Village Guard) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Manobala, starring Rajinikanth and Radhika.

[1] The story describes the struggle of a young villager Kangeyan to receive justice for his brother's murder.

Kangeyan, not wanting to see Mallika as a widow, decides to get her married again to Pandiyan, a cart driver who was her childhood friend.

[5][6] Manobala initially wanted debutant Narayan (who would later be known as Sirpy) to compose the music; however Veerappan felt it would be tough for him to handle songs for a film of a star, hence replaced with Shankar–Ganesh.

[8] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "Some of the characters get a lifelike quality because of good performances and a helpful screenplay.