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{{Short description|1978 Indian film directed by T.N Balu}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Sattam En Kaiyil
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* Elizabeth
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| cinematography = [[N. K. Vishwanathan]]
| cinematography = [[N. K. Viswanathan]]
| editing = V. Rajagopal
| editing = V. Rajagopal
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Balu Cine Arts
| studio = Balu Cine Arts
| distributor =
| distributor = Sri Shal Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1978|07|14}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1978|07|14}}
| runtime = 127 minutes
| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = India
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| language = Tamil
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'''''Sattam En Kaiyil''''' ({{translation|The law is in my hands}}) is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[T. N. Balu]] starring [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Sripriya]]. It was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya]]'' (1982), with Haasan returning.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/BollySwar_1981_1990/V4rcDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22sattam+en+kaiyil%22+remake&pg=PA243-IA1&printsec=frontcover |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |year=2020 |pages=243}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
'''''Sattam En Kaiyil''''' ({{translation|The law is in my hands}}) is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] written, produced and directed by [[T. N. Balu]]. The film stars [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Sripriya]], while [[Sathyaraj]] made his screen debut. It was released on 14 July 1978 and became a success. The film was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya]]'' (1982), with Haasan returning.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |year=2020 |isbn=9788193848227 |pages=243}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=November 2021}}
{{more plot|date=November 2021}}
The film revolves around twin brothers, who were separated and got different family in their childhood. One becomes an educated and a good person, while the other one becomes local city-thief and a petty criminal remaining uneducated. Problems arrive when their girlfriends think the other as their own boyfriend as they look alike. The story ends reuniting the twin brothers.
The film revolves around twin brothers who were separated in childhood and raised by different families. One grows up to be educated and virtuous, while the other becomes an uneducated petty thief and local troublemaker. Complications arise when their girlfriends mistake one brother for the other due to their identical appearance. The story concludes with the reunion of the twin brothers.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Babu / Rathnam<ref name="42years">{{Cite news |date=14 July 2020 |title='சொர்க்கம் மதுவிலே', 'ஆழக்கடலில் தேடிய முத்து'; கமலின் 'சட்டம் என் கையில்' வெளியாகி 42 ஆண்டுகள்! |language=ta |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/564362-42-years-of-sattam-en-kaiyil.html |access-date=6 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011105230/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/564362-42-years-of-sattam-en-kaiyil.html |archive-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Babu / Rathnam<ref name="42years">{{Cite news |date=14 July 2020 |title='சொர்க்கம் மதுவிலே', 'ஆழக்கடலில் தேடிய முத்து'; கமலின் 'சட்டம் என் கையில்' வெளியாகி 42 ஆண்டுகள்! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/564362-42-years-of-sattam-en-kaiyil.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011105230/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/blogs/564362-42-years-of-sattam-en-kaiyil.html |archive-date=11 October 2020 |access-date=6 October 2020 |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>
*[[Sripriya]] as Priya
*[[Sripriya]] as Priya
*Miss. Elizabeth as Kathrine
*Miss. Elizabeth as Kathrine
*[[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] as Senthil
*[[Srikanth (actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] as Senthil
*[[S. A. Ashokan]] as Mayandi
*[[S. A. Ashokan]] as Mayandi
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Lawyer Nagarajan
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Lawyer Nagarajan
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*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Priya's Father
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Priya's Father
*[[Pushpalatha]] as Lakshmi
*[[Pushpalatha]] as Lakshmi
*[[Ganthimathi]] as Sivakolunthu
*[[Gandhimathi]] as Sivakolunthu
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Vicky<ref name="MaalaiMalar">{{Cite web |date=6 August 2016 |title=கமல் நடித்த சட்டம் என் கையில்: வில்லனாக சத்யராஜ் அறிமுகம் |url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/08/06213641/1031200/cinima-history-sathyaraj.vpf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720062811/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/08/06213641/1031200/cinima-history-sathyaraj.vpf |archive-date=20 July 2021 |access-date=20 July 2021 |website=[[Maalai Malar]] |language=ta}}</ref>
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Vicky<ref name="MaalaiMalar">{{Cite web |date=6 August 2016 |title=கமல் நடித்த சட்டம் என் கையில்: வில்லனாக சத்யராஜ் அறிமுகம் |url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/08/06213641/1031200/cinima-history-sathyaraj.vpf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720062811/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2016/08/06213641/1031200/cinima-history-sathyaraj.vpf |archive-date=20 July 2021 |access-date=20 July 2021 |website=[[Maalai Malar]] |language=ta}}</ref>
*[[Loose Mohan]]
*[[Loose Mohan]]
*[[Usilai Mani]]
*[[Usilai Mani]]
}}


