''Savaale Samaali'' () is a 2015 Indian

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film written and directed by

Sathyasiva Sathyasiva is an Indian people, Indian film director who has worked on Tamil films. After making his debut with the sleeper hit ''Kazhugu (2012 film), Kazhugu'' (2012), he has gone on to direct ''Sivappu'' (2015) and ''Savaale Samaali'' (2015). ...

. The film stars

Ashok Selvan Ashok Selvan (born 8 November 1989) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing one of the lead roles in '' Soodhu Kavvum'' (2013), before gaining critical acclaim for his performances in C. V. K ...

and

Bindu Madhavi Bindu Madhavi (born 14 June 1986) is an Indian actress and model, who works in Tamil and Telugu films and television. After starting her acting career in Telugu cinema, she ventured into Tamil cinema where she was part of several successful pro ...

while

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, and

Karunas Karunas (born as Karunanidhi Sethu; February 21, 1970) is an Indian actor, comedian, composer, playback singer and politician in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played main lead roles in films includ ...

play supporting roles. Produced by actor

C. Arunpandian Arun Pandian is an Indian actor, film director, film producer and politician who predominately works in Tamil films. He began his career as an actor as part of the critically acclaimed film ''Oomai Vizhigal'' (1986). After retiring from acting, ...

, the film features music composed by

S. Thaman Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Sivakumar (born 16 November 1983), professionally credited as Thaman S, is an Indian composer and playback singer known for his works majorly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He is the recipient of the National Film Award f ...

. The film began production in June 2014 under the

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''Kekae Bokae'' and released on 4 September 2015.

Plot

Karthik gets a job at a TV channel called Top TV, but no one watches it. He is also attracted towards his sister Pooja's friend Divya and tries to impress her with the help of his colleague Billa, but she does not reciprocate his love. Meanwhile, the debt-ridden channel’s boss Karunakaran tries to commits suicide and requests Karthik and Billa to find a way to get the channel to the top position and increase their overall TRP. The duo hits upon the idea of uniting lovers facing parental opposition through a reality show, but they fake the whole thing with Koothu actors. Meanwhile, Divya asks Karthik to help unite a real couple whose fathers are powerful politicians, and how they succeed in uniting the couple forms the remainder of the plot.

Cast

Production

The collaboration was announced in May 2014, when Arun Pandian chose to finance a venture to be directed by Sathyasiva featuring Ashok Selvan and Bindu Madhavi. Production on the film began in June 2014, with Ashok Selvan announcing that he rejected over 40 scripts post the success of ''

Thegidi ''Thegidi'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by P. Ramesh and co-produced by C. V. Kumar. The film stars Ashok Selvan and Janani, while Jayaprakash, Kaali Venkat, Jayakumar, Pradeep K. Vijayan, and Raj ...

'' (2014), before selecting Sathyasiva's film.

Music

The film features five tracks composed by

and lyrics written by

Snehan Snehan (born Sivaselvam) is the 1st executive committee member of Makkal Needhi Maiam party. In the year 2018 he entered politics with Makkal Needhi Maiam and contested in the Lok Sabha election. In 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly electi ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 4543720 2015 films Indian comedy-drama films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Thaman S Films directed by Sathyasiva 2015 comedy-drama films