Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum
File:Kuzhandhaiyum Deivamum.jpg Film poster
Directed by	Krishnan-Panju
Produced by	A. V. Meiyappan
Written by	Javar Seetharaman
Starring	Jaishankar Jamuna Kutty Padmini Nagesh
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography	S. Maruthi Rao, S. Vittal Rao
Edited by	Punjabi - Vittal
Production company	AVM Productions
Distributed by	AVM Productions
Release dates	19 November 1965 (1965-11-19)
Running time	167 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum (English: Child and God) is a 1965 Tamil film directed by the duo Krishnan-Panju, starring Jaishankar, Jamuna and Kutty Padmini. An adaptation of 1953 British comedy Twice Upon a Time and Disney's The Parent Trap (1961)( both are adaptation of German novel Lottie and Lisa), the film tells a story of twin girls bringing together their separated parents. The film, produced by AVM Productions and featuring music by M. S. Viswanathan, released on 19 November 1965. It was a big financial success, leading to remakes into Telugu as Letha Manasulu (1966), Hindi as Do Kaliyaan (1967)., in Malayalam as Sethubandhanam and in Kannada as Makkala Bhagya.

Cast

• Jaishankar as Chandrasekar
• Jamuna as Sathyabama@Bama
• Kutty Padmini lalitha @ Lalli/Padmini @ Pappi (Twin Sisters)
• Garikapati Varalakshmi as Alamelu (Bama's mother)
• Nagesh as Sundaram (Sekar Friend)
• Major Sundararajan as Ramalingam (Bama's father)
• V. R. Thilagam as Nirmala (Padmimi dance teacher)

Production

Kuzhandhaiyum Deivamum was the adaptation of Disney's The Parent Trap (1961) which told the story of twin girls bringing together their separated parents. Noted actor and screenwriter Javert N. Seetharaman adapted the Hollywood movie in Tamil, making changes in the screenplay to suit the local milieu. AVM Kumaran liked the Hollywood film and advised Thirulokachander to integrate the theme of this film into Kaakkum Karangal which Thirulokachander was directing at that time for AVM. However ACT was not interested as he felt his script was better. AVM then roped in Krishnan-Panju to direct the film.

The script of the film was completed before the commencement of shooting. Jaishankar was selected to play the main protagonist and it was his third film which featured him in a leading role. Jamuna, was selected as the leading actress. T. A. Madhuram enacted a negative character and it was one of her rare appearance after the death of her husband N. S. Krishnan. In the Tamil version, there was a sequence where the two sisters fight with each other which was hard to film at that time. In the climax of the film which was shot at Pazhani the scene where Kutti Padmini slipped was a real incident, she was later saved by the production team.

Soundtrack

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum
Soundtrack album by M. S. Viswanathan
Released	1965
Length	28:14
Language	Tamil
Producer	M. S. Viswanathan

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the lyrics were written by Vaali and Kannadasan. All the songs were well received. The song "Pazhamuthir Solai" is based on Abheri Raga. The song "Anbulla Maanvizhiye" was remixed by Rafi in the film Jaggubhai (2010). Randor Guy of Hindu wrote "One of the major factors contributing to the success of the movie was its melodious music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Many of the songs became hits and are still remembered today". G. Dhananjayan in his book Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013 wrote "The film had evergreen hit songs [..] which added tremendous appeal to the film".

No	Songs	Singers	Length(m:ss)
1	Enna Vegam Nillu	T. M. Soundararajan A. L. Raghavan	4:42
2	Anbulla Maan Vizhiyae	T. M. Soundararajan P. Suseela	4:47
3	Naan Nandri Solven	M. S. Viswanathan P. Suseela	3:48
4	Anbulla Mannavane(sad)		3:32
5	Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum	P. Suseela	3:57
6	Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum(campfire song)		1:30
7	Pazhamuthir Solaiyilae		4:12
8	Ahah Idhu Nalliravu	L. R. Eswari	4:04
9	Kozhi Oru Koottile	M. S. Rajeshwasri	2:54

Release

Critical reception

G. Dhananjayan in his book Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013 wrote "Though inspired by a Hollywood hit, this adaption is beautiful and moved the audiences with brilliant performances of Baby Padmini, who played two roles in the film". Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan mentioned that "child actor Kutti Padmini is the highlight of the film and she is the one reason for us to watch the film, though the film is childish, her acting is appreciable and deserves a watch". Randor Guy mentioned that the film was "Remembered for the interesting storyline, Kutti Padmini's performance and melodious songs".

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu as Leta Manasulu (1966) with Jamuna, Haranath and Kutti Padmini in lead roles. Directed by the same duo, it, however, did not enjoy the same success as the Tamil original. The film was also remade in Hindi as Do Kaliyaan (1967) which was also directed by Krishnan-Panju, it featured noted stars Mala Sinha and Biswajeet as the couple. Meiyappan wanted Padmini again to reprise the twins however Pandit Mukram Sharma who was the dialogue writer for Hindi version felt she was too old for the roles. The role of the twins was enacted by Baby Sonia who later as a young woman was known as Neetu Singh and was a successful Hindi film star soon she married the top star of that day, Rishi Kapoor, and retired from films. Do Kaliyan was a silver jubilee hit.

Awards

• This film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil - Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film in 1966.

External links

• Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum at IMDb