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Sabatham

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Sabatham
Theatrical poster
Directed byP. Madhavan
Story byBala Murugan
StarringK. R. Vijaya
Ravichandran
T. K. Bhagavathi
Nagesh
CinematographyP. N. Sundaram
A. Somasundaram
Edited byR. Devarajan
Music byG. K. Venkatesh
Production
company
Devanayaki Films
Release date
  • 14 April 1971 (1971-04-14)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Sabatham (/səbəθəm/ transl. Challenge) is 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. Music was by G. K. Venkatesh. The film stars K. R. Vijaya, Ravichandran, Nagesh and T. K. Bhagavathi, with V. K. Ramasami and Anjali Devi in supporting roles. It was released on 14 April 1971.[1]

Plot

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Sivakami makes a gentle challenge to her father-in-law, as to how she should manage her problems in the household.

Cast

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Production

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The film features a play based on the Mahabharata, where Sridevi plays Krishna.[2]

Soundtrack

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Music was composed by G. K. Venkatesh and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[3] The song "Thoduvandhenna Thendralo Malargalo" was inspired in part by the Hindi song "Woh Hain Zara Khafa Khafa" from Shagird (1967),[4] and attained popularity.[5][6] The song "Aattathai Aadu Puliyudan" also attained popularity.[7]

Songs Singers Length
"Aadum Alaigalil Neethi" (Mahabharatham) S. Janaki 08:20
"Thoduvathenna Thendralo" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 03:45
"Nenjukku Neethi Undu" Sirkazhi Govindarajan, L. R. Eswari
"Aattathai Aadu Puliyudan" L. R. Eswari, A. L. Raghavan 04:17

References

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  1. ^ Arasaratnam, Rajeevan (8 November 2020). "நான் அறிந்த இசை அரசன் எஸ்.பி.பியும் அவரின் இன்னிசை சாம்ராஜ்யமும்; பகுதி 10 -என்.கே.எஸ். திருச்செல்வம்". Thinakkural (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ Nayak, Satyarth (2019). Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess. India: Penguin Random House. p. 11. ISBN 9789353056780.
  3. ^ "Sabatham". Indiancine.ma. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Shagird". MySwar. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  5. ^ "எங்கேயும்... எப்போதும்... எஸ்.பி.பி...! உருகும் கவிப்பேரரசு வைரமுத்து". Nakkheeran (in Tamil). 1 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. ^ "புதிய இசையமைப்பாளர்களால் ஏன் புகழ் பெற முடியவில்லை?". Kungumam (in Tamil). 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. ^ வேணுகோபாலன், எஸ்.வி. (21 June 2020). "அஞ்சலி: ஏ.எல்.ராகவன் -மென்குரலே நீ வாழ்க!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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