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{{Infobox film

| name = Manidhanum Dheivamagalam

| image = Manidhanum Dheivamagalam.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = P. Madhavan

| producer = Chinna Annamalai
Arunachalam

| story = Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

| screenplay = Balamurugan

| starring = Sivaji Ganesan
Sowcar Janaki
Ushanandini

| music = Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan

| cinematography = P. N. Sundaram

| editing = R. Devarajan

| studio = Vijayavel Films

| released =

| country = India

| language = Tamil

}}

'Manidhanum Dheivamagalam' is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Ushanandini, Shubha and Sukumari. The film had musical score by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. The film was a remake of the Telugu film 'Buddhimanthudu'.

Plot



Kumaraiya (Sivaji Ganesan) is a temple priest in a village, living with his wife Valli (Sowcar Janaki) and younger brother, Sundaram (Duel act Sivaji Ganesan). Kumaraiya is a believer of god, he is very much respected by villagers and believes that he encounters mystic experiences whenever he sees Sundaram is a non-believer Periyarisam ideology Atheism of god. Troubles will plague him after he finds out that Sundaram has not only been creating problems for Dharmalingam (M. R. R. Vasu) the village head, but has also fallen in love and wants to marry Ushanandini, as Vijaya the daughter of Dharmalingham sister. Taking this as an advantage, Dharmalingam separates Kumaraiya and Sundaram and an old ruined house of their grandfather is given to Sundaram as his share. Sundaram modifies and establishes a school in it. Before Kumaraiya could even attempt to resolve these issues, the keys of the temple are taken away from him by Dharmalingham, and he can no longer pray nor converse with Lord. Things come to a boil after he is told that Sundaram has forcibly taken the keys, and Dharmalingam has stolen all the temple's jewellery, when they are searching for it a treasure of Kumaraiya and Sundaram's ancestors is found. Kumaraiya says he will use the treasure for development and Sundaram argues that it is the school which will lead to progress and not the temples. The rest of the story is about who wins the bet.

Cast



*Sivaji Ganesan as Kumaraiya and Sundaram (dual role)

*Sowcar Janaki as Valli

*Ushanandini as Vijaya

*V. K. Ramasamy as Kanakku Pillai

*M. R. R. Vasu as Dharmalingam

*Sukumari as Kaveri

*Sasikumar as Kannan

*Shubha as Kalyani

*C. K. Saraswathi as Sundari

*M. Bhanumathi as Annakili

*Kathadi Ramamurthy as Gopal

*Veeraraghavan as Officer

*Samikannu as Teacher

*I.S.R as Marriage Broker

Soundtrack



The music was composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan.

Reception



Kanthan of 'Kalki' appreciated the film for the cast performances and cinematography, but criticised the story.

References




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