== Production ==
== Production ==
''Sattam En Kaiyil'' is the debut film of [[Sathyaraj]].<ref name="The Anti-Hero">{{Cite magazine |last=Sunil |first=K. P. |date=29 November 1987 |title=The Anti-Hero |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.110088/page/n1127 |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |volume=108 |pages=40–41}}</ref> It was the cinematographer [[N. K. Vishwanathan]] who recommended him to the director [[T. N. Balu]]. Sathyaraj received a salary of ₹500.<ref name="Sathyaraj">{{Cite web |date=28 July 2005 |title=He is still going strong |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072809580200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928131606/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072809580200.htm |archive-date=28 September 2016 |access-date=20 July 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
''Sattam En Kaiyil'' is the debut film of [[Sathyaraj]].<ref name="The Anti-Hero">{{Cite magazine |last=Sunil |first=K. P. |date=29 November 1987 |title=The Anti-Hero |url=https://ibb.co/426dJsW |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303083322/https://ibb.co/426dJsW |archive-date=3 March 2023 |access-date=3 March 2023 |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |pages=40–41 |volume=108}}</ref> It was the cinematographer [[N. K. Viswanathan]] who recommended him to the director [[T. N. Balu]]. Sathyaraj received a salary of ₹500.<ref name="Sathyaraj">{{Cite web |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S.R. |date=28 July 2005 |title=He is still going strong |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072809580200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928131606/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072809580200.htm |archive-date=28 September 2016 |access-date=20 July 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
All songs were composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 1978 |title=Sattam En Kaiyil (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)&nbsp;– EP |url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sattam-en-kaiyil-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1328396911 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616054407/https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sattam-en-kaiyil-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1328396911 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sattam En Kaiyil ( Super 7 , 33/ RPM ) |url=https://avdigital.in/products/sattam-en-kaiyil-super-7-33-rpm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616053127/https://avdigital.in/products/sattam-en-kaiyil-super-7-33-rpm |archive-date=16 June 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023 |website=AVDigital}}</ref> The song "Sorgam Madhuvile" was remixed by [[Karthik Raja]] for ''[[Maamadurai]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karthik |author-link=Karthik Srinivasan |date=4 July 2007 |title=Maamadurai (Tamil, Karthikraja) |url=https://milliblog.com/2007/07/04/maamadurai-tamil-karthikraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411122547/https://milliblog.com/2007/07/04/maamadurai-tamil-karthikraja/ |archive-date=11 April 2023 |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=[[Milliblog]]}}</ref>
All songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and Thiruppathuran, and composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].


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|+
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!No.
!Title
!Title
!Singer(s)
!Singer(s)
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!Length
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|-
|1
| "Aazhakadalil"
| "Aazhakadalil"
|[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. Janaki]]
|[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. Janaki]]
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|4:08
|4:08
|-
|-
|2
| "Sorgam Madhuvile"
| "Sorgam Madhuvile"
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|4:34
|4:34
|-
|-
|3
| "Ore Idam"
| "Ore Idam"
|[[P. Susheela]]
|[[P. Susheela]]
|4:40
|4:40
|-
|-
|4
| "Kadai Thengaiyo"
| "Kadai Thengaiyo"
|Malaysia Vasudevan
|Malaysia Vasudevan
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|4:35
|4:35
|-
|-
|5
| "Mera Naam Abdullah"
| "Mera Naam Abdullah"
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
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== Release ==
== Release ==
''Sattam En Kaiyil'' was released on 14 July 1978.<ref name="42years" /> It was commercially successful and ran for 100 days. 100th days celebration of the film was attended by [[M. Karunanidhi]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 May 2017 |title=Karuna taught me Tamil, says Kamal Haasan |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290517/karuna-taught-me-tamil-says-kamal-haasan.html |access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sathyaraj" /> The film was dubbed and released in Telugu under the title ''Donga Dora''. The Telugu dubbed film also ran 100 days.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1282923681144922114 |user=RajaparvaiB |title=#கமல்ஹாசன் அவர்௧ளின் #சட்டம்என்கையில் இன்று 42ம் ஆண்டு நிறைவுநாள் (14/07/1978) 100 ஓடிய சூப்பர் ஹிட் திரைப்படம் இந்த படம் தெலுங்கு மொழியில் #தொங்௧தோரா என்று வெளிவந்து #ஆந்திராவில் 100 நாட்௧ளுக்கு மேல் ஓடியது.. |date=14 July 2020 |access-date=6 October 2020 |language=ta |last=Bengaluru |first=Rajaparvai Ramu}}</ref>
''Sattam En Kaiyil'' was released on 14 July 1978,<ref name="42years" /> by Sri Shal Movies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 1978 |title=சட்டம் என் கையில் |url=https://ibb.co/fCWMdJQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616052651/https://ibb.co/fCWMdJQ |archive-date=16 June 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023 |work=[[Dina Thanthi]] |pages=7 |language=ta}}</ref> It was commercially successful and ran for 100 days. 100th days celebration of the film was attended by [[M. Karunanidhi]].<ref name="Sathyaraj" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 May 2017 |title=Karuna taught me Tamil, says Kamal Haasan |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290517/karuna-taught-me-tamil-says-kamal-haasan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530163118/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290517/karuna-taught-me-tamil-says-kamal-haasan.html |archive-date=30 May 2017 |access-date=6 October 2020 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0274792}}
* {{IMDb title}}


