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Deiva Balam
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Deiva Balam
| image = Deiva Balam.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Poster
| director = P. Vasanthakumar Reddy
| producer =
| writer = Udhayakumar
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = K. Balaji
Jayashree
K. Sarangapani
Girija
| music = G. Aswathama
| cinematography = B. J. Reddy
W. R. Subba Rao
| editing = Rajan
| studio = Ponnaloori Brothers
| distributor = Semriya
| released =
| runtime = 2:57:21 (15962 ft.)
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'Deiva Balam' is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy. The film stars K. Balaji and Jayashree. This film is partly coloured by Gevacolor.
Plot
Cast
The following list is compiled from the database of Film News Anandan and from the book 'Thiraikalanjiyam Part-1'.
;Male cast
*K. Balaji
*K. Sarangapani
*Kaka Radhakrishnan
*V. R. Rajagopal
*Gummadi
;Female cast
*Jayashree
*Girija
*K. Malathi
*Padmini Priyadarshini
Production
The film was produced by Ponnaloori Brothers under their own banner and was directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy. Uthayakumar wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was done by B. J. Reddy and W. R. Subba Rao while Rajan did the editing. D. Venugopalasamy handled the choreography. The film was made in Telugu with the title 'Daiva Balam' with N. T. Rama Rao and Jayashree in the lead roles. This film was partly coloured by Eastmancolor, making it one of the earliest Indian film to have sequences in Eastmancolor.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by G. Aswathama and the lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass and Lakshmanadas. Playback singers are Vaidhehi, S. Janaki, K. Rani, Sarojini, Ghantasala, P. B. Srinivas and A. L. Raghavan.
Release
'Deiva Balam' was released on 11 July 1959, delayed from June.
References
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