi in supporting roles.

They later double-crossed their smuggler boss Jose by keeping all the items meant to be smuggled and also lodging a police complaint against his son Ajay for their own benefit and soon became rich due to their illegal activities.

One day, Dharmadorai went to Madras when he heard that Ramadorai was going to get engaged to a rich girl and leave with her for the United States to "pursue higher studies".

Later that night, Ajay, who had been released from jail, entered their house to kill Ramadorai in retaliation for having double-crossed Jose and his gang.

Ramadorai killed Ajay and convinced Dharmadorai to take the blame for the murder, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment as a result.

A few years later, Rajadorai and Ramadorai decided to sell off their father's house and property to "repay the ₹ 6 lakhs Dharmadorai had borrowed".

The director Rajasekhar initially started a film titled Kaalam Maaripochu, with Rajinikanth, Manjula, Ramesh Aravind and Senthil among others starring.

To avoid disappointing his fans, Rajinikanth worked continuously for 72 hours to ensure the film was completed and released per schedule.

[12] Sundarji of Kalki reviewed the film more negatively, criticising the writing and calling it strictly for Rajinikanth's fans.

[3] The film ran for over 175 days in theatres,[1] and Gangai Amaran won the Cinema Express Award for Best Lyrics Writer.