Sattam En Kaiyil

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{{Infobox film
| name = Sattam En Kaiyil
| image = sattam1978.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[T. N. Balu]]
| producer = T. N. Balu
| writer = T. N. Balu
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Sripriya]]
* Elizabeth
}}
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[N. K. Vishwanathan]]
| editing = V. Rajagopal
| studio = Balu Cine arts
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1978|07|14}}
| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Sattam En Kaiyil''''' ({{lit|The law is in my hands}}) is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[T. N. Balu]] starring [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Sripriya]] in the lead role. This film was remade in Hindi as ''[[Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya]]'' in 1982.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZFTAAAAYAAJ&q=Sattam |title=Film World |year=1983 |editor-last=Ramachandran |editor-first=T. M. |volume=20 |pages=82}}</ref>

== Story synopsis ==
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.

== Cast ==

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

== 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> Receiving 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928131606/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072809580200.htm |archive-date=28 September 2016 |url-status=dead |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> The film cinematography handled by [[N. K. Viswanathan]].<ref name="Sathyaraj" /> The Dialogues were written by Shanmuga Sundharam.

== Soundtrack ==
All songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and Thiruppathuran, and composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Title
!Singer(s)
!Lyrics
!Length
|-
|1
| "Aazhakadalil"
|[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. Janaki]]
|rowspan=3|[[Kannadasan]]
|4:08
|-
|2
| "Sorgam Madhuvile"
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|4:34
|-
|3
| "Ore Idam"
|[[P. Susheela]]
|4:40
|-
|4
| "Kadai Thengaiyo"
|Malaysia Vasudevan
|Thirupathooran
|4:35
|-
|5
| "Mera Naam Abdullah"
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
|Kannadasan
|4:10
|}

== 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 |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290517/karuna-taught-me-tamil-says-kamal-haasan.html |title=Karuna taught me Tamil, says Kamal Haasan |date=29 May 2017 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |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.. |language=ta |date=14 July 2020 |access-date=6 October 2020 |last=Bengaluru |first=Rajaparvai Ramu}}</ref>

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

[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1978 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Twins in Indian films]]

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