Sampathige Savaal (1974)

Original title

ಸಂಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಸವಾಲ್

Directed by

A. V. Seshagiri Rao

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 28m

Rated

U

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man's family faces a moral challenge. The story follows their struggles with money and values.

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What happens

Sampathige Savaal ( transl. A Challenge to Wealth) is a 1974 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by A. V. Seshagiri Rao and produced by A. N. Murthy, based on the play Saahukaara written by B. P. Dhuttharagi. The film stars Rajkumar, Vajramuni and Manjula. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics for the soundtracks were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the tracks composed by G. K. Venkatesh considered evergreen hits. Rajkumar became popular as a playback singer with the track Yaare Koogadali from the film which became an instant hit among the audiences. He would then go on to sing regularly for his films. The film was remade in Telugu in 1975 as Thota Ramudu starring Chalam, in Tamil in 1975 as Pudhu Vellam starring Sivakumar and in Malayalam in 1976 as Themmadi Velappan starring Prem Nazir. - making it the second Kannada movie to be remade in three other South Indian languages after School Master. Manjula reprised her role in both Telugu and Tamil versions - which also marked her debut in both those language. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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