Cheran Pandiyan is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, from a story by Erode Soundar.
The film stars Vijayakumar, Sarathkumar, Anand Babu and Sreeja, and was released on May 31, 1991.
Manicheran Gounder is the rich head of the Muthupalayam village in Coimbatore District, who lives with his wife Paarvathi and daughter Vennila. He strictly adheres to the caste system, while his half brother Rajapaandi Gounder is also a rich landlord in the same village.
The film emerged as a box office success and won several Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was remade in Telugu as Balarama Krishnulu (1992), and in Hindi as Sautela (1999).