Kaakki Sattai
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| Kaakki Sattai | |
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| File:Kaakki Sattai Kamal.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rajasekhar |
| Written by | Sathya Movies Story Department Livingston, G. M. Kumar, Avinasimani, P. L. Sundarrajan, Radha Veerannan, V. ThamizhAlagan |
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| Cinematography | V. Ranga |
| Edited by | K. R. Krishnan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Sathya Movies |
| Distributed by | Sathya Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹5 crore |
Kaakki Sattai (transl. Khaki Shirt) is a 1985 Tamil-language Indian action film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Kamal Haasan, Ambika, Madhavi, Sathyaraj, Rajeev and Thengai Srinivasan. The film was a blockbuster hit at the box office. The film was loosely remade in Hindi as Guru with Mithun Chakraborty and Sridevi.[2] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Khiladi.[3]
Plot
Kaakki Sattai has Murali (Kamal Haasan), a young man who trains very hard to become a police officer. Uma (Ambika) is his neighbour and they fall in love with each other while Uma supports Murali to achieve his goal but he is rejected after the physical test due to not having influence or money.
Angered by the rejection, Murali turns into a local rowdy. He causes trouble in his district and comes to the attention of a notorious smuggler and murderer, Vicky (Sathyaraj) and his partner Anand (Rajeev). After initial conflict between the two, Vicky recruits rowdy Murali into his gang. Murali becomes his most trusted member. He grows intimate with a girl, Anita (Madhavi), who is looking for personal revenge against Anand.
But soon Vicky's activities time and again, are foiled by the police and he finds out that they have a mole in his gang. Uma spots the changed Murali with Anita and becomes furious and breaks up with him. Then Murali reveals the truth to her. He was not rejected by the police but was recruited by a senior officer to bring down Vicky and Anand's gang. He became a rowdy to get into the gang and is acting as a mole to bring the gang down. They patch things up but Vicky finds out the truth too. In the climax, Anita kills Anand. Vicky kidnaps Uma after killing Anita and when police arrive to arrest him and blackmails Murali to help him escape. After initially helping his escape, Murali rescues Uma and Vicky is killed in the blast.
Cast
- Kamal Haasan - Murali
- Madhavi - Anita
- Ambika - Uma
- Sathyaraj - Vicky
- Rajeev - Anand
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Bob Christo
- V. Gopalakrishnan
- Kallapetti Singaram
- Y. Vijaya
- Kanchana
- Senthamarai
Soundtrack
| Kaakki Sattai | |||||
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| File:Kaakkisattaiaudio.jpg | |||||
| Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja | |||||
| Released | 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 22:30 | ||||
| Language | Tamil | ||||
| Label | Echo | ||||
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The soundtrack was composed by Illayaraja.[4][5][6] The song "Kanmaniye Pesu" is set in Sivaranjani raga.[7]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kanmaniyae Pesu" (Feat. Kamal Haasan and Ambika) | Pulamaipithan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | |
| 2. | "Nama Singaari Saraku" (Feat. Kamal Haasan and Dancers) | Vaali | S. P. Balasubramanyam | |
| 3. | "Poo Potta Dhavani" (Feat. Kamal Hassan and Madhavi) | Avinashi Mani | S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki | |
| 4. | "Vaanile Thenila" (Feat. Kamal Hassan and Ambika) | Na. Kamarasan | S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki | |
| 5. | "Pattu Kannam" (Feat. Kamal Hassan and Ambika) | Muthulingham | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela |
Release
Kaakki Sattai topped the Chennai box office on its opening weekend with ₹10 lakh distributor share.
Re-release
A digitally restored version of the film was released in March 2018.[8]
References
- ^ http://vellitthirai.com/movie/%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%be%e0%ae%95%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%9a%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%88/
- ^ "Kamal's Kaakki Sattai was remade". The Times of India. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JDJpILaqU
- ^ "Kaakki Sattai Songs". raaga. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ Kaakki Sattai, Oosai, archived from the original on 24 October 2008, retrieved 28 October 2008
- ^ "Kaakki Sattai LP Vinyl Records". musicalaya. Retrieved 26 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/sivaranjani-for-pathos/article3945587.ece
- ^ "Kamal Haasan's blockbuster film to be Re-released". Behindwoods. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.