deiva magan
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deiva magan was first tamil film sent by india to the oscars in the best foreign language film category .
the film gets tremendous title value as deiva magan is vikram' s grandfather sivaji ganesan' s evergreen super hit .
deiva magan will see the very talented vikram playing a role of a mentally challenged person. there has been recent talks that director a. l. vijay and vikram are giving a second thought regarding the title of the movie deiva magan .
' deiva magan' starring meera jasmine in the lead role went to the floors a few weeks ago. the film reportedly has rechristened as' adhi narayana' .
deiva thirumagal is an inch by inch copy. . i wont say it as inspired. .
malaikallan, madurai veeran, thirudathey, enga veetu pillai and anbeva among the mgr movies. parasakthi, uthamaputhiran, bale pandiya, deiva magan and vasantha maligai among the sivaji movies .
deiva magan (1969) language: tamil director: a c tirulokchandar cast: sivaji ganesan, jayalalithaa deiva magan was a triple whammy with sivaji ganesan playing three roles - a father, and his twin sons. he was widely praised for all three performances - the father unable to bear the sight of his scarred son, the timid brother and his angst - ridden twin .
now the reason behind this change of mind is that vikram prabhu will be marking his entry as an actor soon. this particular movie will be directed by ameer and surprisingly they have decided to choose the title deiva magan for the project. well the fact that deiva magan was sivaji ganesan’s blockbuster hit (grandpa of vikram prabhu) makes it a bit more special for the to - be hero .
jayalalithaa recalled that he directed anbey va (her mentor and aiadmk founder mg ramachandran starrer - movie) deiva magan, engiruntho vanthal, dharmam engey and enga mama, in which she played the lead roles .
thevar magan. raaj kamal film international. scene from 1. 45. 41 to 1. 49. 50
things have now cleared up with vijay and vikram deciding on the title ‘deiva thiru magan’. earlier, there were rumors that this flick has been titled ‘pitha’ but that also did not materialize with another filmmaker refusing to part with the title .
the film' s director vettri vendhan, said,' we chose the name' deiva magan' because we felt it was an appropriate title for the story. however due to some unforeseen circumstances, we are forced to go for a title change.'
now it is clear that since vikram prabhu is debuting with deiva magan, the title will not be given by sivaji productions under any circumstances. meanwhile al vijay and mohan natrajan are looking around for a new title for their under production film, which is fast nearing completion .
deiva magan had the distinction of first tamil films, which went for academy awards for best foreign language film category. he had directed jayalalithaa in avan thaan manithan. he also directed rajinikanth in vanakatthukuriya kadhaliye. his hindi movies include dharmendra’s main bhi ladku hoon and teri kasam .
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the vikram starrer, which is being directed by vijay, was named ‘deiva magan’ but the director had to opt for another title as it has already been registered by someone else. following this, there was a lot of confusion over the title of this film which also stars anushka and amala paul .
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growing up with a sibling who needed special attention, fear was my constant companion, once the carefree days of childhood began to draw to a close. every grey hair on my father’s head would send a shiver through me. every time i felt a stab of fear, i would recite every sloka i knew, and then i would, for good measure, hum m. s. viswanathan’s ‘ kaettadhum koduppavanae krishna ’ from ‘deiva magan, ’ repeating the line ‘ ulagathil vaazha vidu. ’ in ‘deiva magan, ’ sivaji is rejected by his father, because of his unprepossessing appearance, and is brought up by nagaiah. nagaiah’s life is ebbing away, when sivaji sends up a desperate prayer to spare the life of the only man who ever loved him .
listen to the heartwarming prayer song
kettathum koduppavane krishna
sung by legendry tm sounderarajan from super hit film deiva magan starring sivaji ganesan in triple role. director: ac trilogchander cast: sivaji ganesan, pandari bai, jayalalitha music: ms viswanathan lyrics: kannadasan release: september 5, 1969 for more updates: subscribe to us on: urltoken follow us on: urltoken like us on: urltoken
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he had directed legendary mgr for anbe vaa for avm and 25 films with nadigar thilagam sivaji ganesan. his combo with sivaji worked wonders at box office, especially he specialised in remakes of other language films into tamil in his own inimitable style. with sivaji, he wielded megaphone for memorable films like thangai, iru malargal, enga mama, engirundho vandhaal, bharata vilas and deiva magan among others .
