Maaveeran Kittu (English: Warrior Kittu) is a 2016 Indian Tamil period drama film written and directed by Suseenthiran.The film stars Vishnu and Sri Divya in lead roles while R. Parthiepan and Soori in important supporting characters. The movie is about a warrior who struggled to uphold the rights of the Tamil Dalith people in this land.Set in the year 1987, the movie depicts the life of Krishnakumar alias Kittu (Vishnu), a Dalit youth whose main ambition is to become a collector. He is influenced by the ideas of Chinnarasu (R. Parthiepan), a local Dalit leader who had also sponsored his education. Chinnarasu and Kittu try to fight against the rampant caste discrimination meted out to them by the upper caste people, but are unable to do much about it as the police and courts are biased towards the upper castes. One day, Kittu sees his classmate Gomathi (Sri Divya), who is from the upper caste, discriminate against a Dalit girl. He admonishes her publicly for her act of caste discrimination, which makes her repent her behaviour. Gomathi eventually falls in love with Kittu, but Kittu maintains a distance as they are from different castes, though he too is in love with her.