''Savaal'' ( kn, ಸವಾಲ್) is a 2014 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language film directed by Dhananjay Balaji, starring

Prajwal Devaraj Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by t ...

, K Mutthuraj, Abhay, Sona Chopra and Shobhraj in lead roles.

Cast

as Arjun * K Mutthuraj * Abhay * Sona Chopra *

Shobaraj Shobaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films include '' Yajamana'' (2000), ''Shabdavedhi'' (2000), '' Police Story'' (1996), and '' Sangliyana Part-3'' (1997). Career Shobaraj has been part of more than 2 ...

as Aadi's brother * Raj Purohith * Rithesh *

Jai Jagadish Jai Jagadish (born 29 June 1954) is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. Starting his career as an actor in '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), he went on to feature in over 300 films as an actor. In 1998, he turned producer ...

Music

Reception

Critical response

A Shardhha of ''

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'' wrote "And, the support cast fails too, including Sadhu Kokila and Bullet Prakash. Nothing worthy of mentioning about V Manohar’s music nor PKH Doss’ work as a camera person. Savaal is a total let down with a paper-thin plot. Skip it". Shyam Prasad S of ''

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'' scored the film at 1.5 out of 5 stars and says "he gives up his life by coming between an assassin's bullet and Prajwal. Shobraj has probably not been paid his remuneration and he has not dubbed for the role. But the dubbing artiste has done a good job. Thank God, the film is fewer than two hours". ''

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'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Dhananjay Balaji has to possibly do a better coursework before he could even think of next project. V.Manohar?s music does not create any magic and goes with the flow of story while PKH Das as the cameraman is convincing in his shots". BS Srivani of the ''

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'' wrote "P K H Das is as good as ever. With incomplete visualisation, even action sequences suffer. Ditto the actors. An actor like Raju Thalikote is made to ham endlessly. Raj Purohith, who showed promise in Kaarthick, has very little screentime here. Shona Chhabra jiggles some but little else. Shobharaj and Jai Jagadish are wasted, with the former’s drugs-fuelled rages evoking only pity".

References

{{reflist 2010s Kannada-language films 2014 films