stalin rajangam, writer, who has extensively written on the ‘caste component and narrative structures of tamil films concurs. he says that thevar magan was first of its kind with stronger idioms of caste and glorification of caste - based practices. [ 23 ] tamil writer s. ramakrishnan said that thevar magan captured the very essence of the south tamil nadu’s rural culture. [ 25 ]
the film buff’s passion for worthy reels of the past makes him see mere borrowing of titles as unfair moves. so he’s relieved when the new thiruvilaiyaadal is forced to have an add - on — aarambam — after a hue and cry from sivaji ganesan fans. (the film was a landmark in the thespian’s career .) more recently, deiva magan (again the earlier film’s hero was ganesan) had to be changed to deiva thirumagal, albeit for a different reason. now, naan, the jayalalitha - ravichandran starrer and a runaway success of the 1960s will soon have a namesake in the form of vijay antony’s naan .
tamil cinema' s all time masterpieces' kamal hassan' s nayakan (1987)' & thevar magan draws inspiration from the hollywood' s master piece' the godfather (1972)' .
deiva thirumagan is a forthcoming indian tamil drama film written and directed by a. l. vijay, starring vikram, anushka shetty and amala paul in the lead roles, with karthik kumar in a guest appearance. titles including deiva magan and pitha were under consideration for the film, but unavailable since being registered already by other filmmakers. the film is currently in its post - production stage and is expected to release on may 14, 2011 cast vikram as krishna anushka shetty as anuradha ragunathan amala paul as shwetha santhanam as vinod nassar as bashyam kpac lalitha m. s. bhaskar pandi m. r. kishore as nandu yana gupta karthik kumar (cameo )
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n. linguswamy, [ 52 ] mysskin and gautham menon called thevar magan as their favourite film. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] padma s. while writing for hindu listed thevar magan among her favourite films. [ 55 ] a poster of the film designed by abinav bhatt from bangalore depicted moustache. [ 56 ] gauthami listed it as her one of the favourite films she had acted. [ 57 ] karthi in an interview mentioned thevar magan as his favourite alongside other films. [ 58 ] in 2009, meera vasudevan said ,
i’d love roles similar to revathy in devar magan
. [ 59 ] thevar magan served as one of the inspirations for aadukalam (2011) directed by vetrimaaran. [ 60 ] sify in its review of sandakozhi (2005) compared rajkiran' s character with sivaji ganesan' s character from the film. [ 61 ] the magazine south scope included haasan' s performance in the film in its list of
kamal' s best performances
in its july 2010 edition. [ 16 ]
she was barely 15 when she was introduced by the legendary filmmaker boodgur ramakrishnaiah panthulu in the kannada film industry. her film deiva magan (1969) with sivaji ganesan was the first ever tamil film to be submitted to the academy awards (oscars). one of her kannada films chinnada gombe (1964) was remade into tamil and hindi. jayalalithaa portrayed double roles in eight films. super - hits among them were gemini ganesan’s ganga gowri (1973) and yaar nee (1966) .
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thevar magan scenes inspired from godfather: in godfather, marlon brando death scene while playing with his grand son and similarly sivaji ganasen' s death scene in the movie thevar magan while playing with his grand daughters. even though the essence of those scenes are similar, the style and construction are different. there are also another scene inspiration for rajni kanth' s annamalai, rajni hits his sister' s husband for torturing her. there is a similar scene in godfather too where al pacino does it .
