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{{short description|1969 film by A. C. Tirulokchandar}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = Deiva Magan.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[A. C. Tirulokchandar|A. C. Tirulokchander]]
| screenplay = A. C. Tirulokchander
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Ulka (novel)|Ulka]]''|[[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]]}}
| producer = Periyanna
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]
| cinematography = Thambu
| editing = B. Kanthasamy
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| studio = Shanthi Films
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1969|9|5}}
| runtime = 188 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Deiva Magan''''' ({{IPAc-en|ð|ɛ|ɪ|v|ə|_|m|ə|ɡ|ən}} {{translation|Divine Son}}) is a 1969 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[A. C. Tirulokchandar|A. C. Tirulokchander]]. An adaptation of the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel ''[[Ulka (novel)|Ulka]]'' by [[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]], it stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in three roles and [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]], with [[Major Sundarrajan|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.

Following the 1957 film ''Ulka'', ''[[Thayi Karulu]]'' (1962), ''[[Meri Surat Teri Ankhen]]'' (1963) and ''Thayin Karunai'' (1965), ''Deiva Magan'' is the fifth film adaptation of the novel. Its screenplay was written to be largely different from those of the earlier films, most of which were poorly received. The film was produced by Periyanna of Shanthi Films, photographed by Thambu and edited by B. Kanthasamy, and the dialogues were written by [[Aaroor Dass]].

''Deiva Magan'' was released on 5 September 1969; it received critical acclaim, primarily for Ganesan's performance, and was a commercial success, running for more than 100 days in theatres. It won the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] for [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Third Best Film]] and [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (Ganesan), and was the first South Indian film to be [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].

== 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 (honorific)|Baba]] and named Kannan. Shankar and Parvathi are oblivious to Kannan's existence.

Kannan receives little affection growing up at the ashram. Meanwhile, his younger brother Vijay is raised with much fondness and pampering. Vijay falls in love with a girl named Nirmala, who rejects him. Vijay's friend Ananth regularly extracts money to construct a hotel, which Vijay manages to get for him. When Baba is dying, he tells Kannan he is not an orphan and to meet Raju to learn more about his past. Nirmala is revealed to be Raju's daughter.

Kannan meets Raju, who is shocked to see his resemblance to Shankar. At first, Raju refuses to tell Kannan about his parents but consents after Kannan guarantees he will only see his parents without revealing his identity. Kannan enthusiastically goes to see his parents at night but Shankar shoots him, thinking he is a thief. Nirmala later reciprocates Vijay's love. Kannan has a chance meeting with Parvathi at a temple, but she does not recognise him.

Parvathi tells Shankar what happened at the temple; Shankar believes it must be his firstborn and meets Raju, who confirms it. Shankar meets Kannan; he offers Kannan a large amount of money so he can live prosperously but does not invite him to live with them. Kannan rejects the money, saying he is content to know his parents. Vijay comes and asks his father for money; Kannan, who is hiding in a cupboard, gestures Shankar to give the rejected money to Vijay.

In the meantime, Ananth wants more money from Vijay, so he kidnaps Vijay and demands a large ransom from Shankar. When Shankar is about to leave with the ransom money, Kannan asks to go instead. Shankar refuses so Kannan knocks him out and goes to the planned meeting disguised as Shankar. Kannan rescues Vijay and kills Ananth but is mortally wounded in the process. Shankar, Parvathi and the police arrive at the scene of the shooting. Kannan dies in the arms of his mother, who accepts him as her son.

== Cast ==

* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Shankar, Kannan and Vijay
* [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Nirmala<ref name="kamadenu" />
* [[Major Sundarrajan|Sundarrajan]] as Raju<ref name="kamadenu" />
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as Ananth<ref name="kamadenu" />
* [[Nagesh]] as Boopathy
* [[V. Nagayya]] as the [[Baba (honorific)|Baba]]<ref name="kamadenu" />
* [[Pandari Bai]] as Parvathi<ref name="kamadenu" />
* [[Vijayasree]] as Julie<ref name="VikatanReview" />