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Latest revision as of 03:38, 24 December 2024

For the 2024 film, see Sattam En Kaiyil (2024 film).

Sattam En Kaiyil
Poster
Directed byT. N. Balu
Written byT. N. Balu
Produced byT. N. Balu
Starring
CinematographyN. K. Viswanathan
Edited byV. Rajagopal
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Balu Cine Arts
Distributed bySri Shal Movies
Release date
  • 14 July 1978 (1978-07-14)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Sattam En Kaiyil (transl. The law is in my hands) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language action film written, produced and directed by T. N. Balu. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sripriya, while Sathyaraj made his screen debut. It was released on 14 July 1978 and became a success. The film was remade in Hindi as Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya (1982), with Haasan returning.[1]

Plot

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The film revolves around twin brothers who were separated in childhood and raised by different families. One grows up to be educated and virtuous, while the other becomes an uneducated petty thief and local troublemaker. Complications arise when their girlfriends mistake one brother for the other due to their identical appearance. The story concludes with the reunion of the twin brothers.

Cast

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Production

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Sattam En Kaiyil is the debut film of Sathyaraj.[4] It was the cinematographer N. K. Viswanathan who recommended him to the director T. N. Balu. Sathyaraj received a salary of ₹500.[5]

Soundtrack

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All songs were composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[6][7] The song "Sorgam Madhuvile" was remixed by Karthik Raja for Maamadurai (2007).[8]

Title Singer(s) Lyrics Length
"Aazhakadalil" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki Kannadasan 4:08
"Sorgam Madhuvile" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:34
"Ore Idam" P. Susheela 4:40
"Kadai Thengaiyo" Malaysia Vasudevan Thirupathooran 4:35
"Mera Naam Abdullah" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Kannadasan 4:10

Release

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Sattam En Kaiyil was released on 14 July 1978,[2] by Sri Shal Movies.[9] It was commercially successful and ran for 100 days. 100th days celebration of the film was attended by M. Karunanidhi.[5][10]

References

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  1. ^ Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1981–1990. Mavrix Infotech. p. 243. ISBN 9788193848227.
  2. ^ a b "'சொர்க்கம் மதுவிலே', 'ஆழக்கடலில் தேடிய முத்து'; கமலின் 'சட்டம் என் கையில்' வெளியாகி 42 ஆண்டுகள்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ "கமல் நடித்த சட்டம் என் கையில்: வில்லனாக சத்யராஜ் அறிமுகம்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ Sunil, K. P. (29 November 1987). "The Anti-Hero". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 108. The Times Group. pp. 40–41. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b Ashok Kumar, S.R. (28 July 2005). "He is still going strong". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Sattam En Kaiyil (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 1 January 1978. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Sattam En Kaiyil ( Super 7 , 33/ RPM )". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  8. ^ Karthik (4 July 2007). "Maamadurai (Tamil, Karthikraja)". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  9. ^ "சட்டம் என் கையில்". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 22 July 1978. p. 7. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Karuna taught me Tamil, says Kamal Haasan". Deccan Chronicle. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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