Sawaal (film)
Sawaal (Hindi: सवाल; translation: Question) is a Hindi film produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Ramesh Talwar, released in 1982. The music was composed by Khayyam and the lyrics were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Despite an all-star cast, it did not succeed at the box office.
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| Directed by | Ramesh Talwar |
| Produced by | Yash Chopra |
| Screenplay by | Sagar Sarhadi |
| Story by | Surinder Prakash |
| Starring | Sanjeev Kumar Waheeda Rehman Shashi Kapoor Poonam Dhillon Randhir Kapoor Swaroop Sampat Prem Chopra |
| Music by | Khayyam Majrooh Sultanpuri (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Kay Gee |
| Edited by | B. Mangeshkar |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Seth Dhanpath Rai (Sanjeev Kumar) is the country's most powerful smuggler who is surrounded by his fortress of power and money. His daughter Sonia (Poonam Dhillon) falls in love with Ravi Malhotra (Shashi Kapoor), a police officer and wants to marry him. Dhanpath Rai very soon realizes that his son Vicky (Randhir Kapoor) has also taken a path that goes against the one he travels. Vicky has been engaged to a pretty but poor girl (Swaroop Sampat). Now the question begins to haunt Seth Dhanpat rai - "What is more important: His children's happiness or what he is, i.e. power and money?" Dhanpath Rai's question is answered soon.
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor as Inspector Ravi Malhotra
- Waheeda Rehman as Anju D. Mehta
- Sanjeev Kumar as Dhanpathrai Mehta
- Poonam Dhillon as Sonia D. Mehta
- Randhir Kapoor as Vikram D. Mehta 'Vicky'
- Prem Chopra as Shamsher Singh
- Swaroop Sampat as Reshmi S. Singh
- Avtar Gill as Lal Singh
- Mac Mohan as Mac
- Yunus Parvez as Yunus
- Madan Puri as Govindram
- Jagdish Raj as Inspector Jagdish
- Manmohan Krishna as Lala Dinanath Malhotra, Ravi's father
- Anjan Srivastava as Dinanath's boss
- Vikas Anand as Vikas Anand
- Gautam Sarin
- Kamal Kapoor
- Ranbir Raj
- Ulhas
- Helen as Cabaret Dancer
- Kalpana Iyer as Cabaret Dancer
- Padma Khanna as Courtesan
Crew
- Director – Ramesh Talwar
- Story – Surinder Prakash
- Screenplay – Sagar Sarhadi
- Producer – Yash Chopra
- Production Company – Yash Raj Films
- Editor – B. Mangeshkar
- Cinematographer – Kay Gee
- Art Director – Studio Diwakar, Sudhendu Roy
- Costume Designer – Akbar Gabbana, Allan Gill, Bhanu Athaiya, Jennifer Kapoor, Kuki Malhotra, Mani Rabadi, Pamela Chopra
- Choreographer – Gopi Krishna, Oscar, Suresh Bhatt, Vijay
- Music Director – Khayyam
- Lyricist – Majrooh Sultanpuri
- Playback Singers – Anwar, Asha Bhosle, Jagjit Kaur, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh, Pamela Chopra
Soundtrack
All lyrics are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri; all music is composed by Khayyam.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ab Jaan Rahe Ya Jaye" | Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Aisa Kuchh Kare" | Kishore Kumar | 1:25 |
| 3. | "Dilruba Hoon Dilruba" | Asha Bhosle | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Idhar Aa Sitamgar" | Pamela Chopra, Jagjit Kaur | 4:55 |
| 5. | "Maana Churaoge Badan" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle | 5:00 |
| 6. | "Sab Ki Nigah Men Sawaal Hai" | Asha Bhosle | 3:55 |
| 7. | "Yeh Safar" | Lata Mangeshkar, Anwar | 4:20 |
| 8. | "Zindagi Haseen Hai" | Kishore Kumar | 5:35 |