Smiley Bates prompted other recording ventures. When the Instrumental hit "Duelling Banjos" from the film "Deliverance" was popular, Smiley, on Flat-Top Guitar, was teamed with Eddie Poirier on 5-String Banjo. Though he had not seen the film, it only took a couple of tries to arrive at an arrangement, which, while not representative of Smiley's recording output, was nevertheless a commercial success. A further album was issued with Eddie and Smiley, and based upon its success, the two teamed up with Rose (Eddie's wife) to record another big-selling Bluegrass album, titled "The Best of Bluegrass". To illustrate how successful Smiley's recordings were,
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