Kattalai (film)
Kattalai | |
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Directed by | Liaquat Ali Khan |
Written by | Liaquat Ali Khan |
Produced by | M. Gopi |
Starring | Sathyaraj Bhanupriya R. Sundarrajan |
Cinematography | Rajarajan |
Edited by | G. Jayachandran |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Sri Thirumala Art Productions |
Distributed by | Sri Thirumala Art Productions |
Release date | 25 June 1993 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Kattalai (transl. Order/Command) is a 1993 Tamil language 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
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 Bhanupriya. The rest forms the story.
Cast
- Sathyaraj as Sabarathnam
- Bhanupriya as Vijaya
- Anandaraj as Rangarajan
- R. Sundarrajan as Natarajan
- Radha Ravi as Venkadachalam
- Sri Vidhya
- Kavitha
Music
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
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]
References
- ^ "Filmography of kattalai". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ https://mio.to/album/Kattalai+%281993%29[dead link]
- ^ "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search".
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