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Deiva Thirumagal (transl. God's Daughter) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language melodrama film written and directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by M. Chinthamani and Ronnie Screwvala.
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Themes and Influences
- Messages to Society and Moral
- Soundtrack
- Release
- Reception
- Notes and References
Krishna is an intellectually-disabled man with the mental ability of a seven-year-old. He lives a peaceful life in the hill station of Avalanchiand is cared for by Victor, the owner of a chocolate factory where Krishna works. One day, he excitedly announces to the village that he will become a father. That night, his daughter is born, but her mothe...
Development
The production of the film took five months from start to finish, however, Vijay claimed that the film had been in his plans for four years, but he waited for Vikram to give him dates. With A. L. Vijay and Vikram confirming their presence in the project, the producers failed in attempts to persuade Vidya Balan to appear in the film. In October 2010, Anushka Shetty agreed to appear in the lead female role in the film after agreeing terms. Amala Paul, who appeared in the lead role in Mynaa, was...
Filming
The film was predominantly across the hill country settings in Ooty throughout late 2010, with a chocolate factory being constructed as a set by art director Santhanam. Scenes were also shot within Chennai, with the Chennai High Courtroom being reproduced for a scene in the film. The team of the film returned to Ooty in February 2011 to complete the final schedule, after which the film was completed.In order to perfect his portrayal of a mentally disabled adult with the maturity of a five-yea...
Marketing
After completing the film with little publicity, the film met the press at Raintree Hotel St Mary's Road in Chennai on 3 April 2011 to launch the title and logo, the teaser trailer and three twenty-second promotional videos of the film.The event was attended by technicians and actors from the film, with the teaser trailer drawing acclaim and positive reviews from film critics.
Despite film's director A. L. Vijay denying it, many critics believed the film was heavily inspired from Jessie Nelson's 2001 drama film I Am Sam. Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu stated that "Those who have watched the Sean Penn stunner, I am Sam, and Dustin Hoffman's autistic travel in Rain Man can easily spot the similarities between them and DT"...
One of the social message that the film conveys is, treat disable people as everyone. They are mentally and physically strong. Moreover, they have feeling and emotions as everyone.The director A. L. Vijay wants to another message which is " Love is Life ". According to Anushka Shetty who has taken the lawyerrole in the film has been giving a messag...
See main article: Deiva Thirumagal (soundtrack). The film score and soundtrack for Deiva Thirumagan is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, collaborating with director Vijay for the third time after the success of Kireedam and Madrasapattinam. The soundtrack album released on 14 April 2011, at the Chennai Trade Centre. There are allegations that the so...
Though initially planned to be released in 400-500 screens in India alone, the film was released by UTV only across 250 screens in Tamil Nadu and another 50 in North India. The film premiered in Dubai.
Critical response
The film received positive reviews. CNN-IBN gave three and a half out of five stars, lauding Vijay for "having handled the emotional sequences with maturity", further adding that "his creative grip over the medium and the subject lifts the movie to higher levels despite some flaws and slow narrative." Behindwoods.com called it an "emotional tale between a father and a daughter well told", giving it three and a half as well. Sify noted that it was Vikram's "best work in years", further writing...
Box office
In Chennai, the film collected 80 lakh in the first three days with 100% occupancy in theaters. After one week, the collections were around 2.53 crore with the average occupancy being 90%.After six weeks, it had collected 7.01 crore from Chennai and was declared a super hit at the Kollywood box office, completing a 100-day run.
Web site: Deiva Thirumagal Budget. bestoftheyear.in.Web site: Deiva Thirumagal Box Office. bestoftheyear.in.Web site: 'I like to portray human values in my films' - Rediff.com Movies . Rediff.com . 2011-07-14 . 2012-11-08.Web site: Vikram - Tamil Movie News - Vikram, Vijay and Anushka - Vikram | Anushka | Vijay | Madharasapattinam . Behindwoods.com . 2010-10-01 . 2011-09-09.- I Am Sam by Jessie Nelson
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- A. L. Vijay
- M. ChinthamaniRonnie Screwvala
Jul 16, 2011 · From a director who prefers to steer clear of stereotypes and an actor who plumps for roles that keep winning brownie points for him at every turn comes a different attempt. Director Vijay and ...
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Jul 18, 2011 · Deiva Thirumagal is a very enjoyable tear jerker for a person who hasn’t seen the original. But it puts us with a question whether we should encourage such plagiarised content in Tamil movies.
Deiva Thirumagal is a Tamil album released in 1964. There are a total of 6 songs in Deiva Thirumagal. The songs were composed by P. S. Diwakar, a talented musician. Listen to all of Deiva Thirumagal online on JioSaavn.
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Inspired-adapted from Sean Penn’s I am Sam, A.L.Vijay delivers an emotionally resonating heartfelt melodrama, with a beautiful father- daughter relationship at its core. Vikram as the father with development disability and Sara Arjun as the smart daughter, are simply terrific.
