Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu
| Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
| Screenplay by | M. Karunanidhi |
| Story by | Shoba Chandrasekhar |
| Produced by | Shoba Chandrasekhar |
| Starring | Vijayakanth Radha Ravichandran |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Production company | VV Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu (transl. The Law is a Game) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by Shoba Chandrasekhar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Radha and Ravichandran. It revolves around a man seeking to avenge the murder of his mother and younger brother. The film was released on 21 October 1987.
Plot
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As a boy, Raja saw his mother and younger brother murdered. He saw too that his police inspector father DCP Needhi Manikkam was powerless to get the murderer convicted as there was no evidence.
As a young man under the name of Vijay, he gets even with the criminal Mathappu Sundaram killing each one of his three sons. One under water, the second from a mountain peak, the third murder is made to look as it were an accident with the car carrying the victim hurtling off the peak.
Cast
[edit]- Vijayakanth as Raja
- Radha as Veni
- Ravichandran as DCP Needhi Manikkam
- Srividya as Amudha
- S. A. Chandrasekhar as Peter
- Senthamarai as Mathappu Sundaram
- S. S. Chandran as Vairavelu
- Senthil as Lingesan
- Kamala Kamesh as Nair's wife
- Vijay as Raja (Child artist as Cameo appearance)
Soundtrack
[edit]The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[1][2]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Nee Pirantha Podhu" | Vidya | Gangai Amaran | 4:14 |
| "Oru Brindavanam" – Small | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram, Shoba Sekar and Sheela | Pulamaipithan | 1:01 |
| "Oru Brindavanam" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram, Shoba Sekar and Sheela | 4:47 | |
| "Sugam Tharum Nila" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra | 5:14 | |
| "Oru Kulla Nari" | Yesudas, S. N. Surendar and Shoba Sekar | 4:32 |
Release and reception
[edit]Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu was released on 21 October 1987,[3] alongside another Vijayakanth film Uzhavan Magan on Diwali day.[4] However, both films went on to become super hits at the box office.[5] The Indian Express wrote, "The screenplay is utterly contrived and there is nothing new either in M. Karunanidhi's dialogues [..] or S. A. Chandrasekhar's treatment which is as hackneyed as ever".[6] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki questioned why Karunanidhi would associate his name for this kind of third rated films.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sattam Oru Vilayaattu Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Sattam Oru Vilayattu (1987)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu". The Indian Express. 21 October 1987. p. 4. Retrieved 20 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "தீபாவளி ரிலீஸ் திரைப்படங்கள்!" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). 18 October 1987. pp. 1–5. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Friday Fury – Captain Vijayakanth's double blockbuster release on single day". Top 10 Cinema. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Vendetta". The Indian Express. 6 November 1987. p. 5. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ ஜெயமன்மதன் (22 November 1987). "சட்டம் ஒரு விளையாட்டு". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 5. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