== Production ==
=== Development ===
The [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel ''[[Ulka (novel)|Ulka]]'' by [[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]] had been adapted for the screen four times; a 1957 Bengali film by the same name,<ref name="Vamanan" /> a [[Kannada]] film ''[[Thayi Karulu]]'' (1962),<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulke1FGbJKs |title=ಟೈಗರ್ ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ್ Tragic Story {{!}} ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಸ್ವಾರಸ್ಯಗಳು-Cinema Swarasyagalu Ep-17 {{!}} Hariharapura Manjuanth |date=3 April 2021 |language=Kannada |publisher=Total Kannada Media - ಟೋಟಲ್ ಕನ್ನಡ ಮೀಡಿಯ |access-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721100610/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ulke1FGbJKs&feature=youtu.be |archive-date=21 July 2023 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> a [[Hindi]] film ''[[Meri Surat Teri Ankhen]]'' (1963), and a Tamil film ''Thayin Karunai'' (1965). Despite the poor commercial performances of ''Ulka'', ''Meri Surat Teri Ankhen'' and ''Thayin Karunai'', director [[A. C. Tirulokchandar|A. C. Tirulokchander]] was interested in adapting the novel and wrote a screenplay that was largely different from those of the previous films.<ref name="Vamanan" /> The film was produced by Periyanna of Shanthi Films,<ref name="matters" /> and the dialogues were written by [[Aaroor Dass]]. The cinematographer was Thambu, the editor was B. Kanthasamy, and the art director was A. Balu.<ref name="poster" /> The film's working title was ''Uyiroviyam'' before it was retitled ''Deiva Magan''.<ref name="lions voice" />

[[Sivaji Ganesan]] portrayed three roles; Shankar and his twin sons Kannan and Vijay.<ref name="kamadenu" /> This was the second time Ganesan has portrayed three roles in one film; the first occasion was ''[[Bale Pandiya (1962 film)|Bale Pandiya]]'' (1962).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeyaraj |first=D. B. S. |date=4 August 2001 |title=A doyen among actors |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/article30251491.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206104640/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/article30251491.ece |archive-date=6 February 2020 |access-date=6 February 2020 |website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]}}</ref> For the characterisation of Kannan, he drew inspiration from [[Quasimodo]], the protagonist of [[Victor Hugo]]'s novel ''[[The Hunchback of Notre-Dame]]'' (1831), making Kannan aggressive with "roughness and brute strength", while Vijay's body language was taken from that of filmmaker [[C. V. Sridhar]].<ref name="matters" />

=== Filming ===
Periyanna initially wanted to make the film to be made in colour but it was filmed in black and white at Ganesan's suggestion.<ref name="matters" /> The makeup for the scarred characters portrayed by Ganesan was done by R. Rangasamy and his son Jayanth Kumar.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jayanth Kumar |first=R |date=27 June 2011 |title=Kollywood's make-up specialists of the 1960s |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2011/jun/27/kollywoods-make-up-specialists-of-the-1960s-267023.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902080308/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2011/jun/27/kollywoods-make-up-specialists-of-the-1960s-267023.html |archive-date=2 September 2019 |access-date=2 September 2019 |work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> Rangasamy gave Ganesan's characters different looks; Shankar's look is sophisticated while Kannan was given a slightly darker skin tone than Vijay's. The original idea was for Kannan to resemble Quasimodo in the [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)|1939 adaptation of ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'']] but Ganesan insisted the filmmakers reduce the character's unattractiveness after trying out prosthetics. He wanted viewers to sympathise with Kannan for his shortcomings without feeling repulsed by the character.<ref name="matters" /> Kannan is a [[sitar]] player but Ganesan did not know how to play the instrument; he pretended to play it instead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2016 |title=செலுலாய்ட் சோழன் சிவாஜி தொடர் 127 – சுதாங்கன் |trans-title=Celluloid king Sivaji Part 127 – Sudhangan |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/8329 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190708111240/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/8329 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |access-date=28 July 2020 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta |location=Nellai}}</ref>

