''Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu'' () is a 1987 Indian

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, directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by Shoba Chandrasekhar. The film stars

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and Ravichandran. It revolves around a man seeking to avenge the murder of his mother and younger brother. The film was released on 21 October 1987.

Plot

As a boy, Raja saw his mother and younger brother murdered. He saw too that his police inspector father DCP Needhi Manikkam was powerless to get the murderer convicted as there was no evidence. As a young man under the name of Vijay, he gets even with the criminal Mathappu Sundaram killing each one of his three sons. One under water, the second from a mountain peak, the third murder is made to look as if it were an accident with the car carrying the victim hurtling off the peak.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

Release and reception

''Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu'' was released on 21 October 1987, alongside another Vijayakanth film '' Uzhavan Magan'' on

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day. However, both films went on to become super hits at the box office. ''

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'' 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". Jayamanmadhan of ''

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'' questioned why Karunanidhi would associate his name for this kind of third rated films.

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* {{S. A. Chandrasekhar 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1980s vigilante films 1987 action films 1987 films Films directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films with screenplays by M. Karunanidhi Indian action films Indian films about revenge Indian vigilante films Tamil-language Indian films