Hunter) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by debutant B. Babusivan and produced by AVM Productions.

[4] Ravi is a youngster from Thoothukudi who aspires to become a police officer like his role model, Encounter Specialist DCP Devaraj IPS.

Meanwhile, Chella is a gangster and womanizer, meets Ravi's friend Uma in a public place, where she is taking donations for some cause, and immediately develops an attraction to her.

When Uma asks Chella to contribute money, he willingly donates by inserting a rupee note in her jacket.

His troubles start from there as Chella's father, a powerful don named Vedanayagam, with the help of his right-hand man, a corrupt police officer Kattabomman, begins to create havoc in Ravi's life.

As Ravi finally plans to kill the newly sworn in minister Vedanayagam, The police arrive to arrest him.

The project was originally titled as Police Ravi but in August 2008 it was re-titled as Vettaikkaaran, taken from the 1964 film of the same name starring M. G.

Sify gave the film a 4/5 star rating, and wrote the "major plus for the movie are the five peppy songs tuned by Vijay Antony which are choreographed well ...

[11] Behindwoods rated 4/5 and stated "The charismatic screen presence of Vijay, enjoyable musical tracks, sparkling stunts, fiery punch lines, the signature lighter moments and foot tapping numbers, makes the movie entertain the family audience, and stated that director B. Babusivan had made a wholesome family entertainer movie.

[12] The Times of India gave 3.5 stars out of 5 criticising Babusivan for failing to properly tell the story in the second half.