Adutha Varisu is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam.
The film stars Rajinikanth and Sridevi, and is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film Raja Jani, which itself was loosely based on the 1956 American film Anastasia.
Kannan, a small-time bounty hunter, is enlisted by the crooked members of a royal family to find a girl to impersonate Radha, the lost princess to the throne so that they can usurp the Zameen's wealth.
He comes across a nomadic girl Valli, a tribal dancer, trains her to act appropriately, and introduces her as the lost heiress to the family's head, Queen Mother Rajalakshmi who is Radha's grandmother.
Valli falls in love with Kannan. However, when he learns from Valli's adopted parents that Valli is actually Radha, he sets out to protect her and Rajalakshmi from the crooked clan.
The film culminates with Kannan defeating the crooked Zamindar, Ra
