Mrugaraju (transl. Lord of the Beasts) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language action adventure film directed by Gunasekhar. It stars Chiranjeevi, while Simran, Sanghavi and Nagendra Babu played the supporting roles. Mani Sharma composed the music. The film was released along with Devi Putrudu and Narasimha Naidu during Sankranthi festival. The core plot of the movie was reportedly based on the 1996 American film The Ghost and the Darkness. The film was dubbed into Tamil language as Vettaikaran and in Hindi as Rakshak - The Protector.