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
ram; is daiva magan the film where 2 shivajis have a scarred face? well; it' s very good film. but no nedd to remake as the film is good to watch even now. if they remke; kamal can be preferred first and ajith or vikram next .
it’s ironical that despite anbe vaa’s extraordinary success, thirulok never got to make another mgr film but became sivaji’s favoured director and lavished his cinematic skills on the thespian, as for example in the latter’s triple role tour de force, deiva magan. sivaji’s forte in portraying tragic heros stood out in thirulok’s babu (remade from malayalam odayil ninnu) and avanthaan manidhan (from kannada). the director’s skill in portraying national integration stood out in bharata vilas, while his yen for comedy was seen in anbe aaruyire. thirulok’s iru malargal, a love triangle comprising sivaji, padmini and k. r. vijaya that he directed for veteran sound engineer and studio owner dinshaw tehrani was eminently successful .
before you confuse yourself over the title, its âmadrasapattinamâ director vijay that weâre talking about. the director has started calling shots for his next movie âdeiva maganâ starring vikram and anushka. a low affair opening ceremony was held to mark the beginning of the movie that is produced by mohan natarajan. the first schedule of the movie is slated to be held shortly after deepavali in ooty. buzz is that âdeiva maganâ is a remake of a hollywood flick âiâm samâ thatâs a story of a mentally challenged man, obviously played by vikram in the tamil version. anushka apparently plays a role of a lawyer, going by the story of the english version. director vijay would have changed his script to suit his audiences. more updates about this movie, coming up !
the scene where kamal' s character take over his father' s duty as village head was included by behindwoods in its list
top 20 mass scenes
and also in another list named
10 mass interval blocks
. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] the same site included the film on its list
superstars show the power pf veshti
. [ 72 ] on kamal haasan' s 60th birthday, an agency named minimal kollywood posters designed posters of kamal haasan' s films. the poster of thevar magan featured blood under the lock. [ 73 ] although no print of thevar magan has survived, the film is still available on home video. [ 74 ]
tamil super hit film
deiva thirumagal (2011 )
was adapted from sean penn' s oscar nominated flick
i am sam (2001 )
. it has been also noted that this film was already been unofficially remade in bollywood as
main aisa hi hoon (2005 )
. also in the tamil version famous song
papa paapa
was shamefully copied by g. v. prakash from a cartoon named
robin hood (1973 )
.
the simpleton rangan with a heart of gold in
padikatha medhai ,
the struggling, sacrificing gentleman raghu in
nenjirukkum varai ,
lord siva rescuing the poverty - stricken poet dharmi with resplendence and rage in
thiruvilaiyadal ,
the love - struck brilliant nadhaswaram vidwan sikkil shanmugasundaram in
thillana mohanambal ,
the disfigured and disowned son kannan in
deiva magan
, prestige padmanabhan, the good - hearted brahmin factory manager heart - broken by family tragedy in
vietnam veedu ,
saapaturaman, the epileptic village bumpkin in
raman ethanai ramanadi ,
rajnikanth, the glamorous and hypersensitive brahmin barrister stuffed with self - importance in
gauravam ,
the long - suffering village elder refreshed by a breeze of love in middle age in
mudhal mariyadhai
and the hired suave
foreign
- father in
once more
are among sivaji' s many unforgettable roles .
