Sagalakala Vallavan is a 1982

1982 in film

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 released Tamil-language

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 Indian

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 feature film

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 directed

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 by SP. Muthuraman

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SP. Muthuraman is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He has directed nearly 75 films in Tamil and Telugu. He was one of the most successful commercial directors in Tamil cinema. Initially he worked mainly with Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar and Kamal Haasan...

, starring Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...

, Ambika

Ambika (actress)

Ambika is an Indian film actress. She was worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. Ambika's sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio called "ARS Studios"....

, Raveendran

Raveendran (actor)

Raveendran is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films. He was a very busy actor in both these languages in 1980's. He debuted in Tamil mega hit Oru Thalai Ragam. He was the second lead in Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth movies like, Sagalakala Vallavan, Per Sollum Pillai,...

, Y. G. Mahendran, Thengai Srinivasan

Thengai Srinivasan

Thengai Srinivasan was a Tamil film comedian popular in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been given the title Thengai after he acted as a coconut-seller in the drama Kal Manam, staged by actor K. Kannan. Though basically a comedian, he proved himself an all-rounder by excelling in roles other than...

, Silk Smitha

Silk Smitha

Silk Smitha was an Indian film actress. She became a movie extra and subsequently the most wanted heroine of the early 80s. The sobriquet "Silk" came in 1979, with her first Tamil film Vandi Chakkaram, in which she played a bar girl named Silk...

 and V. K. Ramasamy

V. K. Ramasamy

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. The film was a Sensational hit and remains as Kamal Haasan's Cult Entertainer of all time.

Plot

Sagalakala Vallavan has the young agriculturist Kamal Hassan goes to extremes to attain revenge against his devious landlord and his family. Our hero is an upright young man, but when his family gets cheated out of money, he decides it's time to take a stand. Donning various disguises, he -- with help from his sister -- sets out seeking justice against the landlord and his confrontational daughter Ambika

Ambika (actress)

Ambika is an Indian film actress. She was worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. Ambika's sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio called "ARS Studios"....

 and son Raveendran

Raveendran (actor)

Raveendran is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films. He was a very busy actor in both these languages in 1980's. He debuted in Tamil mega hit Oru Thalai Ragam. He was the second lead in Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth movies like, Sagalakala Vallavan, Per Sollum Pillai,...

.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
  
  
• Ambika
  Ambika (actress)
  Ambika is an Indian film actress. She was worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films. Ambika's sister Radha was also an actress. Both of them acted in a number of south Indian films in 80s and they have a movie studio called "ARS Studios"....
  
  
• Raveendran
  Raveendran (actor)
  Raveendran is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films. He was a very busy actor in both these languages in 1980's. He debuted in Tamil mega hit Oru Thalai Ragam. He was the second lead in Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth movies like, Sagalakala Vallavan, Per Sollum Pillai,...
  
  
• Y. G. Mahendran
• Thengai Srinivasan
  Thengai Srinivasan
  Thengai Srinivasan was a Tamil film comedian popular in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been given the title Thengai after he acted as a coconut-seller in the drama Kal Manam, staged by actor K. Kannan. Though basically a comedian, he proved himself an all-rounder by excelling in roles other than...
  
  
• Silk Smitha
  Silk Smitha
  Silk Smitha was an Indian film actress. She became a movie extra and subsequently the most wanted heroine of the early 80s. The sobriquet "Silk" came in 1979, with her first Tamil film Vandi Chakkaram, in which she played a bar girl named Silk...
  
  
• V. K. Ramasamy
  V. K. Ramasamy
  V. K. Ramasamy was a Tamil actor, comedian and film producer who was known for the supporting roles he played in films in the years between 1950s and 1980s.-Notable Filmography:...
  
  

Snippets

• The film has the Evergreen party song "Ilamai itho itho....Inimai itho itho...."
• The film was remade in Hindi as Abhimanyu with Anil Kapoor, but failed at the Box-Office
• The film's Music score by Illayaraja was sensational, boosting the Audio Market
• Sagalakala Vallavan along with Vazhvey Maayam, Moondram Pirai, Sanam Teri Kasam(Hindi)and Andhi Veyilile Ponnu(Malayalam) were Major success for Kamal Haasan in 1982