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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]

Kattalai
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

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]

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