Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum
Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum English Child and God is a 1965 Tamil film directed by the duo KrishnanPanju, starring Jaishankar, Jamuna and Kutty Padmini. An adaptation of Disneys The Parent Trap 1961, the film tells a story of twin girls bringing together their separated parents. The film, produced by AVM Productions and featuring music by M. S. Viswanathan, released onNovember 1965. It was a big financial success, leading to remakes into Telugu as Letha Manasulu 1966, Hindi as Do Kaliyaan 1967., in Malayalam as Sethubandhanam and in Kannada as Makkala Bhagya.
The script of the film was completed before the commencement of shooting. Jaishankar was selected to play the main protagonist and it was his third film which featured him in a leading role. Jamuna, was selected as the leading actress. T. A. Madhuram enacted a negative character and it was one of her rare appearance after the death of her husband N. S. Krishnan. In the Tamil version, there was a sequence where the two sisters fight with each other which was hard to film at that time. In the climax of the film which was shot at Pazhani the scene where Kutti Padmini slipped was a real incident, she was later saved by the production team.The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the lyrics were written by Vaali and Kannadasan. All the songs were well received. The song Pazhamuthir Solai is based on Abheri Raga. The song Anbulla Maanvizhiye was remixed by Rafi in the film Jaggubhai 2010. Randor Guy of Hindu wrote One of the major factors contributing to the success of the movie was its melodious music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Many of the songs became hits and are still remembered today. G. Dhananjayan in his book Pride of Tamil Cinema 1931 to 2013 wrote The film had evergreen hit songs .. which added tremendous appeal to the film. ........
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