Kattalai is a Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 starring Sathyaraj

Sathyaraj

Sathyaraj is a Tamil film actor and media personality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. A Tamil activist and a political influence, he has acted in over 150 films, ranging from action and drama to comedy. In 2007, he played the role of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored...

 and Bhanupriya

Bhanupriya

Bhanu Priya is an Indian actress. She was a former leading actress of the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries from 1980 to 1993...

. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Illayaraja. The film was one of the front runners in 1993 and was directed by Liaquat Ali Khan. It was released after Sathyaraj's blockbuster, Walter Vetrivel.

Plot

Sathyaraj is the son of R Sunderrajan and Sumitra. He has no job and spends his time reading newspapers. Sathyaraj is the sole bread-winner of his family. As a hero, he would try to bring down all the atrocities happening in the society. He falls in love with a dusky beauty, Bhanupriya.

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.