Deiva Magan (1969 film)

Deiva Magan
Directed by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Written by	Harur Daas
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Jayalalitha
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Release date(s)	India
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Deiva Magan (English: Divine Son) is a 1969 Tamil language film starring Sivaji Ganesan in a triple role. Sivaji Ganesan enacted three roles for the second time in his career after Bale Pandiya.^[1] He acted as a father and two sons.^[2] The film has Pandari Bai and Jayalalitha as the female lead. The film was the first ever Tamil film to be submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[3][4] The film had a song "Deivamae Deivamae" sung by T. M. Soundararajan which became very popular.^[5] Ganesan's performance in this film was well acclaimed.^[6][7]

Plot

The film has Sivaji Ganesan portarying three roles; an in secured father, a timid son and an angst-ridden twin brother.^[8] Sivaji Ganesan, a lawyer with a scarred face gets married to Pandari Bai. The couple lead a happy life and Pandari Bai gives birth to twin brothers, a son with a scarred face (Also Ganesan) like his father and a brother (Also Ganesan). Their father unable to tolerate his eldest son's face leaves him under the custody of another person and tells his wife that the first child is dead. As years pass by, the father becomes a justice and his younger son, a happy-go-lucky college-going timid son falls in love with Jayalalithaa. In the meanwhile, the elder son comes to know about his family and tries to meet his mother and brother but he is asked by his father not to reveal his identity to them. M. N. Nambiar, a man once punished by the father kidnaps the younger son in order to take revenge on him. In the end, the elder son rescues his brother, killing M. N. Nambiar and also gets killed, dying on the lap of his mother (Pandari Bai).

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan
• Chittor V. Nagaiah
• Pandari Bai
• Jayalalitha
• Major Sundarrajan
• M. N. Nambiar

Remakes

Deiva Thirumagal, a 2011 Tamil film starring Vikram which was earlier titled as Deiva Magan^[9] was thought to be the remake of this film, however the director denied it by saying the story of both these films are no way connected with each other and eventually the new film's title was changed as Deiva Thirumagal.^[7]

Soundtrack

Deiva Magan
Soundtrack album by M. S. Viswanathan
Released	1969 (1969)
Language	Tamil

All music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

No.	Title	Singers	Length
1.	"Deivame Deivame Nandir Solven"	T. M. Soundararajan
2.	"Kadal Malar Kootam"	T. M. Soundararajan
3.	"Anbulla Nanbare"	T. M. Soundararajan
4.	"Kaatha Likka"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
5.	"Kangal Pesuthamma"	P. Susheela

References

1. ^ "A doyen among actors". Chennai, India: Hindu.com. 1928-10-01. http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1816/18161130.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
2. ^ "Incredible charisma on screen". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2002-07-19. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/07/19/stories/2002071900990600.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
3. ^ R.L, Hardgrave (1979). Essays in the political sociology of South India. Usha. p. 120. 
4. ^ "India’s Oscar drill". The Indian Express. www.indianexpress.com. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indias-oscar-drill/265710/2. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
5. ^ "Entertainment / Interview : Encomiums to an evergreen talent". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2004-12-24. http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/24/stories/2004122402511500.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
6. ^ "Romancing the Romance - I - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/54310.html. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Vikram to play Krishna!". The Times of India. 2011-04-05. http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/7864345.cms. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
8. ^ "Incredible charisma on screen". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2002-07-19. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/07/19/stories/2002071900990600.htm. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 
9. ^ "Voila! And ‘Deiva Thiru Magan’ it is - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/65058.html. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 

External links

• Deiva Magan at the Internet Movie Database
• Deiva Magan at Jointscene