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Deivapiravi (1960)

Krishnan (Director) , Panju

Release Date13/04/1960
GenreFamily Drama
FormatB-W
LanguageTamil
Run Time182 min
Length5157.82 meters
Number of Reels20
Gauge35 mm
Censor RatingU
Censor Certificate Number28535
Certificate Date09/04/1960

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Madhavan (Sivaji Ganesan) works as a construction supervisor for Saminatha Pillai or Pillai (K. Sarangapani). Madhavan loves Thangam (Padmini), a co-worker, and with the consent of her foster brother Nair (A. Karunanidhi) and her mother, he marries Thangam. They live together with his younger brother Manohar and Thangam’s mother and her younger brother Ramu. Pillai tells Madhavan that he noticed Manohar trying to steal and Ramu stopping him. Madhavan punishes Manohar and Thangam takes responsibility to reform Manohar while Madhavan takes responsibility for Ramu.

Years roll by; Madhavan achieves success in his construction business with the help of Pillai and becomes a rich man. Ramu (S.S. Rajendran) and Manohar (T.R. Natarajan) are in college. Ramu concentrates on his studies while Manohar indulges in many pleasures. Thilagam (M.N. Rajam), Pillai’s daughter loves Ramu. Before dying, Thangam’s mother advises her to obey Madhavan always and never leave the house under any circumstances. Nair loses his tea business and Madhavan appoints Nair as the cook for the family. Pillai wishes to get Thilagam married to Ramu and both Madhavan and Thangam agree. However, Ramu disagrees, feeling he should first find a job and earn money.

One day, two ladies visit Madhavan: his father’s mistress (Sundaribai) and her daughter Nandhini (Lakshmi Rajam) bearing a letter from his deceased father. Madhavan permits them to reside in his old house. But embarrassed about his father’s past, he does not disclose the truth to Thangam. Madhavan brings Nandhini to work at his house and Thangam also accepts her as a servant. Nandhini complains about Nair to Madhavan’s tenant who alleges that Thangam and Nair were in a relationship for many years. Thangam gets to know that Madhavan has bought jewels for Nandhini and gets suspicious about their relationship, but waits for him to reveal all. Manohar who is jealous of seeing Ramu and Thilagam together requests Thangam to organize his marriage with Thilagam to prove that she is unbiased. To prove it, Thangam convinces Ramu to sacrifice his love for Thilagam.

But Thilagam and Pillai refuse to her proposal. Nandhini abuses her emotional bond with Madhavan to spoil Thangam’s reputation. Thangam notices Madhavan and Nandhini inside a closed room and suspects their relationship. Both Madhavan and Thangam suspect each other due to circumstances and lack of communication between them.

Madhavan meets Pillai to learn what Thangam told him. However, Pillai, who is tense with other matters, asks Madhavan to get out as he does not wish to discuss the marriage proposal, blaming Thangam for her inconsistency.

That night, Thangam informs Madhavan that after twelve years of marriage, she is pregnant. Though Madhavan has mixed feelings about her pregnancy, good sense prevails and he shows his affection. Madhavan’s step-mother stages a drama and makes him take them to his home. Here, their atrocities increase, and both torture Thangam emotionally. Manohar who is angry with Ramu decides to kill him. But Ramu says he will not oppose Manohar’s marriage plans and decides to leave to Mumbai for a job. Manohar visits Thilagam and while she is preparing to go out, steals her diamond ring. Shortly after that, Ramu visits Thilagam to bid her goodbye before leaving for Mumbai. Pillai files a Police complaint about the missing diamond ring. With a friend’s help, Manohar drops the ring in Ramu’s shirt to shift the blame on him. The Police find the ring in Ramu’s shirt and Pillai is shocked but Thilagam does not accept it, stating Ramu had no need to steal the ring as money was also placed in the same cupboard.

Pillai accepts her logic and gets Ramu released on bail. At home, Nandhini and her mother talk ill about Thangam and her relationship with Nair. Nandhini and her mother order Thangam to leave the house. Ramu arrives at that moment and has an argument with Madhavan. Madhavan angrily states that Ramu is a thief and Thangam is a prostitute. He slaps Ramu, who slaps him back and Thangam intervenes to tell that it is up to Madhavan to clarify that statement Because of the constant torture by Nandhini and her mother, Thangam writes a suicide note to Thilagam and leaves home.

On returning home, Madhavan overhears Nandhini and her mother discussing how they schemed against Thangam and succeeded in throwing her out of home. Shocked, he realizes Thangam’s goodness and purity. Thilagam arrives with Thangam’s suicide note and she goes along with Madhavan to stop it. Madhavan stops Thangam and Ramu, who was trying to commit suicide and apologizes for his mistakes. A reformed Manohar confesses having stolen Thilagam’s ring and pleads with Thangam to return. The Police arrest Nandhini and her mother for stealing from Madhavan’s home. However, Thangam states it was gifted to them and gets them released. They seek forgiveness from Madhavan and Thangam. Ramu gets married to Thilagam.

The songs ‘Kattadathirku manai porutham avasiyam… ‘, ‘Anbale thedia en arivu selvam thangam…’ ‘Iva kana ava thana…’, ‘Manidhanai manidhan…’, ‘Vayasu pennai…’, ‘Thara thara avar sangidhi yedhum sonnara…’, ‘Thannai thane nambadathathu sandhegam…’ and ‘Kalai vayasu…’ were popular during that time. ‘Anbale thedia en arivu selvam thangam…’ remains popular even now.

[from the book Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013, by G Dhananjayan, Blue Ocean Publishers 2014]