There were difficulties in filming the scene in which Kannan is hiding in a cupboard and gestures to Shankar to give a cheque to Vijay; the scene required Ganesan to change his look between takes because the camera could not be moved, meaning he had to stand in one spot, mouth his lines, quickly change his attire and makeup to play the second character, stand in the same place and act. To ease the process, he asked Tirulokchander to stand in for him. Kanthasamy told Tirulokchander this seven-minute-long scene needed trimming but after re-watching it several times, Tirulokchander refused because he could not find what to cut and liked the way Ganesan performed as the three characters.<ref name="matters" /><ref name="lions voice" /> The final cut of the film was initially {{Convert|4700.01|metres|feet|abbr=}}; after five cuts by the [[Central Board of Film Certification|Censor Board]], it was brought down to {{Convert|4695.84|metres|feet|abbr=}}.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 October 1970 |title='Deiva Magan' (Tamil) |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1970.97/page/n9/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231213070852/https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1970.97/page/n9/mode/2up |archive-date=13 December 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |magazine=[[The Gazette of India]] |page=1410 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== Music ==
The soundtrack to ''Deiva Magan'' was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and the lyrics were written by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deiva Magan |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/deiva-magan/MdN9M0HTJQY_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206104036/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/deiva-magan/MdN9M0HTJQY_ |archive-date=6 February 2020 |access-date=6 February 2020 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref> The song "Deivame Deivame Nandri Solven" is Ganesan's homage to politician [[C. N. Annadurai]], which is evident when it is played over a scene where Kannan screams "Anna".<ref name="matters" /> Kannadasan wrote the ''[[pallavi]]'' for a song. Tirulokchander and the others liked it, so Kannadasan completed writing the song and had a meeting where they listened to it. When an office boy came to serve them coffee, Kannadasan asked him whether he liked the song. The boy said though the song sounded good, he did not understand the meaning. Immediately, Kannadasan told Viswanathan to compose a different tune so he could write different lyrics. Despite those present objecting, Kannadasan persisted, resulting in the creation of the song "Kettadhum Koduppavane Krishna".<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 2019 |title=என்றென்றும் கண்ணதாசன் : வார்த்தைகளுக்கு அப்பாற்பட்ட உறவு (5) |trans-title=Kannadasan Forever: The relationship goes beyond words (5) |url=https://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Sirappukatturaigal/2019/05/10135315/Relationship-to-words.vpf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922134651/https://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Sirappukatturaigal/2019/05/10135315/Relationship-to-words.vpf |archive-date=22 September 2019 |access-date=20 October 2020 |work=[[Dina Thanthi]] |language=ta}}</ref> The song, like many of Kannadasan's other songs, praises the Hindu god [[Krishna]] as "a simple god that responds to a poor man's prayer".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venkataramanan |first=Geetha |date=30 August 2018 |title=Kannadasan found Krishna within |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/kannadasan-found-krishna-within/article24819404.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618120932/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/kannadasan-found-krishna-within/article24819404.ece |archive-date=18 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The songs "Kaadhal Malar Kootam" and "Kaathalikka Katrukollungal" also became popular.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=24 December 2004 |title=Encomiums to an evergreen talent |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/24/stories/2004122402511500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828090844/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/12/24/stories/2004122402511500.htm |archive-date=28 August 2005 |access-date=5 June 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2019 |title=பொன்விழா படங்கள் : தெய்வமகன் – ஆஸ்கருக்கு சென்ற முதல் படம் |trans-title=Golden Jubilee Movies : Deiva Magan – The first film submitted to the Oscars |url=http://www.dinamalar.com/mgr/detail.php?id=76847 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200614141859/https://www.dinamalar.com/mgr/detail.php?id=76847 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |access-date=14 June 2020 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singers
| total_length = 30:58 
| writing_credits =
| lyrics_credits =
| music_credits =
| title1 = Anbulla Nanbare
| extra1 = [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
| length1 = 4:02
| title2 = Deivame Deivame Nandri Solven
| extra2 = T. M. Soundararajan
| length2 = 5:23
| title3 = Kangal Pesuthamma
| extra3 = [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]]
| length3 = 2:42
| title4 = Kaadhal Malar Kootam
| extra4 = T. M. Soundararajan
| length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Kaathalikka Katrukollungal
| extra5 = T. M. Soundararajan, [[P. Susheela]]
| length5 = 3:16
| title6 = Kettadhum Koduppavane Krishna
| extra6 = T. M. Soundararajan
| length6 = 4:00
| title7 = Kettadhum Koduppavane Krishna
| note7 = version 2
| extra7 = T. M. Soundararajan
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Koottathileya Yarthan
| extra8 = P. Susheela
| length8 = 3:45
}}

== Release ==
''Deiva Magan'' was released on 5 September 1969.<ref name="poster" /> Despite being released just four weeks after another Ganesan film, ''[[Nirai Kudam]]'', it was a critical and commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. The release of Ganesan's films ''[[Thirudan]]'' and ''[[Sivandha Mann]]'' in the following months also did not affect ''Deiva Magan''{{'s}} theatrical run.<ref name="matters" />

=== Reception ===
According to the Tamil magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'', most films in which one actor portraying multiple roles often have problems like impersonation and identity confusion, but the lack of these problems in ''Deiva Magan'' was an achievement for the director. The reviewer praised Ganesan's triple-role performance, mainly that of Vijay, and also appreciated [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]'s performance but felt [[Pandari Bai]] was under-used. The reviewer concluded the filmmakers had tried to build a hall with only one pillar and that pillar was Ganesan.<ref name="VikatanReview" /> ''[[The Indian Express]]''{{'s}} reviewer praised Ganesan's performance as Shankar, along with the performances of Pandari Bai and [[Nagesh]], but said the latter had "little to do with the story". The reviewer praised the set designs, Thambu's cinematography, and Viswanathan's music, concluding that Tirulokchander "can relax for having directed a successful commercial melodramatic film".<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 1969 |title=Cinema |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19690913&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=30 April 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=8 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After watching the film, C. V. Sridhar appreciated Ganesan's performance as Vijay, saying only he "could have done it so beautifully".<ref name="matters" />

