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{{about|the 1971 Tamil film|the 2015 Tamil film|Savaale Samaali}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Savaale Samali
| name          = Savaale Samali
| image          = Savale samali.jpg
| image          = Savaale Samali.jpg
| caption        =  
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director      = Malliyam Rajagopal
| director      = Malliyam Rajagopal
| writer        = Malliyam Rajagopal
| producer      = Das & Das{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=226}}
| producer      = Das & Das{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=226}}
| writer        = Malliyam Rajagopal
| starring      = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]<br />[[C. R. Vijayakumari]]<br />[[R. Muthuraman]]
| narrator      =
| starring      = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br/>[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]<br/>[[C. R. Vijayakumari]]<br/>[[R. Muthuraman]]
| music          = [[M.S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = [[A. Vincent]]
| cinematography = [[A. Vincent]]
| editing        = R. Devarajan
| editing        = R. Devarajan
| music          = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| studio        = Malliyam Productions
| studio        = Malliyam Productions
| distributor    =
| released      = {{Film date|1971|7|3|df=y}}
| released      = {{Film date|1971|7|3|ref1={{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=226}}|df=y}}
| runtime        = 159 minutes
| runtime        = 159 minutes
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
| budget        =
| gross          =
| website        =
}}
}}


'''''Savaale Samali''''' ({{lit|Meet the challenge}}) is a 1971 [[Tamil language]] film, starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and it is his 150th film. The film was remade in Telugu as ''[[Manchi Rojulu Vachchaayi]]'' (1972), in Malayalam as ''[[Randu Lokam]]'' (1977), in Kannada as ''[[Siritanakke Savaal]]'' (1978) and in Hindi as ''[[Charnon Ki Saugandh]]'' (1988).{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=227}}<ref>http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.in/2010/12/original-tamil-malayalam-remake-nalla.html</ref>
'''''Savaale Samali''''' ({{translation|Meet the challenge}}) is a 1971 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in is his 150th film.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 July 2019|title='வசந்தமாளிகை'யில் ஜெயலலிதா - சிவாஜி நினைவுநாள் இன்று!|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/508083-sivaji.html|url-status=live|access-date=22 September 2021|website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]]|language=ta|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610150859/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/508083-sivaji.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=29 August 2015|title=17. டைரக்டர் சாவித்ரி!|url=https://www.dinamani.com/junction/kanavukkannigal/2015/aug/29/17.-டைரக்டர்-சாவித்ரி-1175070.html|url-status=live|access-date=22 September 2021|website=[[Dinamani]]|language=ta|archive-date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922060811/https://www.dinamani.com/junction/kanavukkannigal/2015/aug/29/17.-%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF-1175070.html}}</ref> It was released on 3 July 1971.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=226}} The film was remade in Telugu as ''Manchi Rojulu Vachayi'' (1972), in Malayalam as ''[[Randu Lokam]]'' (1977), in Kannada as ''[[Siritanakke Savaal]]'' (1978) and in Hindi as ''[[Charnon Ki Saugandh]]'' (1988).{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=227}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Menon|first=Ajay|date=3 December 2010|title=Old is Gold: Tamil Movies made in Malayalam|url=http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/original-tamil-malayalam-remake-nalla.html|access-date=22 September 2021|website=Old is Gold|archive-date=8 February 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190208032430/http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/original-tamil-malayalam-remake-nalla.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film become a blockbuster at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theaters.{{Sfn|Ganesan|Narayana Swamy|2007|page=242}}
 
== Plot ==
This movie is about class struggle between the landlords who owned most of the land in India and their tenant farmers who were taken advantage off and ill treated by the landlords wrapped into a love story. Jayalalitha comes from a rich land lord family and visits her village from college where her parents reside. She is picked up from the station by Sivaji a local tenant farmer. Jayalalitha’s bags fall from the horse cart and she blames and insults Sivaji. Sivaji leaves her and drives away. In the local election, Jayalalitha’s father agrees to get his daughter married to Sivaji if he loses the election and Sivaji should give up his lands if he loses. Sivaji wins and Jayalalitha is forced into an unhappy marriage with a poor tenant farmer. Jayalalitha is bitterly unhappy, and returns to her mother’s house where her mother lectures her on the virtues of Indian marriage and after a few twists and turns, the couple is reunited. Although it is about class struggle, the portrayal that women do not have the agency to decide their fate is very sad to behold. That is still the fate of women in India and many other parts of the world,  although things have become much better after 50 years since this movie was shot.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Manickam
* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Manickam
* [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Sakunthala
* [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Sakunthala
* [[R. Muthuraman]] as Kalimuthu (Kaveri Husband)
* [[R. Muthuraman]] as Kalimuthu
* [[C. R. Vijayakumari]] as Kaveri (Manickam Sister)
* [[C. R. Vijayakumari]] as Kaveri
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as Rajavel (Sakunthala Brother, Enemy Role)
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as Rajavel
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Ayyakannu (Pannaiyar Home Servant, Manickam Father)
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Ayyakannu
* [[T. K. Bhagavathi]] as Thirunavukarasu (Periya Pannai Village president, Sakunthala Father, Enemy Role)
* [[T. K. Bhagavathi]] as Thirunavukarasu (Periya Pannai)
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] as Alamel (Sakunthala Mother)
* [[S. Varalakshmi]] as Alamel
* [[Ganthimathi]] as Parvathi (Manickam Mother)
* [[Gandhimathi]] as Manickam Mother
* [[Nagesh]] as Chinna Pannai Singaram
* [[Nagesh]] as Chinna Pannai Singaram
* [[Kanakadurga]] as (Kalimuthu Wife)
* [[Kanakadurga]] as Sakunthala's friend
* [[Samikannu]] as Villager  
* [[Samikannu]] as Villager
* [[A. Veerappan (actor)|A. Veerappan]] as Nattamai  
* [[A. Veerappan]] as Nattamai
* Venkadachalam Pillai as Villager
* [[Usilai Mani]] as Villager
* P. S. Venkadachalam Pillai as Villager
* Comedy Shanmugam as Villager
* Comedy Shanmugam as Villager
}}