rajan krishnan, phd scholar in film studies from columbia university, says that it was kamal hassan who brought that sickle bearing genre. he says ,
i would like to propose that it is a kamal hassan film of high authenticity markers called thevar magan (1992) that can be said to have inaugurated the era of the south being represented as primarily a sickle bearing space
. [ 23 ] [ 24 ]
in 1986, muktha srinivasan initially planned to direct a film based on american film godfather with sivaji ganesan and kamal haasan however the project was dropped after kamal haasan' s then associate ananthu felt that it would be a ganesan - focused film and not a kamal haasan film as ananthu thought that haasan would fit the role better. the project was dropped. [ 5 ] influential and prolific malayalam filmmaker bharathan was approached by kamal haasan to direct thevar magan for which he scripted. the film was said to be an adaptation of 1972 american film the godfather. [ 6 ] this was bharathan' s last film in tamil. haasan said it was the first film which was written using a screenwriting software called
movie magic
. [ 7 ] kamal initially thought of naming the film as nammavar but ilayaraja suggested him to name the film as thevar magan to which kamal agreed. [ 8 ]
balaji, personally i don' t like this. espcially if someone remakes billa then it will god - awful attempt. . not to forget billa itself was a remake: -) of don. now they have remade don in hindi. should we have to see a remake of billa as well: -) remake > remake > remake > remake! omg! god save tamil film world! doing a remake of yesteryear movies will not only make serious comedies, but will also signify the lack of scripts in tamil. btw, i don' t think the script in varalaaru was pretty weak. the script was pretty good. the first 40 mins and last mins masala turned it into a mixed package. i know in this space won' t agree with me / this statement: -) iwould say it was much close to deiva magan in script! the narration went down! and the long making of the film added enough insult to the injury! : - )
thevar magan (english: son of thevar) [ lower - alpha 1 ] is a 1992 indian tamil drama film directed by bharathan. the film stars sivaji ganesan, kamal haasan, nassar, revathi and gouthami in pivotal roles. the film' s soundtrack album and background score were composed by ilaiyaraaja while the cinematography was handled by p. c. sriram. the film' s script was written by kamal haasan who also produced the film along with his brother chandra haasan under the production company raaj kamal films international .
g. dhananjayan in his book pride of tamil cinema - 1931 - 2013 stated
this film is a treat to the eyes not only because of p. c. sreeram' s cinematography, but also because of the presence of some of the best actors from south
. [ 8 ] tamil magazine ananda vikatan in its review dated 8 november 1992 appreciated the film mentioned
for kamal, the film is another milestone... the film' s naturalism is greatly enhanced by equal opportunity given to all actors in the film. .
. [ 8 ] behindwoods praised sivaji ganesan' s performance calling it
one of the finest in tamil cinema. .
. [ 50 ] indiaglitz stated
if, ‘nayagan’ was epic, ‘devar magan’ is way above all adjectives
. [ 51 ] rediff stated
kamal' s story and script, and bharatan' s powerful direction, made this a film to savor
. [ 2 ]
it was sivaji’s tragedy that, as the years progressed, opportunities for him to display his acting talent became scarce. but he did act in cameo roles, often stealing the scenes, as in thevar magan, which won him the national awards jury’s special jury award in 1993. (sivaji, incidentally, declined the award .) ironically, the man hailed as the greatest actor of tamil cinema never won an indian national award for best actor. he was conferred the dadasaheb phalke lifetime achievement award for meritorious service to indian cinema in 1997. the tamil film journal pesum padam gave him the honorific ‘nadigar thilagam’ (doyen of actors). sivaji was honoured with the titles padma shri and padma bhushan and the tamil nadu government conferred on him the kalaimamani award. the french government honoured him with chevalier in the order of arts and literature. in sri lanka he received the title ‘kalaikkurusil’ from the then radio ceylon. sivaji ganesan passed away at a chennai hospital on 21 july 2011. although the brightest star in the tamil film firmament is no more, sivaji ganesan’s films are there to provide pleasure to his fans and keep his memory alive .
interesting topic, bb. you made some nice observations. i agree with you on the point that people would inevitably say ,
if it aint broken, dont fix it .
raja parvai - puhleezzz! the kamal - madhavi romance has to be' experienced' to be believed. andha birthday scene onnu porumey. yes, masala potboilers are easy to remake. the list is endless but here' s my list of what i think would be the more interesting (more importantly, challenging) remakes: 1. galatta kalyanam - a zany comedy that could be adapted with some talented comedians and more' modern' situations. 2. nool veli (k. balachander) - the director of azhagiye theeye could handle material like this. someone please change the ridicuuuulous climax to this otherwise brilliant movie. powerful, controversial, ageless. hell, its k b! 3. netrikann - am sure sj suryah will say ,
naan panren naan panren !
