Sawaal(1982)
Sawaal (1982) is a 129-minute Hindi film directed by Ramesh Talwar. Starring Avtar Gill, Vikas Anand and Poonam Dhillon. With a rating of 5.8/10 reflecting mixed audience reception from 1982.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Netflix
- Theatrical Release
- 21 May 1982
- Director
- Ramesh Talwar
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Rating
- 5.8/10
Storyline
A powerful smuggler's daughter falls in love with a police officer, while his son chooses to marry a poor woman. The smuggler is forced to choose between his children's happiness and his life of crime and wealth. In the end, he discovers his true riches lie with his family.
“A father's empire clashes with his children's hearts.”
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Cast & Crew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Sawaal
Cast reunions in this film: Prem Chopra & Shashi Kapoor (8 films together), Prem Chopra & Poonam Dhillon (7 films together), Prem Chopra & Vikas Anand (7 films together), Prem Chopra & Helen (5 films together), Poonam Dhillon & Shashi Kapoor (4 films together), and Waheeda Rehman & Yash Chopra (3 films together).
Trivia
- The film was produced by Gulshan Rai, who was known for making action and crime films under his Trimurti Films banner.
- Swaroop Sampat, who played the poor girl, was crowned Miss India in 1979, the same year she entered films.
- The movie features a rare on-screen pairing of real-life brothers Randhir Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor as siblings in the story.
- Director Ramesh Talwar was a former assistant to the legendary director Yash Chopra, which influenced his dramatic style.
- The soundtrack, composed by R.D. Burman, includes a song sung by Kishore Kumar that did not become as popular as his other hits.
- The film's plot explores themes of family conflict and morality, common in early 1980s Hindi cinema during a shift toward more social dramas.
- Despite starring major stars like Sanjeev Kumar and Shashi Kapoor, the movie did not perform well at the box office upon release.