Saadhanai is a 1986 Indian Tamil film directed by A. S. Prakasam, starring Sivaji Ganesan

Sivaji Ganesan

Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar , commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan , was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. He is one of the most respected film actors in India. He is well known for his versatility and acting skills with...

, his son Prabhu Ganesan

Prabhu Ganesan

Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...

, K. R. Vijaya

K. R. Vijaya

K. R. Vijaya is a popular Indian actress who has starred in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She started her career in the 1960s. She has been acting for more than four decades now in South Indian cinema. K. R...

 and Nalini

Nalini (actress)

Nalini Nalini Nalini ( was a South Indian actress who worked in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She acted in a Tamil and Malayalam films opposite the stars including Vijayakanth, Sathyaraj, Mohan_(actor), Mammootty, and Mohanlal. Nalini, originally from South India, moved to the south to act in films...

 in primary roles.

Plot

Sivaji is a director whose dream project is to make the love saga of Salim-Anarkali. After a long search for an apt girl to fit into the role of Anarkali, he finds it in a beggar girl (Nalini). He starts the movie with Nalini as Anarkali. K.R.Vijaya, wife of Sivaji starts suspecting Sivaji-Nalini relationship and this results in a mess inside their family. Nalini comes to know of this and feels that because of her, her mentor's life should not be in a mess, she leaves them without notice. Sivaji stops the project. Years pass by...Sivaji has a son now...Prabhu who is into spirituality and wishes to lead life as a brahmachari. Sivaji in one occasion, watches a dance by Bhuvani and jumps in glory that he has again found his anarkali in that danseuse. He comes to know that the girl who danced was none other than Nalini's daughter. Nalini's daughter (Bhuvani) is now chosen as Anarkali and Prabhu is selected as Salim. Prabhu and Bhuvani falls in love in real life too. K.R. vijaya comes to know of this and opposes this relationship suspecting that Bhuvani is Nalini's daughter through Sivaji. As the drama unfolds finally Prabhu and Bhuvani dies by intaking poison in a touching climax.

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan
  Sivaji Ganesan
  Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar , commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan , was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. He is one of the most respected film actors in India. He is well known for his versatility and acting skills with...
  
  
• Prabhu Ganesan
  Prabhu Ganesan
  Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
  
  
• K. R. Vijaya
  K. R. Vijaya
  K. R. Vijaya is a popular Indian actress who has starred in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She started her career in the 1960s. She has been acting for more than four decades now in South Indian cinema. K. R...
  
  
• Nalini
  Nalini (actress)
  Nalini Nalini Nalini ( was a South Indian actress who worked in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She acted in a Tamil and Malayalam films opposite the stars including Vijayakanth, Sathyaraj, Mohan_(actor), Mammootty, and Mohanlal. Nalini, originally from South India, moved to the south to act in films...
  
  
• Senthil

Music

The soundtrack, featuring seven songs, was composed by Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...

. Ilaiyaraaja also appears in the film as himself.

1. Anbae Anbae - S. Janaki
   S. Janaki
   S. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
   
   
2. Athi Mara Moovidhu - S. Janaki
3. Ingae Naan Kandaen - Malaysia Vasudevan
   Malaysia Vasudevan
   Vasudevan Nair , known as Malaysia Vasudevan was a Tamil playback singer and actor in the Tamil film industry. He was known for singing songs for Indian actor Rajnikanth and many more.- Early life :...
   
   , Vani Jayaram
   Vani Jayaram
   Vani Jayaram , the unmatched nightingle of India, is a prominent Indian female playback singer. She has recorded more than 8,000 songs in 14 different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Hindi...
   
   
4. Oh Vaanambaadi - S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
   S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
   Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...
   
   
5. Raja Mohini - S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubramaniyam
6. Vaadi En Rukku - Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki
7. Vaazhvae Vaa - S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubramaniyam