Samrat is a 1997 Indian crime thriller film in Tamil directed by Sakthi Chidambaram (credited as C. Dinakaran) as his directorial debut.
The cast includes Ramki, Vineetha, R. Sundarrajan, Thalaivasal Vijay, Sabitha Anand.
The film, produced by Lakshmi Karan with music by Manoj Saran and cinematography by S. Rajasekaran was released on 10 October 1997.
[2] Two years after its release, the producers were given a ₹5 lakh (₹500,000) subsidy by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi along with ten other films.
There, Ashok meets Damayanthi (Rukma), the daughter of Sundar (Mohan Natarajan), the wealthiest man in the village.
In the past, Sundar killed Samrat's innocent father (Thalaivasal Vijay) and removed the thaali from his mother's (Sabitha Anand) neck.
Samrat is a psychopath who wants to take revenge on Sundar at any cost as he believes that his late mother is still alive.