Deiva Thirumagal
Deiva Thirumagal | |
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Directed by | A. L. Vijay |
Written by | A. L. Vijay |
Based on | I Am Sam by Jessie Nelson |
Produced by | M. Chinthamani Ronnie Screwvala |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
Edited by | Anthony |
Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Production companies | UTV Motion Pictures Sree Rajakaliamman Medias |
Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | est. ₹ 24 Crore[1] |
Box office | est. ₹ 40 Crore[2] |
Deiva Thirumagal (transl. God's Daughter) is a 2011 Indian
The film comprises director Vijay's regular technical crew with G. V. Prakash Kumar as music composer, Nirav Shah as cinematographer and Anthony as editor. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. A remake of the 2001 American film I Am Sam, the film released on 15 July 2011, and was later released in Japan as Kamisama ga Kureta Musume.
Plot
Krishna is an intellectually-disabled man with the mental ability of a seven-year-old. He lives a peaceful life in the hill station of Ooty and is cared for by Victor, the owner of a chocolate factory where Krishna works. One day, he excitedly announces to the village that he will become a father. That night, his daughter is born, but her mother Banumathy dies during childbirth.
Unable to grasp the concept of death, Krishna simply accepts that Banumathy has "
When Shweta sees Nila with her father, she recognises Krishna from a photo and realises that he is none other than her sister Banumathy's husband, making Nila her niece. Shwetha refuses to let Nila stay with Krishna as she is scared that he might unintentionally hurt her. Soon, a scuffle ensues between Krishna and Shwetha's fiancé Karthik.
The scuffle is broken up by Rajendran, Shweta and Banumathy's father, who reveals that Banumathy became estranged from him upon choosing to marry Krishna. He offers to take Krishna and Nila with him and claims that they are part of his family. Victor agrees and sends them with Rajendra, but at a distance from Chennai, Rajendran tricks Krishna into exiting the car and abandons him.
Distraught, Krishna wanders around the city asking passersby where Nila is. He eventually arrives at a court, where he meets lawyer Vinod, who assumes that Krishna is a rich person and promises him that his boss will defend him. He introduces him to his boss, Anuradha Ragunathan, who is hesitant to take up the case as she believes Krishna to be a lunatic, but Victor arrives looking for Krishna and explains their predicament, compelling Anu to take up the case.
Anu files a case against Rajendran but loses hope when she learns that his lawyer is Bhashyam, a feared senior advocate who has never lost a case. The case is then heard in the High Court, with both parties arguing to the child's custody. Finally, Bhashyam asks Krishna about how he can raise his daughter and support her financially.
After a tearful show of father-daughter connection and affection, Bhashyam withdraws the case voluntarily, thereby giving the custody of Nila to Krishna, and leaves the court. After spending some time with his daughter, Krishna takes her back to Shwetha so that she can live a comfortable life with financial stability, and that she can become a doctor when she grows up. Krishna returns to Ooty to his old job at Victor's chocolate factory.
Cast
- Chiyaan Vikram as Krishna
- Sara Arjun as Nila Krishna
- Anushka Shetty as Anuradha Ragunathan
- Amala Paul as Shwetha Rajendran
- Nasser as Bashyam
- Santhanam as Vinod
- Sachin Khedekar as Rajendran
- Krishna Kumar as Victor
- M. S. Bhaskar as Murthy
- Mahendranas Ragunathan
- Pandi as Muruga
- T. M. Karthik as Krishna's friend
- George Maryan as Krishna's friend
- Surekha Vani as Murthy's wife
- Rethika Srinivas as Bashyam's wife
- M. R. Kishore Kumar
- Gadam Kishan as Muttakannan
- Ravi Venkatraman as Dr. Basheer
- Tulasi as Priya
- Karthik Kumar as Karthik (Guest appearance)
Production
Development
The production of the film took five months from start to finish, however, Vijay claimed that the film had been in his plans for four years, but he waited for Vikram to give him dates.
The film proceeded without an official title until April 2011, with several possibilities announced during the production period. The film was tentatively titled Deiva Magan (Son of God), a title from a 1969 film featuring Sivaji Ganesan. However, problems arose after Sivaji Productions claimed that they owned the rights of the title and expressed their interest on using the name for a future production featuring Sivaji's grandson, Vikram Prabhu.[10] The title Pitha (Father) also ran into trouble after a debutant team announced that they had registered the title, and the title Deiva Thirumagan also created controversies,[11] but subsequently the film was christened as Deiva Thirumagal in March 2011.[12][13]
Filming
The film was predominantly across the hill country settings in Ooty throughout late 2010, with a chocolate factory being constructed as a set by art director Santhanam.[14] Scenes were also shot within Chennai, with the Chennai High Courtroom being reproduced for a scene in the film.[15] The team of the film returned to Ooty in February 2011 to complete the final schedule, after which the film was completed.[16] In order to perfect his portrayal of a mentally disabled adult with the maturity of a five-year-old boy, Vikram visited Vidya Sagar, a school for children with special needs, to learn and study the behavior of such children.[17]
Marketing
After completing the film with little publicity, the film met the press at
Themes and influences
Despite film's director A. L. Vijay denying it,
Messages to society and moral
One of the social message that the film conveys is, treat disable people as everyone. They are mentally and physically strong. Moreover, they have feeling and emotions as everyone.[24] The director A. L. Vijay wants to another message which is " Love is Life ".[25]
According to Anushka Shetty who has taken the lawyer role in the film has been giving a messages to all women."Every woman should be professionally independent. Also, she has asked every women to be physically and mentally strong and do not fear to face challenges and protect theirself."[26]
Soundtrack
The film score and soundtrack for Deiva Thirumagan is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, collaborating with director Vijay for the third time after the success of Kireedam and Madrasapattinam. The soundtrack album released on 14 April 2011, at the Chennai Trade Centre.[27][28]
There are allegations that the song "Jagada Thom" has been taken from Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan's 2007 song "Truth" from the album of the same name.[29] The song "Pa Pa Pappa" is partially based on "Whistle-Stop" from Robin Hood (1973).[30][31]
Release
Though initially planned to be released in 400-500 screens in India alone,[32] the film was released by UTV only across 250 screens in Tamil Nadu and another 50 in North India. The film premiered in Dubai.[33]
Reception
Critical response
The film received positive reviews.
However, the film also received mixed response from other critics. Rohit Ramachandran of nowrunning rated it two and a half describing the film as a "well-made crowd pleasing family entertainer with a developmental disability that gets mentally taxing for the audience towards the end."
Box office
In Chennai, the film collected ₹80 lakh in the first three days with 100% occupancy in theaters.[41] After one week, the collections were around ₹2.53 crore with the average occupancy being 90%.[42] After six weeks, it had collected ₹7.01 crore from Chennai and was declared a super hit at the Kollywood box office, completing a 100-day run.[43][44][45]
Accolades
Notes
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External links
- Deiva Thirumagal at IMDb