He saw too that his police inspector father DCP Needhi Manikkam was powerless to get the murderer convicted as there was no evidence.

As a young man under the name of Vijay, he gets even with the criminal Mathappu Sundaram killing each one of his three sons.

[1][2] Sattam Oru Vilaiyattu was released on 21 October 1987,[3] alongside another Vijayakanth film Uzhavan Magan on Diwali day.

[5] The Indian Express wrote, "The screenplay is utterly contrived and there is nothing new either in M. Karunanidhi's dialogues [..] or S. A. Chandrasekhar's treatment which is as hackneyed as ever".

[6] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki questioned why Karunanidhi would associate his name for this kind of third rated films.