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

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, directed by Dada Mirasi and written by Chitralaya Gopu. The film stars

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, Muthuraman and

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. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is a remake of the 1968 Marathi film '' Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava''.

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 as Kumar *

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as a retired police officer * M. R. R. Vasu as Veerappan *

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as Moorthy * Senthamarai as a police officer *

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

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*Sivakami

Production

''Moondru Deivangal'' is based on the 1968 Marathi film '' Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava'', written by Madhusudan Kalekar. The screenplay was written by Chitralaya Gopu, departing from most of his earlier screenplays which were comedies.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The song "Vasanthathil Or Naal" is set in Darbari Kanada 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