but though adult, the movie is still very, very funny. anyone other than sjs who can handle adult material w / o turning it into a sleaze fest. 4. pagal nilavu - a good movie that if remade could be made into a very good one if the director knows what to retain and what to throw out the window (to begin with, counder' s
comedy
). the aggressive youth character will never die in thamizh cinema! 5. dheiva magan - am sure people who love sivaji more than i do, will be thinking ,
you must be kidding !
but if ppl. can make a soththa script in varalaaru into a big hit, they should make this one a big hit as well... three v a r i e d characters... any takers? ! ps: yes, am way too protective of kamal haasan' s films to recommend any !
the passing away of sivaji ganesan on july 21, 2001, will remain a dark hour in the history of tamil cinema. a year has gone by, but the immense talent of the actor will be remembered and revered forever, writes a. v. ashok .
sivaji ganesan raised an amazing body of work from
parasakthi
( 1952) to
thanga padakkam
( 1974) that is unequalled in the history of indian cinema. he was the most gifted actor of our times and a complete artiste in whom voice, diction, looks, face, expression, posture, gesture and presence miraculously combined to create a histrionic charisma of haunting intensity and awesome dignity .
endowed with a sterling voice that he magically modulated, sivaji excelled in histrionics of aural splendour that beautifully brought to the fore the glory of the tamil language .
it is no exaggeration to say that sivaji' s heroic outpouring as veerapandiya kattabomman is an integral part of the tamil cultural psyche. alongside his enchanting voice, sivaji was gifted with a malleable face that so naturally accepted any type of moustache and hairstyle and that inflected an infinite range of expressions from royal majesty to rustic simplicity .
superadded to voice and face was sivaji' s singular gift of mesmerising bodily postures and gestures that he aesthetically used with inventive embellishment in his art of characterisation .
all the intensity, wonder, and dignity of sivaji' s histrionics were in place even in his very first film and in that poignant courtroom
still
deeply etched in the tamil imagination .
sivaji scaled a new and brilliant standard of histrionics in the 1960s in a captivating series of films of family melodrama directed by bhimsingh :
bagappirivinai
,
padikatha medhai
,
paava manippu
,
paasamalar
,
palum pazhamum
,
paarthal pasitheerum
,
padithaal mattum podhumaa
,
paar magale paar
and
pachai villaku
. whether it was a patriot like v. o. chidambaram pillai or a mythological character like karnan or a saint like appar or a monarch like raja raja chozhan or an aristocrat or a middle class householder or a village idiot or even the lord himself, sivaji composed manifold portraits of attractive form and soulful depth .
the veteran had a flair for comedy too... with 'thengai' srinivasan and nagesh in
anjal petti 520
.
it is not so much the staggering range of sivaji' s roles that inspires awe but far more importantly that sivaji crafted his infinite roles from the inside with uncanny understanding. all the memorable roles of sivaji are manifestations of one sovereign role: that of a custodian of culture .
with lip - sync of stunning perfection, sivaji revealed an unattainable dimension of his own, in rendering songs. t. m. soundararajan' s resonant voice and viswanathan - ramamoorthy' s lilting music also made sivaji' s songs a perennial delight .
sivaji enacted philosophical songs with gripping seriousness and love songs with vivacious joy. his songs sung as a husband in the company of the wife while musing over an hour of sorrow in the family are deeply moving images of conjugal spirituality. sivaji was much more than an actor. for an entire generation, he was synonymous with
excellence
. sivaji is the only indian actor who leaves us awestruck by the stupendous scale of his achievement and makes us curious about the source of his genius .
