''Savaale Samali'' () is a 1971 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language film, starring

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...

in is his 150th film. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Manchi Rojulu Vachchaayi'' (1972), in Malayalam as ''

Randu Lokam ''Randu Lokam'' is a 1977 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sharada, Jayabharathi and M. G. Soman in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. The film is a ...

'' (1977), in Kannada as ''

Siritanakke Savaal ''Sirithanakke Saval'' (Kannada: ಸಿರಿತನಕ್ಕೇ ಸವಾಲ್) is a 1978 Indian Kannada film, directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by C. D. Murthy. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Manjula Vijayakumar, K. S. Ashwath and Sam ...

'' (1978) and in Hindi as ''

Charnon Ki Saugandh ''Charanon Ki Saugandh'' is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language film directed by K. Bapaiah, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Amrita Singh, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Raj Kiran. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Savaale Samal ...

'' (1988). The film become a blockbuster at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theaters.

Plot

Cast

as Manickam *

Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian politician and actress who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years over six terms between 1991 and 2016. From 9 February 1989 to 5 December ...

as Sakunthala * R. Muthuraman as Kalimuthu * C. R. Vijayakumari as Kaveri * M. N. Nambiar as Rajavel * V. S. Raghavan as Ayyakannu * T. K. Bhagavathi as Thirunavukarasu (Periya Pannai) * S. Varalakshmi as Alamelu *

Ganthimathi Ganthimathi (30 August 1940 – 9 September 2011) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She acted in over 500 films. Early life Kanthimathi was born in Manamadurai in the then Ramanathapuram district of India. She started acting in dramas an ...

as Manickam Mother *

Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 Cine ...

as Chinna Pannai Singaram *

Kanakadurga Kanakadurga is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She debuted in the Malayalam movie ''Nellu'' as Kurumatti. She has acted in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu movies as we ...

as Sakunthala's friend *

Samikannu Samikannu (15 April 1923 – 3 June 2017) was an Indian actor who had acted in over 400 Tamil-language films in supporting and comedy roles. He is capable of doing whatever role is best. He is notable movie acted Character as 'Payapulla' in Mull ...

as Villager * A. Veerappan as Nattamai *

Usilai Mani Usilai Mani (உசிலை மணி) was an Indian film actor. He worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. He has acted over 1000 films and stage plays. His popular movies include ''Enga ooru Kavalkaran'' and ''Ayul Kaithi''. His dialo ...

as Villager * P. S. Venkatachalam Pillai as Villager * Comedy Shanmugam as Villager

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

, while the lyrics were written by

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

and Malliyam Rajagopal. P. Susheela won her second

National Award The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

for the song "Chitukuruvikenna".

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*{{IMDb title, 1445738 1970s Tamil-language films 1971 films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Tamil films remade in other languages