Kattalai (film)

Kattalai
Kattalai
Directed by	Liaquat Ali Khan
Produced by	M. Gopi
Written by	Liaquat Ali Khan
Starring	Sathyaraj; Bhanupriya; R. Sundarrajan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Rajarajan
Edited by	G. Jayachandran
Production; company	Sri Thirumala Art Productions
Distributed by	Sri Thirumala Art Productions
Release date	25 June 1993
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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Kattalai (English: Order/Command) is a 1993 Tamil film directed by Liaquat Ali Khan, starring Sathyaraj and Bhanupriya. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Illayaraja. It was released after Sathyaraj's blockbuster, Walter Vetrivel.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Sathyaraj is the son of R Sunderrajan and Sumitra. His dad has no job and spends his time reading newspapers. Sathyaraj is the sole bread-winner of his family. He would try to bring down all the atrocities happening in the society. He falls in love with a dusky beauty, Bhanupriya. The rest forms the story.

Cast[edit]

Sathyaraj as Sabarathnam
Bhanupriya as Vijaya
Anandaraj as Rangarajan
R. Sundarrajan as Natarajan
Radha Ravi as Venkadachalam
Sri Vidhya
Kavitha

Music[edit]

In the recent interview director was confirmed that initially A. R. Rahman was booked as a music director of the film, due to producer’s concern replaced by Ilaiyaraaja. lyrics written by Vaali.^[2]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Aathukara Mama"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	Vaali	05:04
2	"En Aasai"	Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra		04:57
3	"Naa Vanna Nila"	K. S. Chithra		04:01
4	"Nambinen Maharajane"	Shoba Chandrasekhar, Mano		04:58
5	"Thai Piranthathu"	Mano		05:37

Reception[edit]

Due to its release after Sathyaraj's blockbuster hit, Walter Vetrivel, this film generated high expectations among Sathyaraj fans and Tamil movie buffs. However, the movie fell short of these expectations and settled as an average grosser. The Indian Express called it a "crude remake" of his previous film Ezhai Jaathi.^[3] New Straits Times wrote "Kattalai will go down well with Sathyaraj fans but for those who are not particularly thrilled by his presence, you may find it difficult to shake off that deja vu feeling that you have seen all these before".^[4]

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