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Deivapiravi
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Wikipedia article
'Deivapiravi' is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by KrishnanPanju. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, S. S. Rajendran, K. A. Thangavelu and M. N. Rajam. The film had musical score by R. Sudarsanam. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as 'Anumanam' and released on 24 June 1961. At the 8th National Film Awards, the film won the All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film. It was remade the same year in Hindi as 'Bindiya', and in 1965 in Sinhala as 'Sekaya'.
Plot
Cast
*Sivaji Ganesan as Madhavan
*Padmini as Thangam
*S. S. Rajendran as Ramu
*K. A. Thangavelu
*M. N. Rajam as Thilagam
*M. S. Sundari Bai
*Tambaram Lalitha as Nandhini
*M. Saroja as Arundhathi
*Kallapart Natarajan as Manohar
*K. Sarangapani as Saminatha Pillai
*A. Karunanidhi as Nair
*Radhabhai as Thangam and Ramu's mother
*P. S. Gnanam
*K. S. Angamuthu
Production
'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.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by R. Sudharsanam. The lyrics were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Kavi Rajagopal and K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The playback singers are C. S. Jayaraman, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, T. M. Soundararajan, S. C. Krishnan, K. Jamuna Rani, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, S. Janaki and L. R. Eswari.
Release and reception
'Deivapiravi' was released on 13 April 1960. 'The Indian Express' praised the performances of the lead actors.
Remakes
Before AVM remade 'Deivapiravi' in Hindi as 'Bindiya' in the same year, Ganesan advised them not to remake the film as he felt it would not come well. However AVM ignored him and went on to make the film in Hindi. 'Bindiya' was a failure and many years later, Saravanan expressed regret for ignoring Ganesan's advice. The film was later remade in Sinhala as 'Sekaya' in 1965.
References
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