Ezhuthatha Sattangal

Ezhuthatha Sattangal (transl. Unwritten laws) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Shankar, starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar and M. N. Nambiar. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Aarambham (1982).^[1] The film was released on 15 August 1984.^[2][3]

Ezhuthatha Sattangal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Shankar
Screenplay by	K. Shankar
Story by	Cochin Haneefa
Produced by	K. Shivaprasad
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Jaishankar M. N. Nambiar Prabhu Urvashi
Cinematography	M. C. Sekar
Edited by	K. Shankar V. Jeyapal
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Shivshankar Creations
Release date	15 August 1984 (1984-08-15)
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Nazeer
• Prabhu as Shankar
• Jaishankar as Justice Thiyagarajan
• M. N. Nambiar as Farooq
• Srividya as Saradha
• Nalini as Noorajahan
• Urvashi as Meena
• Sarath Babu as Dr. Basheer
• Rajesh as Gopinath
• R. S. Manohar as Sebastian
• Sivachandran as Jambi
• Thengai Srinivasan as Velu Thambi
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Nagaraja Chozhan
• Anuradha
• Vijayalakshmi
• Vijayarekha
• K. Vijayan ( Guest appearance)
• V. Gopalakrishnan as Dr. Abraham (Guest Appearance)
• LIC Narasimhan

Production

The film was launched at Prasad Studios along with song recording.^[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Pulamaipithan.^[5]

Track	Singer(s)
"Aalankatti Maamalaiyaam"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja
"Ezhuthaatha Sattangal"	Malaysia Vasudevan
"Kannuku Azhagana Maapillai"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam
"Then Kulathile Kulikkava"	S. Janaki
"Vanthen Maathiram"	P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam, Chorus

Critical reception

Balumani of Anna praised the acting of Sivaji Ganesan and other actors, Super Subbarayan's stunt choreography, Ilaiyaraaja's music and Shankar's direction.^[6]