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]], while the lyrics were written by [[Kannadasan]] and Malliyam Rajagopal. [[P. Susheela]] won her second National Award for the song Chittukuruvikkena Kattupaadu. G. Dhananjayan, in his book ''Pride of Tamil cinema'' noted: "The songs became hugely popular and contributed to the success of the film".{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=227}}
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].{{Cn|date=April 2024}} [[P. Susheela]] won her second [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|National Award]] for the song "Chitukuruvikenna".{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=227}}


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
|-
| 1 || "Annai Boomi" || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] || Malliyam Rajagopal || 02:30  
| "Annai Boomi" || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] || Malliyam Rajagopal || 02:30
|-
|-
| 2 || "Chitukuruvikenna" || [[P. Susheela]] ||rowspan=4|[[Kannadasan]] || 03:11
| "Chitukuruvikenna" || [[P. Susheela]] ||rowspan=4|[[Kannadasan]] || 03:11
|-
|-
| 3 || "Aanaikoru Kalam" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 04:34
| "Aanaikoru Kalam" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 04:34
|-
|-
| 4 || "Nilavai Paarthu Vaanam" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 03:16
| "Nilavai Paarthu Vaanam" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 03:16
|-
|-
| 5 || "Ennadi Mayakkama" || [[P. Suseela]], [[L. R. Eswari]] || 04:34
| "Ennadi Mayakkama" || [[P. Suseela]], [[L. R. Eswari]] || 04:34
|}
|}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Dhananjayan |first=G. |title=Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013 |title-link=Pride of Tamil Cinema |publisher=Blue Ocean Publishers |year=2014 |oclc=898765509 |author-link=G. Dhananjayan}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Ganesan |first1=Sivaji |title=Autobiography of an Actor: Sivaji Ganesan, October 1928&nbsp;– July 2001 |title-link=Autobiography of an Actor |last2=Narayana Swamy |first2=T. S. |publisher=Sivaji Prabhu Charities Trust |year=2007 |oclc=297212002 |author-link=Sivaji Ganesan |orig-date=2002}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|1445738}}
*{{IMDb title|1445738}}


== Bibliography ==
[[Category:1971 Indian films]]
*{{cite book|last=Dhananjayan |first=G.|authorlink=G. Dhananjayan|title=Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013|date=2014|publisher=Blue Ocean Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e07vBwAAQBAJ}}
[[Category:1971 Tamil-language films]]
 
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films about farmers]]
[[Category:Films about landlords]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]
 
 
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For similar titles, see Savaale Samali (disambiguation).

Savaale Samali
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMalliyam Rajagopal
Produced byDas & Das[1]
Written byMalliyam Rajagopal
StarringSivaji Ganesan
Jayalalithaa
C. R. Vijayakumari
R. Muthuraman
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
CinematographyA. Vincent
Edited byR. Devarajan
Production
company
Malliyam Productions
Release date
  • 3 July 1971 (1971-07-03)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Savaale Samali (transl. Meet the challenge) is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language film, starring Sivaji Ganesan in is his 150th film.[2][3] It was released on 3 July 1971.[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Manchi Rojulu Vachayi (1972), in Malayalam as Randu Lokam (1977), in Kannada as Siritanakke Savaal (1978) and in Hindi as Charnon Ki Saugandh (1988).[4][5] The film become a blockbuster at the box-office, running for over 100 days in theaters.[6]

Plot[edit | edit source]

This movie is about class struggle between the landlords who owned most of the land in India and their tenant farmers who were taken advantage off and ill treated by the landlords wrapped into a love story. Jayalalitha comes from a rich land lord family and visits her village from college where her parents reside. She is picked up from the station by Sivaji a local tenant farmer. Jayalalitha’s bags fall from the horse cart and she blames and insults Sivaji. Sivaji leaves her and drives away. In the local election, Jayalalitha’s father agrees to get his daughter married to Sivaji if he loses the election and Sivaji should give up his lands if he loses. Sivaji wins and Jayalalitha is forced into an unhappy marriage with a poor tenant farmer. Jayalalitha is bitterly unhappy, and returns to her mother’s house where her mother lectures her on the virtues of Indian marriage and after a few twists and turns, the couple is reunited. Although it is about class struggle, the portrayal that women do not have the agency to decide their fate is very sad to behold. That is still the fate of women in India and many other parts of the world, although things have become much better after 50 years since this movie was shot.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[citation needed] P. Susheela won her second National Award for the song "Chitukuruvikenna".[4]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Annai Boomi" M. S. Viswanathan Malliyam Rajagopal 02:30
"Chitukuruvikenna" P. Susheela Kannadasan 03:11
"Aanaikoru Kalam" T. M. Soundararajan 04:34
"Nilavai Paarthu Vaanam" T. M. Soundararajan 03:16
"Ennadi Mayakkama" P. Suseela, L. R. Eswari 04:34

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dhananjayan 2014, p. 226.
  2. ↑ "'வசந்தமாளிகை'யில் ஜெயலலிதா - சிவாஜி நினைவுநாள் இன்று!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in தமிழ்). 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "17. டைரக்டர் சாவித்ரி!". Dinamani (in தமிழ்). 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dhananjayan 2014, p. 227.
  5. ↑ Menon, Ajay (3 December 2010). "Old is Gold: Tamil Movies made in Malayalam". Old is Gold. Retrieved 22 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Ganesan & Narayana Swamy 2007, p. 242.

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