Naan Potta Savaal Explained

Naan Potta Savaal
Director:	Puratchidasan
Producer:	G. Sarangan
Music:	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography:	Vijayakumar
Editing:	Venkatesh
Studio:	Kanaga Saragar Films
Runtime:	130 minutes
Country:	India

Naan Potta Savaal is 1980 Indian Tamil-language Western film^[1] directed by Puratchidasan. The film stars Rajinikanth and Reena, with M. R. Radha and M. R. R. Vasu in supporting roles. This is the first film in which the screen credits carried the title "Super Star" for Rajinikanth.^{[2] [3]} It was also the last film of Radha.^[4] The film did not do well at the box office. It was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Idhe Naa Savaal, with a slightly different cast.^[5]

Cast

Character	Actors in Language
	Tamil	Telugu
Ramu /Shiva (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	! colspan="2"	Rajinikanth
Roopa (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	! colspan="2"	Reena
Lakshmi (Tamil) / - (Telugu) Hero's Mother	! colspan="2"	Pandari Bai
Justice Janarthan (Tamil) / - (Telugu) Hero's father		Kanta Rao
Venucharavarthy (Tamil) / - (Telugu)Hero's House owner		Mukkamala
Hero's friend	! colspan="2"	C. L. Anandan
Marikkolunthu (Tamil) / - (Telugu)
Marikkolunthu's Lover (Tamil) / - (Telugu)		Raj Babu
Ardhanari (Tamil) / - (Telugu)		Nagabhushanam
Prabhudas		Pemmasani Ramakrishna
Dr. Tower (Tamil) / Dr. Tower(Telugu)		Prabhakar Reddy
M. B. Singh (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	K. Kannan
Advocate Arthanari (Tamil) / - (Telugu)
Himachalam (Tamil) / Simhachalam (Telugu)	Ceylon Manohar
Bhoominathan (Tamil) / - (Telugu)	! colspan="2"	S. V. Ramadoss
Special Appearance	! colspan="2"	Jayamalini

Soundtrack

Tamil songsLyrics for the songs were written by film director Puratchidasan himself.^[6] The song "Sugam Sugame" is set to the raga Shuddha Saveri.^[7]

Song	Singer	Duration
"Mayakkama Oru Thayakkamaa"	Vani Jayaram	4:42
"Naatukulla"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:05
"Nenje Un Aasai"	T. L. Maharajan	4:13
"Silarai Devai"	Vani Jairam,S. P. Sailaja	4:18
"Sugam Sugame"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jayaram	4:26

Telugu songs^[8]

Song	Singer	Duration
"Desamlo Konni Nakkalunnayi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:05
"Choodana Jatha Goodana"	Vani Jairam	4:32
"Evaru Nannapaleru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:25
"Kowgililo"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam	4:18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maderya . Kumuthan . 2010 . Rage against the state: historicizing the "angry young man" in Tamil cinema . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011163507/https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc52.2010/Tamil/text.html . 11 October 2021 . 22 October 2021 . Jump Cut.
2. Web site: Shivakumar . Vivek . 11 December 2018 . A Superstar Career Through Titles . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200905022727/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/tamil-features/a-superstar-career-through-titles/ . 5 September 2020 . 13 December 2020 . Film Companion.
3. Book: Ramachandran, Naman . Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography . Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography . . 2014 . 978-0-14-342111-5 . New Delhi . 126 . Naman Ramachandran . 2012.
4. Web site: 28 May 2020 . First film of Rajinikanth to use Superstar in title card . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200628212432/https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/first-film-of-rajinikanth-to-use-superstar-in-title-card.html . 28 June 2020 . 13 December 2020 . Behindwoods.
5. Web site: 1 April 2021 . ரஜினிக்கு பால்கே விருது: 80களில் மையம் கொண்ட ஸ்டைல் புயல்! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210712092039/https://www.dinamani.com/cinema/special/2021/apr/01/rajinikanth-phalke-top-films-3595212.html . 12 July 2021 . 22 October 2021 . . ta.
6. Web site: Naan Potta Savaal . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120030715/https://avdigital.in/products/naan-potta-savaal . 20 January 2021 . 22 October 2021 . AVDigital.
7. Book: Sundararaman . Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music . Pichhamal Chintamani . 2007 . 2nd . 159 . 295034757 . 2005.
8. Web site: Idhe Naa Savaal . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140208110800/http://gaana.com/album/idhe-naa-savaal . 8 February 2014 . 22 October 2021 . Gaana.