Deva (1995 film)

Deva is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by B. Vimal. The film stars Vijay, and debutante Swathi, while Sivakumar, Manorama, and Mansoor Ali Khan play supporting roles.[1] The film revolves around a couple is deeply in love, but encounters opposition from the woman's father, who is head of the village. The father believes the man is not a suitable partner due to his perceived reputation. The film released on 17 February 1995 and had a successful theatrical run of 100 days in Tamil Nadu.[2]

Deva
Poster
Directed byS. A. Chandrasekhar
Story byShoba Chandrasekhar
Produced byB. Vimal
StarringVijay
Swathi
CinematographySelva. R
Edited byP. R. Gautham Raj
Music byDeva
Production
company
B. V. Combines
Distributed byXB Film Creators
Release date
  • 17 February 1995 (1995-02-17)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The film is a story of romance that centers around two lovers: Deva (Vijay) and Bharathi (Swathi). The two are deeply in love but encounter opposition from Bharadhi's father Gandhidasan (Sivakumar), the head of the village. Gandhidasan believes that Deva is not a suitable suitor due to his perceived reputation throughout the village. Although the son of the well-to-do Raasathi (Manorama), it comes to light that Gandhidasan's disapproval stems from his relationship with his brother Rajadurai aka Periyavar (Mansoor Ali Khan), who is seemingly apathetic and lackadaisical. The film ends happily with Gandhidasan recognizing that his now son-in-law Deva is actually a really upstanding citizen in the village. Deva and Bharathi overcome all problems and live their lives happily married.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva, while the lyrics were written by Vaali, Pulamaipithan and Kavidasan.[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aiyayo Alamelu"VaaliVijay4:47
2."Chinna Paiyyan"VaaliS. N. Surendar, K. S. Chithra4:42
3."Innoru Gandhi"PulamaipithanMano, S. N. Surendar4:17
4."Kothagiri Kuppamma"VaaliVijay, Swarnalatha, Manorama5:02
5."Oru Kaditham" (Male)VaaliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vijay5:06
6."Oru Kaditham" (Female)VaaliK. S. Chithra4:58
7."Deva Vara"VaaliShoba Chandrasekhar, Deva2:13
8."Marumagane"KavidasanDeva, Krishnaraj4:49
Total length:35:54

Reception

Thulasi of Kalki praised Vijay for his maturity but advised him not to take risk of singing songs. He also appreciated the cinematographer and choreographer for adding more beauty to the film and concluded that director's screenplay is perfect and ups and downs are okay to keep audience engaged but advised director not to insult women in his next film.[4]

References
  1. "Deva ( 1995 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. "Sneha Britto to produce Vijay's Thalapathy 64 directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj". Behindwoods. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "Deva". JioSaavn. 12 March 1994. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. துளசி (19 March 1995). "தேவா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 29. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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