''Deiva Kuzhandhaigal'' () is a 1973 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language drama film directed by

S. P. Muthuraman S. P. Muthuraman, also referred to as SPM, is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He has directed 72 films in Tamil. He was one of the most successful commercial directors in Tamil cinema. Initially he worked mainly wi ...

and written by

V. C. Guhanathan V. C. Guhanathan is a film screenwriter, director and producer who has worked on Indian Tamil films. He made his directorial debut in the 1970s, before proceeding to make successful films like ''Thanikattu Raja'' (1982) and ''Michael Raj'' (1987 ...

. The film stars Jaishankar,

R. Muthuraman Muthuraman Radhakrishnan (4 July 1929 – 16 October 1981) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. He was a leading actor during the 1960s and 1970s and was fondly called as ''Navarasa Thilagam''. He had paired w ...

and

Jaya Jaya may refer to: Media *''Jaya'', self titled albums by Jaya (singer), released in 1989, 1996 and 2001 * ''Jaya'' (film), a 2002 Indian Tamil film Mythology *''Jaya'', a name of Karna in Mahabharata; the core portion of the ''Mahabharata'' ...

, with

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan (13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), professionally credited with her stage name Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "First Female ...

, Master Ramu and Jayaseelan in supporting roles. It was released on 14 September 1973, and failed at the box office.

Plot

Cast

* Jaishankar *

* Master Ramu * Jayaseelan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

V. Kumar V. Kumar ( ta, வரதராஜுலு குமார், ) (28 July 1934 – 7 January 1996) was a yesteryear Tamil cinema music director, born in Chennai, Tamilnadu on 28 July 1934 to Varadharajulu and Dhanabhakiyam couple, in July 1969 ...

, with lyrics by Kannadasan and Panchu Arunachalam.

Release and reception

''Deiva Kuzhandhaigal'' was released on 14 September 1973. Kanthan of '' Kalki'' lauded the performances of Jaishankar, Jaya, Sridevi and Ramu, along with Muthuraman's direction, but criticised the performance of Muthuraman, and the screenplay. In '' Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess'' (2019), Satyarth Nayak applauded Sridevi's performance in the scene where her character eulogises Indian history during a school play, and her "climactic death scene".

References

External links

* {{S. P. Muthuraman 1970s Tamil-language films 1973 drama films Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman Films scored by V. Kumar Films with screenplays by V. C. Guhanathan Indian drama films