''Sattam'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by

K. Vijayan K. Vijayan was an Indian film director. He predominantly worked in Tamil cinema. He mainly worked with Sivaji Ganesan. He directed many Malayalam films as well. Career K. Vijayan was an employee of the Golden Rock Railway Workshop in Tiruchi ...

and produced by Anandavalli Balaji, starring

Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali f ...

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (born 31 July 1951), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 200 films. He has appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada an ...

and Madhavi. It is a remake of the

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film '' Dostana'' (1980). The film was dubbed in

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as ''Snehabandham''.

Cast

as Raja (Inspector) * Madhavi as Radha *

as Ravi (Lawyer) * Y. G. Mahendra as M.L.Anandharaman *

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

as Ramesh * Vijayakumar as Michael johny * K. Balaji as Toni * Manorama as Pandanur Chandirabana * Ilavarasi *

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Silk Smitha Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. Smitha was part of se ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Gangai Amaran Gangai Amaran is an Indian music composer, singer, lyricist, writer, film director and actor in Tamil films. Personal life Gangai Amaran was born in Pannaipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu in December 1947, as the youngest son of Daniel R ...

.http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000413 Tamil lyrics were written by Vaali and Malayalam lyrics written by Poovachal Khader.

References

External links

* 1983 films 1980s Tamil-language films 1980s action drama films 1980s buddy films Tamil remakes of Hindi films Indian action drama films Indian buddy films Films scored by Gangai Amaran Films directed by K. Vijayan 1983 drama films {{1980s-Tamil-film-stub