( the writer is a professor, school of critical humanities, central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad. )
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the first tamil film which impacted on me greatly during childhood was ‘veera pandiya kattabomman’. it was a kind of bio - picture about a ‘paalayakkaaran’ or polygar (feudal chieftain) who defied the british during the last decade of the 18th century and paid the supreme penalty. kattabomman whose full name was veera pandiya kattabomma karuthaiyya nayakkar governed an area known as paanchaalankurichi which is in the thoothukkudi district of tamil nadu state in india. i was five years old when i first saw the film with my parents at elphinstone theatre. the upper portions of the theatre were encased in hardboard, resembling the structure of a fortress. there were two cut - outs on either side of two men with upraised swords on horses. in the middle was another cut - out of a man literally taking a bull by its horns. the two horsemen were kattabomman played by the actor sivaji ganesan and his brother kumaraswamy alias ommaithurai played by oak devar. the
man taming the bull was vellaiyhathevan, the commander of kattabomman’s forces. the actor was gemini ganesan. my family was living in hulftsdorp then. the film which played at elphinstone, maradana moved on to gaiety, kotahena. i can recall seeing the film four times at elphinstone and twice at gaiety. this was because several relatives and family friends took me along when they went to see the film as those in our family circle knew how crazy i was about this particular film kattabomman. even in later years i never missed seeing it when an old print was screened in a theatre. nowadays in canada i have a dvd of the film which i view occasionally if not regularly .
the magic of the movie to me at that time was the portrayal of kattabomman by the doyen of tamil actors, sivaji ganesan. the highlight of that performance was the powerful delivery of fiery dialogue by the film hero kattabomman played by sivaji. i memorised the dialogue (written by sakthi t. k. krishnasamy) from ‘veera pandiya kattabomman’ in those days and repeated them with appropriate mannerisms to entertain family, relatives, classmates and friends. two remarkable passages lingering in memory still are the verbal duels between kattabomman and jackson (played by c. r. parthiban) and kattabomman and bannerman (played by javer seetharaman). unlike most of the actors seen in the tamil films of today, sivaji ganesan spoke tamil on screen the way the mellifluous, vibrant language should be spoken. it is no exaggeration to say that he was the role model for many of my generation in pronouncing tamil dialogue in dramas. it is in this context of reviving memories about the first tamil film to impact upon me greatly that i focus the ‘spotlight’ this time on its hero sivaji ganesan, about whom i have written extensively in the past. the man regarded as the greatest thespian of post - independence tamil cinema passed away on 21 july 2001, three months short of his 73rd birthday. though known as sivaji, that was not his real name. it was a name bestowed upon him for playing the role of sivaji in a popular drama .
sivaji was no stranger to sri lanka. his movies ran to packed houses in the island. several of his films were adapted and remade in sinhala. substantial portions of the films ‘pilot premnath’ and ‘mohanapunnagai’ starring sivaji were shot in sri lankan locales with sri lankan artistes malani fonseka and geetha kumarasinghe in the lead female roles. ‘pilot premnath’ in 1978 was an indo - sri lankan co - production directed by a. c. trilokachander. shot in many scenic places in sri lanka, the film had a lively baila type song ‘udarata menike’ sung in lilting tones by l. r. easwari and a. e. manoharan, which had audiences’ foot - tapping in india and sri lanka. but the most popular song was ‘ilankayin ilankuyil’ (the young cuckoo of sri lanka) with vani jayaram lending her voice to malani, and t. m. soundararajan voicing for sivaji. music was by m. s. viswanathan. shot in eastman colour, this film was about an air ceylon pilot and his family. it ran for more than 100 days both in tamil nadu and sri lanka. ‘mohana punnagai’ starring sivaji ganesan and geetha kumarasinghe was made in 1981. the film directed by c. v. sridhar did well in sri lanka but had an average run in tamil nadu despite the fact that it had sivaji in the lead. the beautiful song sequence picturised on geetha bathing in a waterfall - stream with sivaji taking photos from different angles was unforgettable. the song ‘thennilankai mangai’ (south sri lanka maiden) is sung by s. janaki to music composed by m. s. viswanathan .
