Deiva Thirumagan

Deiva Thirumagal
Theatrical poster
Directed by	gills rozario
Written by	Dileep kulkarani
Produced by	Dileep kulkarani
Starring	Vikram Anushka Shetty Amala Paul Nassar Santhanam
Cinematography	Nirav Shah
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Prakash naidu
Production company	Sri Rajakaliamman Medias
Distributed by	udhayanidhi stalin
Release date	3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)
Country	Template:Film India
Language	Tamil

Deiva Thirumagal (Template:Lang-ta, Template:Lang-en) is a forthcoming 2011 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by Mohan Natarajan The film features Vikram in the lead role as a mentally challenged adult with the maturity of a five-year-old boy, while Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul and Nassar portray other pivotal roles. The film comprises director Vijay's 'regular' technical crew with G. V. Prakash Kumar as music composer, Nirav Shah as cinematographer and Anthony as editor.

The film completed its schedules at a brisk pace and only announced the title of the project at the first press conference in April 2011. The teaser trailer of the project was released at the conference and has won critical acclaim, whilst the film is expected to release on June 3, 2011.

Cast

• Vikram as Krishnan
• Anushka Shetty as Anuradha Raghunathan
• Amala Paul as swetha
• Nassar as Bashyam
• Santhanam as Vinod
• M. S. Bhaskar as Murthy
• Krishna Kumar
• Y. Gee. Mahendra
• Pandi
• Karthik Kumar - Guest Appearance

Production

Development

With 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 signed on to play the daughter of a millionaire in November 2010. She had signed on in place of Meera Jasmine, who opted out of the film before production began. Despite reports that Divya Spandana joined the cast of the film in early 2011, Vijay refuted the claim as a rumour. The film saw the collaboration of several technicians who had featured in Vijay's earlier film, the critically acclaimed period drama Madrasapattinam, with G. V. Prakash Kumar as music composer, Nirav Shah as cinematographer and Anthony as editor. Santhanam was appointed art director, whilst Deepali Noor took charge of costumes.

The film proceeded without an official title until April 2011, with several possibilities announced during the production period. The film was tentatively titled Deiva Magal (Daughter of God), a title from a 1969 film featuring Sivaji Ganesan. However problems arose after Sivaji Productions claimed that they owned the rights of the title and expressed their interest on using the name for a future production featuring Sivaji's grandson, Vikram Prabhu. The title Pitha (Father) also ran into trouble after a debutant team announced that they had registered the title, but subsequently the film was christened as Deiva Thirumagan, also meaning Son of God in March 2011. Then the film underwent changes to the title renaming it to Deiva Thirumagal meaning Daughter of God in April 2011.

Filming

The film was predominantly shot 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 challenged adult with the maturity of a five year old boy, he visited Vidya Sagar, a school for children with special needs, to learn and study the behavior of such children.

Marketing

After completing the film with little publicity, the film met the press at Rain Tree Hotel in Chennai on April 3, 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. The launch of the soundtrack of the film is scheduled to take place on April 14, 2011 at the Chennai Trade Centre.

Controversy

Devar Kula Koottamaippu president Shanmugaiah said ‘Deiva Thirumagan’ is one of the popular sobriquets of Muthuramalinga Thevar, a leader from their caste, who fought for the welfare of the downtrodden.

“Using his name as a movie’s title would hurt the sentiments of people of our community. They would not accept this. So the title should be changed with immediate effect,” he said.

Shanmugaiah added: “Protests will be staged in front of theatres screening ‘Deiva Thirumgan’ if the movie’s title is not changed. The makers of the film should understand our feelings.”.

Deciding to put an end to all the problems, the director Vijay and Vikram have now changed the name to ‘Deiva Thirumagal'.

Soundtrack

Untitled

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.

All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar

Tracklist

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kadha Solla Poren"	Vikram, Shringa	05:38
2.	"Vizhigalil Oru Vaanavil"	Saindhavi	06:00
3.	"Pa Pa Pappa"	Vikram	05:51
4.	"Vennilave"	G. V. Prakash Kumar	03:33
5.	"Jagada Thom"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Maya, Rajesh	05:20
6.	"Aariro"	Haricharan	05:25
7.	"Life Is Beautiful"	Kalyan, Navin Iyer	01:44