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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kattalai<br />
| image =<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[Liaquat Ali Khan (director)|Liaquat Ali Khan]]<br />
| producer = M. Gopi<br />
| writer = Liaquat Ali Khan<br />
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br>[[Bhanupriya]]<br>[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = Rajarajan<br />
| editing = G. Jayachandran<br />
| studio = Sri Thirumala Art Productions<br />
| distributor = Sri Thirumala Art Productions<br />
| released = 25 June 1993<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
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}}<br />
'''''Kattalai''''' (English: ''Order/Command'') is a 1993 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film directed by [[Liaquat Ali Khan (director)|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]].<ref>[http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=kattalai]</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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 a dusky beauty, Bhanupriya. The rest forms the story.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Sathyaraj]] as Sabarathnam<br />
* [[Bhanupriya]] as Vijaya<br />
* [[Anandaraj]] as Rangarajan<br />
* [[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]] as Natarajan<br />
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Venkadachalam<br />
* [[Sri Vidhya]]<br />
* [[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]]<br />
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==Music==<br />
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 (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>https://mio.to/album/Kattalai+%281993%29</ref><br />
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| '''No.''' || '''Song''' || '''Singers''' ||'''Lyrics''' || '''Length (m:ss)'''<br />
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| 1 || "Aathukara Mama" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || rowspan=5|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 05:04<br />
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| 2 || "En Aasai" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], K. S. Chithra || 04:57<br />
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| 3 || "Naa Vanna Nila" || K. S. Chithra || 04:01<br />
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| 4 || "Nambinen Maharajane" || [[Shoba Chandrasekhar]], Mano || 04:58<br />
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| 5 || "Thai Piranthathu" || Mano || 05:37<br />
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|}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
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''.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930521&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref> ''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".<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19930605&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1993 action films]]<br />
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