The Militant) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Samuthirakani and produced by Sasikumar.

The film stars Sasikumar, Allari Naresh, Swathi Reddy, Nivetha Thomas, Vasundhara Kashyap, Soori and Ganja Karuppu.

[1][2] Ilangkumaran "Kumaran" and Nallavan escape from a mental asylum on a rainy night and settle down in Chennai at Pulikutti's house under funny circumstances.

After thrashing them, Kumaran, Nallavan, Bharathi and Tamizhselvi return to their home and resume their peaceful life.

[3][4] Sify gave 4/5 stars and wrote "Poraali has its heart in the right place, and Sasikumar’s charismatic, alluring appeal lifts this film considerably"[5] The Times of India gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "After following up with the equally likable Pasanga, Sasikumar and his team came up with Naadodigal and Easan that did not quite match up to their earlier works.

"[6] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com gave 3/5 stars and wrote "The director manages to infuse enough humour and heart into Poraali to make it work and is a worth a watch"[7] NDTV wrote "Shifting his ambience, bringing in multi characters and issues, the script may seem a tad loosely etched at times unlike his earlier Naadodigal, but Samudrakani manages to get his grip back on the narration, knotting it all up into a fairly engaging whole.