Red chapter) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film written and directed by Karu Pazhaniappan.

The film stars Vishal and Mamta, while Raghuvaran, Manivannan, Upendra Limaye, Rajan P. Dev, and Ganja Karuppu play supporting roles.

[1] Former IAS officer and professor Dr. Elango (Raghuvaran) returns to his native village near Theni with his college-going daughter Charulatha (Mamta).

When by-elections are announced for Chennai-Central constituency, Satya and his mates, under Elango's guidance, conduct an opinion-poll of the candidates as a field project.

The election give the same result and the ruling party's candidate is angry at losing such an easy chance, and he plans to take revenge with help of the home minister.

These events force Satyamoorthy and Elango to resort to the task of cleansing the society of the current breed of dangerous, inhuman and selfish politicians during elections.

[6] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "It's a film scripted and narrated with sensitivity and sensibility, with some meaningful lines thrown in, and some well-framed shots (Gopinath).

[7] Sify wrote "At best, Sivapathikaaram remains a turgid chronicle of our corrupt political system that leaves you with undeniably mixed feelings".