Deivapiravi (1960 film)

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Deivapiravi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKrishnan–Panju
Written byK. S. Gopalakrishnan
StarringSivaji Ganesan
Padmini
S. S. Rajendran
CinematographyS. Maruti Rao
Edited byS. Panjabi
Music byR. Sudarsanam
Production
company
Kamaal Brothers
Release date
  • 13 April 1960 (1960-04-13)
Running time
182 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Deivapiravi (transl. Noble Soul) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Krishnan–Panju. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, S. S. Rajendran, K. A. Thangavelu and M. N. Rajam. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Anumanam and released on 24 June 1961.[1] At the 8th National Film Awards, the film won the All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film.[2] It was remade the same year in Hindi as Bindya.

Plot[edit]

Madhavan is a well-to-do businessman and respectable bigwig in the society. He has a brother Manohar. Madhavan gets married to Thangam and her brother, Ramu, comes to live with them getting educated with the help of Madhavan. Unlike Manohar who turns out to be good-for-nothing, Ramu works hard earning the respect of Madhavan. Ramu and Manohar, both are in love with Thilagam while Thilagam prefers Ramu. Seeing this as a betrayal, Thangam convinces Ramu to give up Thilagam for Manohar.

Unknown to the rest of them, Nandhini is Madhavan's step sister. He decides to help her by asking her to live with them. She starts to manipulate the household by raking in controversies between Ramu and Manohar, Madhavan and Thangam by insinuating an affair between her and Nair while making it look like she is having an affair with Madhavan subtly there by aiming to take over the family's wealth.

Ultimately, Ramu clears the air by forcing an open confrontation where everyone speaks out their mind thereby coming out clean about their individual relationships. Madhavan confesses that Nandhini is his sister while Thangam says that she and Nair too treated each other as sibilings. Ramu make it clear to Manohar that he will not marry Thilagam. Seeing her plot break open, Nandhini runs away with family gold only to be caught by Nair and Manohar. Thangam, however, decides to give off the family jewels to her so that she can get married and have a normal life.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Deivapiravi was written by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. A writer accused him of story theft and Gopalakrishnan was taken to court, but was exonerated after his story was found to be original.[4] S. P. Muthuraman who went on to become a popular director made his acting debut with this film portraying a small role of Angamuthu's son.[3]

Soundtrack[edit]

The music was composed by R. Sudarsanam. The lyrics were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Kavi Rajagopal and K. S. Gopalakrishnan.[5][6][7]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Anbale Thediya En" C. S. Jayaraman & S. Janaki Udumalai Narayana Kavi 03:55
"Thaara Thaara Vandhaaraa" K. Jamuna Rani 02:26
"Thannaitthaane Nambaadhadhu" C. S. Jayaraman 04:10
"Atho Keerathanaa.... Manidhanai Manidhan" Seerkazhi Govindarajan K. S. Gopalakrishnan 10:20
"Kattadatthukku Manai Poruttham" S. C. Krishnan & L. R. Eswari 05:00
"Vayasu Pennai Marandhidalaamaa" T. M. Soundararajan & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass 05:24
"Kaalai Vayasu Kattaana Saisu" K. Jamuna Rani 04:05
"Ivar Kaanaa Avar Paanaa" K. Jamuna Rani Kavi Rajagopal 04:00

Release and reception[edit]

Deivapiravi was released on 13 April 1960.[8] The Indian Express praised the performances of the lead actors, and called Thangavelu's comedy a major attraction.[9] The film was a success, running for over 100 days in theatres.[10]

Remakes[edit]

Before AVM Productions remade Deivapiravi in Hindi as Bindya in the same year, Ganesan advised them not to remake the film as he felt it would not come well.[11] However AVM ignored him and went on to make the film in Hindi. Bindya was a failure and many years later, M. Saravanan expressed regret for ignoring Ganesan's advice.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Movies from AVM Productions". AVM Productions. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. ^ "State Awards For Films". Directorate of Film Festivals. 1961. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b Muthuraman 2017, p. 66.
  4. ^ "பிளாஷ்பேக்: கதை திருட்டு புகாருக்கு புதுமையான தீர்ப்பு". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 201.
  6. ^ தெய்வப்பிரவி (PDF) (song book) (in Tamil). Kamal Brothers. 1960. Retrieved 28 June 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "Deivapiravi Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by R Sudarshan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Deiva Piravi". The Indian Express. 13 April 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 30 August 2019 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "Sivaji and Padmini co-starred again". The Indian Express. 15 April 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  10. ^ "Deiva Piravi: 100th Day Celebration". The Indian Express. 22 July 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Google News Archive.
  11. ^ சரவணன், ஏவி.எம். (19 December 2004). "பூனைக்கு மணி!" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 52–55. Retrieved 10 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ Saravanan, M. (2013) [2005]. AVM 60 Cinema (in Tamil) (3rd ed.). Rajarajan Pathippagam. p. 66. OCLC 1158347612.

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