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Sattam En Kaiyil
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Wikipedia article
'Sattam En Kaiyil' is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by T. N. Balu starring Kamal Haasan and Sripriya. It was remade in Hindi as 'Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya' (1982), with Haasan returning.
Plot
The film revolves around twin brothers, who were separated and got different family in their childhood. One becomes an educated and a good person, while the other one becomes local city-thief and a petty criminal remaining uneducated. Problems arrive when their girlfriends think the other as their own boyfriend as they look alike. The story ends reuniting the twin brothers.
Cast
*Kamal Haasan as Babu / Rathnam
*Sripriya as Priya
*Miss. Elizabeth as Kathrine
*Srikanth as Senthil
*S. A. Ashokan as Mayandi
*Thengai Srinivasan as Lawyer Nagarajan
*Suruli Rajan as Rathnam's Friend
*V. Gopalakrishnan as Priya's Father
*Pushpalatha as Lakshmi
*Ganthimathi as Sivakolunthu
*Sathyaraj as Vicky
*Loose Mohan
*Usilai Mani
Production
'Sattam En Kaiyil' is the debut film of Sathyaraj. It was the cinematographer N. K. Vishwanathan who recommended him to the director T. N. Balu. Sathyaraj received a salary of 500.
Soundtrack
All songs were written by Kannadasan and Thiruppathuran, and composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Sorgam Madhuvile" was remixed by Karthik Raja for 'Maa Madurai' (2007).
Release
'Sattam En Kaiyil' was released on 14 July 1978. It was commercially successful and ran for 100 days. 100th days celebration of the film was attended by M. Karunanidhi.
References
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