Dueling Banjos was made famous by the 1972 film "Deliverance," which also led to a successful lawsuit by the song's composer, as it was used in the film without Smith's permission. The film version was arranged and recorded by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell, but only credited to Weissberg on a single subsequently issued in December 1972. It went to #2 for four weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1973, all four weeks behind Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song," and topped the adult contemporary chart for two weeks the same year. It reached #1 for one week on
Aval (1972 film) the film was composed by Sankar Ganesh, while the lyrics were written by Vaali. The playback singers were P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and T. M. Soundararajan. The songs featured in the film were "Adimai Naan", "Boys and Girls" and "Geetha Geetha". "Aval" was released on 15 September 1972, and was presented by Nahatha Pictures. Like the original Hindi film, this too attained commercial success, and became one of the most popular films starring Nirmala. Aval (1972 film) Aval () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar, produced by Vijayalakshmi Pictures and presented by