Sattam

For the name, see Satam.

Sattam (transl. The Law) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by K. Vijayan and produced by Anandavalli Balaji, starring Kamal Haasan, Sarath Babu and Madhavi. It is a remake of the Hindi film Dostana (1980).^[1] The film was released on 21 May 1983.^[2]

Sattam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Vijayan
Story by	Salim–Javed
Produced by	Anandavalli Balaji
Starring	Kamal Haasan Madhavi Sarath Babu
Cinematography	Dewari
Edited by	V. Chakrapani
Music by	Gangai Amaran
Production company	Sujatha Cine Arts
Release date	21 May 1983 (1983-05-21)
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Kamal Haasan as Raja
• Madhavi as Radha
• Sarath Babu as Ravi
• Y. G. Mahendran as M.L.Anandharaman
• Jaishankar as Ramesh
• Vijayakumar as Michael Johny
• K. Balaji as Toni
• Manorama as Pandanur Chandirabana
• Ilavarasi
• Sathyakala
• Silk Smitha

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Gangai Amaran.^[3][4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vaa Vaa En Veenaiyae"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam	3:29
2.	"Ammamma Saranam"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam	4:17
3.	"Oru Nanbanin"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:15
4.	"Thekam Pattu"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja	5:40
5.	"Nanbane Enathu Uyir"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Malaysia Vasudevan	7:34
Total length:				25:15

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the acting of Kamal Haasan, Madhavi and Sarath Babu but felt the antagonists Jaishankar, Vijayakumar were underutilised and concluded calling the first half is hand rickshaw and second half is SLV^{[clarification needed]}.^[5]