Deiva Magan
Deiva 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.
Sivaji Ganesan, 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 sons 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 happygolucky collegegoing 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. M. N. Nambiar, a man once punished by the father, kidnaps the younger son in order to take revenge on him. In the end, the elder son rescues his brother, killing M. N. Nambiar. He succumbs to his injuries and dies on the lap of his mother.Deiva Magan was adapted from Bengali play Ulka by Nihar Ranjan Gupta. G. V. Iyer earlier adapted the play into a film called Thayin Karunai 1965 with Muthuraman which failed at the box office, Deivamagan was the second adaptation of the play. Sivaji who was impressed with the plot decided to make the film and made his friend Periyanna to produce the film. The film was initially titled as Uyiroviyam before finalising Deivamagan. ........
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