Sigappu Rojakkal is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Bharathirajaa. The film starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi. It revolves around Dileep, who is traumatised by women's behavior in his childhood, and grows up to be a psychopath misogynist who kills women after having sex with them.
Sigappu Rojakkal was inspired by serial killer Raman Raghav's grisly crimes. It was deliberately meant to be different from Bharathiraja's earlier ventures. The dialogues were written by Bhagyaraj, cinematography was handled by P. S. Nivas, and the music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Sigappu Rojakkal was released on 28 October 1978, and completed a 175-day in most of the theatres in Tamil Nadu and was a blockbuster of the year . It won two Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor and Best Director categories. The film was later remade in Hindi as Red Rose
