Thevar Magan
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| Thevar Magan | |
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| Directed by | Bharathan |
| Produced by | Kamal Haasan |
| Written by | Kamal Haasan |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Sivaji Ganesan Nasser Revathi Gouthami Vadivelu |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Distributed by | Raajkamal Films International |
| Release date(s) | 1992 |
| Running time | 145 mins |
| Language | Tamil |
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Thevar Magan (1992) is a Tamil feature film directed by veteran director Bharathan. Critically considered by some to be amongst the best films released in the Tamil film industry, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Nasser, Revathi and Gouthami in acclaimed roles. The film was also a commercial hit upon release. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The movie was later remade into Hindi as Virasat by Priyadarshan. Thevar Magan was nominated by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1992.
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[edit] Plot
The Britain-educated Shakti (Kamal Haasan), son of a rural village chieftain Periya-thevar (Sivaji Ganesan) returns home to his village after a long stay abroad. Accompanying Shakti is his girlfriend (Gouthami), with whom he intends to settle in a city and start a restaurant business. However, his father hopes he will don the patriarchal mantle, a role that the highly educated Shakti finds alien to him and distasteful primarily because of the bloody feud between factions aligned with his father and his paternal uncle, Chinna Thevar & his son, Maya Thevan (Nasser). Violent confrontations between both sides leading to loss of lives and a humiliating Panchayat trial that leads to his father's death, forces Shakti to re-examine his initial judgment and adopt the patriarchal mantle that he initially despised.
[edit] Awards
The film has won the following awards since its release:
1993 National Film Awards (India)
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Supporting Actress - Revathi
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Playback Singer (Female) - S. Janaki
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Special Jury Award - Actor - Sivaji Ganesan - Thevar Magan
- Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Regional Film (Tamil) - Thevar Magan - Bharathan
[edit] Soundtrack
The soundtrack features 9 songs composed by Ilayaraaja.
- Inji Idupazhagi - Kamal Haasan, S. Janaki
- Potri Paadadi Penne - Ilaiyaraaja. Mano
- Sandhu Pottu - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Kamal Haasan
- Potri Paadadi Penn - Sivaji Ganesan, Shruti Haasan
- Vaanam Thottu Pona - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Ada Puthiyathu Piranthadhu - Malaysia Vasudevan
- Inji Idupazhaga - S. Janaki
- Manamagale Manamagale - Minmini, Sidhuja, Swarnalatha
- Masaru Ponnae Varuga - Minmini
