Sabatham Explained

Director:P. Madhavan
Story:Bala Murugan
Starring:K. R. Vijaya
Ravichandran
T. K. Bhagavathi
Nagesh
Music:G. K. Venkatesh
Cinematography:P. N. Sundaram
A. Somasundaram
Editing:R. Devarajan
Studio:Devanayaki Films
Runtime:136 minutes
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Sabatham 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

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

Production

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

Soundtrack

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) 08:20
"Thoduvathenna Thendralo" 03:45
"Nenjukku Neethi Undu"
"Aattathai Aadu Puliyudan" 04:17

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arasaratnam . Rajeevan . November 8, 2020 . நான் அறிந்த இசை அரசன் எஸ்.பி.பியும் அவரின் இன்னிசை சாம்ராஜ்யமும்; பகுதி 10 -என்.கே.எஸ். திருச்செல்வம் . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819045149/https://admin.thinakkural.lk/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D-10/ . 19 August 2022 . 19 April 2022 . . Ta.
  2. Book: Nayak, Satyarth . Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess . Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess . . 2019 . 9789353056780 . India . 11 . Satyarth Nayak.
  3. Web site: Sabatham . live . https://archive.today/20230411023729/https://indiancine.ma/ORD/info . 11 April 2023 . 10 April 2023 . Indiancine.ma.
  4. Web site: Shagird . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726114100/http://myswar.co/album/shagird-1967 . 26 July 2022 . 26 July 2022 . MySwar.
  5. Web site: 1 October 2020 . எங்கேயும்... எப்போதும்... எஸ்.பி.பி...! உருகும் கவிப்பேரரசு வைரமுத்து . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819044047/https://www.nakkheeran.in/special-articles/special-article/anywhere-always-sbp-melting-poetry-diamond . 19 August 2022 . 19 August 2022 . . ta.
  6. Web site: 8 June 2018 . புதிய இசையமைப்பாளர்களால் ஏன் புகழ் பெற முடியவில்லை? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200922153743/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=13732&id1=3&issue=20180608 . 22 September 2020 . 19 August 2022 . . ta.
  7. Web site: வேணுகோபாலன் . எஸ்.வி. . 21 June 2020 . அஞ்சலி: ஏ.எல்.ராகவன் -மென்குரலே நீ வாழ்க! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907072126/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/560447-al-raghavan-memories.html . 7 September 2022 . 7 September 2022 . . ta.