
Deiva Magan
Deiva Magan ( ) is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchander. An adaptation of the Bengali novel Ulka by Nihar Ranjan Gupta, it stars Sivaji Ganesan in three roles and Jayalalithaa, with Sundarrajan, M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh, V. Nagayya and Pandari Bai in supporting roles. The film is about a scarred man who attempts to reconnect with his estranged family.
Plot
Shankar is a successful businessman who has an inferiority complex due to his scarred face. When his wife Parvathi gives birth to a son who is also scarred, Shankar asks the doctor Raju to kill the child to prevent him from experiencing the same pain Shankar has experienced throughout his life. Rather than kill the baby, Raju takes him to an ashram, where he is raised by its Baba and named Kannan. Shankar and Parvathi are oblivious to Kannan's existence.
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More details
author | A. C. Tirulokchandar |
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director | A. C. Tirulokchandar |
editor | B. Kanthasamy |
genre | drama |
keywords | ashram baba baby chance meeting grow up hide inferiority complex meet reject scarred face shoot the rejected think twin brother wound |
musicBy | M. S. Viswanathan |
nomination | International Submission to the Academy Awards |
producer | Periyanna |
productionCompany | Shanthi Films |