''Moondru Deivangal'' () is a 1971 Indian

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-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, directed by Dada Mirasi and written by

Chitralaya Gopu Sadagopan (better known as Chitralaya Gopu) is an Indian screenwriter and director who works in the Tamil cinema. He has written nearly 60 films, and directed 27 of them. He scripted dramatic films such as ''Moondru Dheivangal'' and ''Shanti Nil ...

. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

, Muthuraman and

Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 film ...

. The film had musical score by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

. It is a remake of the 1968

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film ''

Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava ''Amhi Jaato Amucha Gava'' is a Marathi language film released on 9 August 1968. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Moondru Deivangal'' and in Hindi as ''Teen Chor''. Cast * Uma Bhende as Vaijayanti * Suryakant Mandhare, Dhumal, and Ganesh So ...

''.

Plot

Three thieves get into a family and act as if they are good people. However, the family's humility causes a change of the thieves' heart and do they reform form the rest of the story.

Cast

as Siva * Muthuraman as Muthu *

as Nagu * V. K. Ramasamy as Kumar's uncle * S. V. Subbaiah as Pasupathy *

Sivakumar Palaniswamy, better known by his stage name Sivakumar (born 27 October 1941), is an Indian visual artist and former actor who has portrayed a wide range of leading and supporting roles onscreen in Tamil cinema and television. He made his actin ...

as Kumar *

V. S. Raghavan V S Raghavan (18 February 1925 – 24 January 2015) was an Indian actor, who has acted both in Tamil films as well as television. He started his career as a dramatist and stage actor and went on to act as a character actor in films, starting ...

as a retired police officer *

M. R. R. Vasu Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Vasudevan was an Indian actor who was active in Tamil cinema and theatre during the latter half of the 20th century. He was known for playing negative roles, but he was also a successful character actor. He acte ...

as Veerappan *

Vennira Aadai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...

as Moorthy *

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as a police officer *

Chandrakala Chandrakala was an Indian actress who appeared in Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Film career She debuted in Kannada films in 1963 and went on to pair with Dr. Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Uday ...

as Lakshmi * Rukmani as Parvathi *Jaya Kausalya *Vijaya Chandrika as Muthu's wife *

K. R. Indira Devi K. R. Indira Devi (1949–2017), born as Indira Devi, was an Indian actress who was active in Tamil Cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. She was well known for her supporting roles, but was also a successful dubbing artist. In a ...

*Sivakami

Production

''Moondru Deivangal'' is based on the 1968

film ''

'', written by Madhusudan Kalekar. The screenplay was written by

, departing from most of his earlier screenplays which were comedies.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. The song "Vasanthathil Or Naal" is set in

Darbari Kanada Darbari Kanada, or simply Raga Darbari, (pronounced darbāri kānada), is a raga in the Kanada family, which is thought to have originated in Carnatic music and brought into Hindustani classical music by Miyan Tansen, the legendary 16th-c ...

raga.

Release

''Moondru Deivangal'' was released on 14 August 1971, and underperformed commercially; Gopu felt this was because "it wasn't of Sivaji's standard".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1445685 1970s Tamil-language films 1971 drama films 1971 films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian drama films Tamil remakes of Marathi films