=== Accolades ===
At the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], ''Deiva Magan'' won the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Third Best Film]] award and Ganesan won the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] award.<ref>{{Cite news |last=கணேஷ் |first=எஸ். |date=7 May 2017 |title=ஓல்டு இஸ் கோல்டு: ஒரே காட்சியில் மாறுபட்ட முகபாவங்களுடன் நடித்து அசத்தியவர்! |trans-title=Old is Gold: The man who excelled by portraying different faces in a single scene! |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/27181 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200614171152/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/27181 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |access-date=14 June 2020 |work=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai |language=ta}}</ref> The film was selected as [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|India's official entry]] for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] nomination for the [[42nd Academy Awards]]; it was the first South Indian film to be submitted by India in the Best International Feature Film category.<ref name="matters" />{{sfn|Hardgrave|1979|p=120}}

== Legacy ==
[[Kamal Haasan]] has acknowledged various films as influences on ''[[Michael Madana Kama Rajan]]'' (1990), namely ''Deiva Magan'' along with ''[[Nadodi Mannan]]'' (1958) and ''[[Yaadon Ki Baaraat]]'' (1973).<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2021 |title=Kamal Haasan shares the backstory of Michael Madana Kama Rajan, Alphonse Puthren ecstatic |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kamal-haasan-shares-the-backstory-of-michael-madana-kama-rajan-alphonse-puthren-ecstatic-imagegallery-kollywood-vhfiwvhcfefhc.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706101800/https://www.sify.com/movies/kamal-haasan-shares-the-backstory-of-michael-madana-kama-rajan-alphonse-puthren-ecstatic-imagegallery-kollywood-vhfiwvhcfefhc.html |archive-date=6 July 2021 |access-date=2 May 2022 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]

== References ==
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<ref name="kamadenu">{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=15 June 2018 |title=தெய்வ மகன் – அப்பவே அப்படி கதை! |trans-title=Deiva Magan – Then itself such a story! |url=https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/3393-deivamagan-appave-appadi-kadhai-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175352/https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/3393-deivamagan-appave-appadi-kadhai-3.html |archive-date=11 January 2019 |access-date=31 August 2019 |website=[[Kamadenu (magazine)|Kamadenu]] |language=ta}}</ref>
<ref name="matters">{{Cite news |last=Raman |first=Mohan V. |author-link=Mohan Raman |date=5 September 2019 |title=50 Years of 'Deiva Magan': Why Sivaji Ganesan still matters... |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sivaji-ganesan-deiva-magan-turns-50/article29341412.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206084644/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sivaji-ganesan-deiva-magan-turns-50/article29341412.ece |archive-date=6 February 2020 |access-date=8 September 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
<ref name="poster">{{Cite news |date=5 September 1969 |title=Deiva Magan |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19690905&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=30 April 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=12 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
<ref name="VikatanReview">{{Cite web |date=21 September 1969 |title=சினிமா விமர்சனம் : தெய்வ மகன் |trans-title=Movie Review : Deiva Magan |url=https://www.vikatan.com/arts/nostalgia/42060--2 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200206100205/https://www.vikatan.com/arts/nostalgia/42060--2 |archive-date=6 February 2020 |access-date=6 February 2020 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta}}</ref>
<ref name="lions voice">{{Cite news |date=6 September 2019 |title=சிம்மக் குரலோன் 90: காட்சியை வெட்ட மறுத்த திருலோகச்சந்தர்! |trans-title=The Lion's Voice 90: Tirulokchander refused to cut a scene! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/514347-simma-kuraloan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200614150900/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/514347-simma-kuraloan-3.html |archive-date=14 June 2020 |access-date=14 June 2020 |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>
<ref name="Vamanan">{{Cite news |last=Vamanan |author-link=Vamanan |date=30 April 2018 |title='தெய்வ மகன்' பெற்ற ஆஸ்கார் வெற்றி! |trans-title=The Oscar victory that ''Deiva Magan'' achieved! |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/48306/கலைமாமணி-வாமனனின்-‘நிழலல்ல-நிஜம்’-–-125 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727173329/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/48306/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E2%80%98%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-125 |archive-date=27 July 2019 |access-date=2 September 2019 |work=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai |language=ta}}</ref>
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Hardgrave |first=Robert L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a6IsAAAAMAAJ&q=Deiva+Magan |title=Essays in the political sociology of South India |publisher=Usha |year=1979 |isbn=978-0-8364-0605-4}}

== External links ==
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[[Category:Films based on works by Nihar Ranjan Gupta]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. C. Thirulokachandar]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

Deiva Magan - Revision history

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