Savaal

Savaal
Directed by	R. Krishnamoorthy
Produced by	Anandavalli Balaji
Written by	A. L. Narayanan (dialogues)
Story by	Salim-Javed
Starring	Kamal Haasan; Sripriya
Music by	M.S.Viswanathan
Cinematography	K. S. Prasad
Edited by	V. Chakrapani
Production; company	Sujatha Cine Arts
Release date	3 July 1981
Running time	146 Minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Savaal (transl. Challenge) is a 1981 Tamil-language Indian film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by Anandavalli Balaji, starring Kamal Haasan, Jaishankar, Y. Gee. Mahendra and Lakshmi. The film was released on 3 July 1981 and did well at box office. The film was a remake of the Hindi film Haath Ki Safai (1974).[1]

Plot

Brothers Sankar and Raja lose their mother. For survival, they plan to go to the city via a goods train. However at a junction, they get split and lead separate lives. Sankar grows up to be a smuggler while Raja becomes a petty pickpocketing criminal. Radha, a wealthy girl, falls in love in Raja. How Sankar and Raja get united forms the story.

Cast

Kamal Haasan as Raja
Sripriya as Radha
Jaishankar as Shankar
Vijayakumar as Ranjith
Lakshmi as Ganga
K.Balaji as Baba sheak
Manorama as ‘Burma’ Pappa[2]
Y. Gee. Mahendra as Johny
Thengai Srinivasan as Radha's guardian

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Vishwanathan [3] and lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Vairamuthu.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Theriyum Theriyum"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
2.	"Naadinen Nambinen Kadhalukku Nyayamillai"	Kannadasan	Vani Jairam
3.	"Thanniye Pottaa"	Kannadasan	Kamal Haasan, Kalyani Menon, Sripriya
4.	"Kai Nalla Kaiyappa"	Kannadasan	Malaysia Vasudevan, Manorama , Kovai Soundarajan

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References

Piousji (14 June 1981). "Khaas Baat". Sunday. p. 53.
Rangan, Baradwaj (12 October 2015). "Mistress of arts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
http://tamiltunes.com/savaal.html

External links

Savaal on IMDb

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[1] Piousji (14 June 1981). "Khaas Baat". Sunday. p. 53.

[2] Rangan, Baradwaj (12 October 2015). "Mistress of arts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

[3] ttp://tamiltunes.com/savaal.html