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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu<br />
| image = Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu.jpg<br />
| border = no<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]<br />
| producer = [[Shoba Chandrasekhar]]<br />
| writer = S. A. Chandrasekhar<br />
| starring = [[Vijayakanth]]<br>[[Radha (actress)|Radha]]<br>[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]<br>[[S A Chandrasekhar]]<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = VV Creations<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1987|10|21|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 132 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu''''' ({{Translation|The Law is a Game}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action crime film]], directed by [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] and produced by [[Shoba Chandrasekhar]]. The film stars [[Vijayakanth]], [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] and [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] in lead roles. The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/movies/sattam-oru-vilaiyaattu.html|title=Sattam Oru Vilaiyaattu|accessdate=2014-08-04|publisher=entertainment.oneindia.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/movie/sattam-oru-vilaiyattu/|title=Sattam Oru Vilaiyaattu|accessdate=2014-08-04|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
As a boy Raja ([[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]), he saw his mother ([[Srividya]]) and younger brother murdered. He saw too that his police inspector father DCP Needhi Manikkam ([[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]) was powerless to get the murderer convicted as there was no evidence.<br />
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As a young man under the name of Vijay ([[Vijayakanth]]), he gets even with the criminal Mathappu Sundaram (Senthamarai) 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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Vijayakanth]] as Raja <br />
*[[Radha (actress)|Radha]] as Veni <br />
*[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] as DCP Needhi Manikkam<br />
*[[Srividya]] as Amudha<br />
*[[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] as Peter<br />
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Mathappu Sundaram<br />
*[[S. S. Chandran]] as Vairavelu<br />
*[[Senthil]] as Lingesan<br />
*[[Kamala Kamesh]] as Nair's wife<br />
*[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as Raja (Child artist as Cameo appearance)<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>http://bollywoodvinyl.in/products/sattam-oru-vilaiyattu-1987-bollywood-vinyl-l-p</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0003233.html|title=Sattam Oru Vilayattu Songs|accessdate=2014-08-04|publisher=raaga.com}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Nee Pirantha Podhu" || Vidya || [[Gangai Amaran]] || 4:14 <br />
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| 2 || "Oru Brindavanam" - Small || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jayaram]], [[Shoba Chandrasekhar|Shoba Sekar]] and Sheela || rowspan=4|[[Pulamaipithan]] || 1:01<br />
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| 3 || "Oru Brindavanam" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram, Shoba Sekar and Sheela || 4:47 <br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Sugam Tharum Nila" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and [[K. S. Chithra]] || 5:14<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Oru Kulla Nari" || [[Yesudas]], [[S. N. Surendar]] and Shoba Sekar || 4:32 <br />
|}<br />
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==Release==<br />
''Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu'' was released on 21 October 1987 alongside another Vijayakanth film ''[[Uzhavan Magan]]''.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=vzY-6mMDyDUC&dat=19871021&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref> However, both films went on to become super hits at the box office.<ref>https://www.top10cinema.com/article/45250/friday-fury-captain-vijayakanths-double-superhits-release-on-single-day</ref> ''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".<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19871106&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|1385973}}<br />
{{S. A. Chandrasekhar}}<br />
[[Category:1987 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian vigilante films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s vigilante films]]<br />
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