p. k. balachandran, the ‘new indian express’ correspondent in colombo, in a recent article interviewed both malani and geetha about sivaji ganesan. here are excerpts: “sivaji ganesan was a great actor and a great human being too, ” enthused malani fonseka, who was his leading lady in the 1978 tamil blockbuster pilot premnath. “it was sivaji who urged me to become a producer. he would say ‘malani, you should make a no. 1 sri lankan creation, ’” malani disclosed. “a warm and friendly man, sivaji introduced me to his wife and children and invited me for dinner at his house. i was very happy to work with him. in fact, it was an honour to work with him, ” malani said in a fulsome tribute to the thespian, who is no more. geetha kumarasinghe, the lankan leading lady of yore, who was paired with the tamil thespian in mohana punnagai (1981) directed by c. v. sridhar, said sivaji was a thorough gentleman. “we got along very well even though he was in his fifties and i was only 26. he was very knowledgeable, not just on film making, but about many other subjects, though he had not gone to any university, ” geetha recalled. geetha said she got offers from madras film makers after mohana punnagai but could not take them because she got married .
sivaji ganesan’s acting career, which began at the age of eight, could be divided into three phases – 1936 to 1952, when he acted only on stage; 1952 to 1974, when he acted for the big screen and also gave stage performances; and 1974 to 1999, when he acted only in films. despite achieving stupendous success on the screen, sivaji remained faithful to his first love, the stage, and acted in plays for decades. with more than 300 film roles to his credit, he inspired a whole generation of artistes, virtually creating a new school of acting. essentially a creature of the stage when he entered films, sivaji ganesan brought that baggage with him and superimposed it effectively on the film medium. yet his brilliant acting made this so - called violation of screen norms the accepted norm of film acting. generations of tamils learnt to appreciate the beauty and power of the tamil language because sivaji ganesan breathed new life into it .
vizhuppuram chinniah ganesan, or v. c. ganesan, was born on 1 october 1928, in vizhuppuram, which was then in the arcot district of the former madras presidency. his parents were chinnaiapillai mandrayer, a railway employee and freedom fighter, and rajamani, in whose name he was to launch later a successful film company, rajamani pictures. ganesan belonged to the kallar division of the mukkulathor caste. his ancestors hailed from soorakkottai in thanjavoor district. smitten by a street drama about kattabomman, the feudal polagar of panchalan - kurichi who fought the british, young ganesan became enamoured of acting and abandoned school when he was in class two. forsaking home, he along with his boyhood chum “kaka” radhakrishnan (veteran comedian who passed away in 2012) joined the madurai - based bala gana sabha drama troupe first, and later the troupe run by ethaartham ponnusamipillai. from child roles he graduated to female roles and then on to the “raja part, ” the role of the hero, as it was known then. the first landmark in his career was his portrayal of the maratha warrior sivaji in the drama ‘sivaji kanda indhu rajyam’ written by dravida kazhagham and later dravida munnetra kazhagam leader c. n. annadurai, who went on to become the tamil nadu chief minister. e. v. ramaswamy, the patriarch of the dravidian movement, acclaimed his stellar performance and referred to ganesan as ‘sivaji’ ganesan. this was in 1946. the sobriquet stuck .
