The Lone Forest King) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by V. C. Guhanathan, and Produced by D.

[1] It stars Rajinikanth, Sridevi and Sripriya, with Jaishankar, Vijayakumar, Sathyakala and Y. G. Mahendran in supporting roles.

He offers protection to a village damsel Vidhya to escape from being forced to be a prostitute and later marries her but still remains alcoholic.

Thanikattu Raja does not credit any actors; instead it features the text "Ungal Abhimana Natchathirangal" (Your favourite stars) due to the film's ensemble cast.

[3] According to Jump Cut, Thanikattu Raja "explores the connections between landlords and politicians, who together oppress the rural population".