Directed by Boopathy Pandian · Music by Vijay Antony · January 2011
Bodyguard action entertainer. Fresh Vijay Antony music. Good commercial run.
This was Vijay's film 51 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 2011 during the 2010s.
Vijay's first film to cross ₹100 crore worldwide (site records).
Screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival — a rare honour for a Tamil commercial entertainer.
A remake of the Malayalam hit Bodyguard, directed by Siddique himself.
Kaavalan (2011) was a well-received chapter in Vijay's steadily rising career, part of the remarkable consistency that defined his run through the 2010s and built the enormous fan base that would later power his political movement.