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Dhevar Magan
Directed by	Bharathan
Produced by	Kamal Haasan
Written by	Kamal Haasan
Starring	Kamal Haasan Sivaji Ganesan Nasser Revathi Gouthami Vadivelu
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	P. C. Sriram
Editing by	N. P. Sathish
Release date(s)	October 1992
Running time	145 mins
Language	Tamil

Dhevar Magan (1992) is a Tamil feature film by Bharathan, and written by Kamal Hassan. The film met with a very strong critical reception upon release, 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. Dhevar Magan was nominated by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1992.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Awards 3 Soundtrack 4 Features 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

The Britain-educated Shakti (Kamal Haasan), son of a 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 (Nassar). 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 - Best Audiography - N. Pandu Rangan
• Won - Silver Lotus Award - Special Jury Award - Actor - Sivaji Ganesan - Dhevar Magan
• Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Regional Film (Tamil) - Dhevar 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, Sindhuja, Swarnalatha
• Masaru Ponnae Varuga - Minmini

[edit] Features

It was dubbed into Telugu language as Kshatriya Putrudu in 1992 and successfully ran with full audience.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Thevar Magan at the Internet Movie Database
• Dhevar Magan Soundtrack at Music Plugin
• Kamal in his elements

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