Kuladeivam
| Kula Deivam | |
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| Tamil | குலதெய்வம் |
| Directed by | Krishnan-Panju |
| Produced by | SK Pictures |
| Written by | Murasoli Maran |
| Story by |
Banga Kora by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi |
| Starring |
S. V. Sahasranamam Pandari Bai |
| Music by | R. Sudarsanam |
| Cinematography | Maruthi Rao |
| Edited by | S Panjabi |
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SK Pictures
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Running time
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168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kula Deivam (English: Family deity) is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Krishnan-Panju. The film was produced by SK Pictures and stars S. V. Sahasranamam and Pandari Bai in the lead roles, while Rajagopal, S. S. Rajendran, Chandrababu, S. A. Ashokan and Vijayakumari play pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by R. Sudarsanam, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Subramaniya Bharathi, Bharathidasan, Kamatchisundaran, Athmanathan and Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram.
Maruthi Rao and S. Panjabi handled cinematography and editing respectively. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Murasoli Maran. The film was released on 29 August 1956 with a length of 18582 feet and became successful at the box office.
The film was a remake of Bengali film Banga Kora which itself was based on the novel of the same name by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. The film was remade in Hindi as Bhabhi and in Kannada as Jenu Goodu. Pandari Bai reprised her role in all versions except Bengali.
Kula Deivam was based on a Bengali film Banga Kora by noted writer Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. Dialogues for the film was written by "Murasoli" Maran. Maran's uncle M. Karunanidhi was unsure whether Maran would achieve success with this film however Krishnan Panju assured Karunanidhi to make Maran to write dialogues. AV Meiyappan named him as Murasoli Maran named after the newspaper which he was working at that time. Stage actor VR Rajagopal made his acting debut with this film and came to be known as Kuladeivam Rajagopal after the success of the film.
Soundtrack was composed by R. Sudharsanam and lyrics were written by Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar, Bharathidasan, Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram, K. P. Kamatchi and M. K. Athmanathan. Playback singers are C. S. Jayaraman, T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, M. M. Muthu, M. L. Vasanthakumari, T. V. Rathinam & P. Suseela.
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