Kula Dheivam

Kula Deivam
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Directed by	Krishnan-Panju
Produced by	SK Pictures
Written by	Murasoli Maran
Story by	Banga Kora by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi
Starring	S. V. Sahasranamam Pandari Bai
Music by	R. Sudarsanam
Cinematography	Maruthi Rao
Edited by	S Panjabi
Production company	SK Pictures
Release dates	29 September 1956 (1956-09-29) [1]
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kula Deivam (English: Family deity) is a 1956 Indian Tamil drama film directed by Krishnan-Panju. The film was produced by SK Pictures and stars SV Sahasranamam and Pandaribai in the lead roles, while Rajagopal, SS Rajendran, Chandrababu, Asokan and Vijayakumari play pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by R. Sudarsanam, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Subramaniya Bharathi, Bharathidasan, Kamatchisundaran, Athmanathan and Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram.

Maruthi Rao and S. Panjabi handled cinematography and editing respectively. The film was a remake of Bengali film Banga Kora. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Murasoli Maran. The film was remade in Hindi as Bhabhi. The film was released on 29 August 1956 with a length of 18582 feet and became successful at the box office.

Cast

Production

Kula Deivam was based on a Bengali film Banga Kora by noted writer Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi.^[2][3] Dialogues for the film was written by "Murasoli" Maran. Maran's uncle M. Karunanidhi was unsure whether Maran would achieve success with this film however Krishnan Panju assured Karunanidhi to make Maran to write dialogues. AV Meiyappan named him as Murasoli Maran named after the newspaper which he was working at that time.^[2] Stage actor VR Rajagopal made his acting debut with this film and came to be known as Kuladeivam Rajagopal after the success of the film.^[3][2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by R. Sudharsanam and lyrics were written by Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar, Bharathidasan, Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram, K. P. Kamatchi and M. K. Athmanathan. Playback singers are C. S. Jayaraman, T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, M. M. Muthu, M. L. Vasanthakumari, T. V. Rathinam & P. Suseela.

The album was released under the label "Saregama".^[4]

Release

The film was released on 29 September 1956 with a length of 18580 feet with runtime of 168 minutes.^[1] G. Dhananjayan in his book Pride of Tamil Cinema praised the film citing that it had "socially relevant messages [..] was shown effectively on the screen...". He also praised the performances of lead artists as excellent.^[2] Randor Guy of Hindu noted that the film was "Remembered for the socially relevant storyline, excellent performances by Sahasranamam and Pandari Bai, pleasing music and touching on-screen narration".^[3] The film was remade in Hindi as Bhabhi (1957) which also was a success and was also remade in Kannada as Jenu Goodu (1963). The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.^[5]

References

External links

• Kula Deivam at Internet Movie Database
• Kula Deivam Darama

Bibliography

• Dhananjayan, G. (2014). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013. Blue Ocean Publishers. ISBN 978-93-84301-05-7.