Moondru Deivangal

Moondru Deivangal (transl. Three gods)^[1] is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Dada Mirasi and written by Chitralaya Gopu. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman and Nagesh. It is a remake of the 1968 Marathi film Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava. The film was released on 14 August 1971.

Moondru Deivangal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dada Mirasi
Screenplay by	Chitralaya Gopu
Story by	Madhusudan Kalekar
Produced by	K. R. Seenivasan N. Naga Subramaniyam
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan R. Muthuraman Nagesh
Cinematography	K. S. Prasad
Edited by	N. M. Shankar
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Sri Bhuvaneswari Movies
Release date	14 August 1971 (1971-08-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Three thieves get into a family's home and act as if they are good people. However, the family's humility causes a change of the thieves' heart and whether they reform or not forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Siva
• Muthuraman as Muthu
• Nagesh as Nagu
• V. K. Ramasamy as Kumar's uncle
• S. V. Subbaiah as Pasupathy
• Sivakumar as Kumar
• V. S. Raghavan as a retired police officer
• M. R. R. Vasu as Veerappan
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Moorthy
• Senthamarai as a police officer
• Chandrakala as Lakshmi
• Rukmani as Parvathi
• Jaya Kausalya
• Vijaya Chandrika as Muthu's wife
• K. R. Indira Devi
• Sivakami

Production

Moondru Deivangal is based on the 1968 Marathi film Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava, written by Madhusudan Kalekar.^[2][3] The screenplay was written by Chitralaya Gopu, departing from most of his earlier screenplays which were comedies.^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[5] The song "Vasanthathil Or Naal" is set in Darbari Kanada raga.^[6]

Song	Singers
"Then Mazhaiyile Mangani"	P. Susheela
"Tirupathi Sendru Thirumbi Vandhal"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan
"Mullilla Roja"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
"Thai Enum Selvangal"	T. M. Soundararajan
"Nee Oru Chellapillai"	L. R. Eswari
"Nadappadhu Sugam"	T. M. Soundararajan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Vasanthathil Orr Naal"	P. Susheela

Release

Moondru Deivangal was released on 14 August 1971,^[7][8] and underperformed commercially; Gopu felt this was because "it wasn't of Sivaji's standard".^[9]