sivaji ganesan played a wide range of characters, from god and king to commoner. whether it was the mercurial chola emperor raja raja cholan, lord siva, lord muruga, saivite saint appar, vaishnavite saint periyaalvar or tamil poet ambigapathy, sivaji
sivaji was no stranger to sri lanka. his movies ran to packed houses in the island. several of his films were adapted and remade in sinhala. substantial portions of the films ‘pilot premnath’ and ‘mohanapunnagai’ starring sivaji were shot in sri lankan locales with sri lankan artistes malani fonseka and geetha kumarasinghe in the lead female roles
sivaji ganesan played a wide range of characters, from god and king to commoner. whether it was the mercurial chola emperor raja raja cholan, lord siva, lord muruga, saivite saint appar, vaishnavite saint periyaalvar or tamil poet ambigapathy, sivaji was always at his scintillating best. he was equally splendid in contemporary roles and stereotypes making every performance a memorable one
sivaji’s chief lead actor contemporaries were “puratchi nadigar” m. g. ramachandran (mgr), his namesake gemini ganesan (kadhal mannan) and “ilatchiya nadigar” s. s. rajendran (ssr). the only film he acted together with mgr was the controversial ‘koondukkili’ by t. r. ramanna. with gemini he acted in many hits like pennin perumai, pathi bhakthi, veerapandiya kattabomman, paarthaal pasi theerrum, paasamalar, pandha pasam, kappalottiya thamizhan, saraswathy sabatham, thiruvarutselvar and unakkaaha naan. he also acted with ssr in films like parasakthi, rajarani, aalayamani, shanthi, pachai vizhakku, pzhani, kaikodutha deivam, etc his younger son prabhu known as “ilaya thilagham” has also made his mark in films as an actor. prabhu was a very successful hero in the eighties and nineties with many of his movies breaking box office records. sivaji’s elder son ramkumar keeps the home production company sivaji films ticking. the box - office record breaking ‘chandramukhi’ starring rajnikanth was their production. now prabu’s son and sivaji’s grandson vikram prabu too has begun acting and done well in films like ‘kumki’ and ‘arima nambi’ .
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dheiva magan ( english : divine son ) is a 1969 tamil language film directed by a. c. tirulokchandar . the film was produced by periyanna under shanti films . the film was an adaptation of bengali stage play ulka by dr. nihar ranjan gupta . the dialogues for the film was written by aarur dass . the film stars sivaji ganesan ( in three roles ) , jayalalitha in lead roles with pandari bai , m. n. nambiar and chittoor v. nagaiah in supporting roles . the plot revolves around 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 . it was the first tamil film to be submitted by india in contest for the academy award for best foreign language film . thambu and d. kandasamy handled cinematography and editing respectively . the soundtrack was composed by m. s. viswanathan and lyrics for all songs was written by kannadasan . dheiva magan was released on september 1969 to positive critical acclaim with the praise directed towards sivaji 's performance . the film was dubbed in telugu as koteeswarulu . its success led to a kannada remake thayi mamathe ( 1985 ) . none of the hindi films including bairaag were not remakes of this film . 
dheiva magan (english: divine son) is a 1969 tamil language film directed by a. c. tirulokchandar. the film was produced by periyanna under shanti films. the film was an adaptation of bengali stage play ulka by dr. nihar ranjan gupta. the dialogues for the film was written by aarur dass. the film stars sivaji ganesan (in three roles), jayalalitha in lead roles with pandari bai, m. n. nambiar and chittoor v. nagaiah in supporting roles. the plot revolves around 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. it was the first tamil film to be submitted by india in contest for the academy award for best foreign language film. thambu and d. kandasamy handled cinematography and editing respectively. the soundtrack was composed by m. s. viswanathan and lyrics for all songs was written by kannadasan. dheiva magan was released on september 1969 to positive critical acclaim with the praise directed towards sivaji's performance. the film was dubbed in telugu as koteeswarulu. its success led to a kannada remake thayi mamathe (1985). none of the hindi films including bairaag were not remakes of this film.
dheiva magan (english: divine son) is a 1969 tamil language film directed by a. c. tirulokchandar. the film was produced by periyanna under shanti films. the film was an adaptation of bengali stage play ulka by dr. nihar ranjan gupta. the dialogues for the film was written by aarur dass. the film stars sivaji ganesan (in three roles), jayalalitha in lead roles with pandari bai, m. n. nambiar and chittoor v. nagaiah in supporting roles. the plot revolves around 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. it was the first tamil film to be submitted by india in contest for the academy award for best foreign language film. thambu and d. kandasamy handled cinematography and editing respectively. the soundtrack was composed by m. s. viswanathan and lyrics for all songs was written by kannadasan. dheiva magan was released on september 1969 to positive critical acclaim with the praise directed towards sivaji's performance. the film was dubbed in telugu as koteeswarulu. its success led to a kannada remake thayi mamathe (1985). none of the hindi films including bairaag were not remakes of this film.