Kaavalan is a 1990 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Yaar Kannan , starring Ramarajan in lead role.

Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam (Raj Kiran), a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera (Asin) as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.

A set of circumstances makes Sakthi leave Mumbai for a village in Tamil Nadu. However, he ends up getting embroiled in a feud between the wealthy Karpagavalli and her deadly brother-in-law.

Despite protests, Kangeyan helps his brother marry a girl who is engaged to another man. But his brother is soon killed. Trouble ensues when Kangeyan decides to get his brother's widow re-married.

Pachiappan loves Anjala but cannot marry her till he makes a name for himself. He finds an opportunity when he meets Chakravorthy, his lookalike and a popular director.