Vaazha Vaitha Deivam (transl. The god who gave life) is 1959 Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed by M. A. Thirumugam, produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar and written by Aaroor Dass with music by K. V. Mahadevan. It stars Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi, with T. S. Balaiah, V. K. Ramasamy, S. V. Subbaiah, P. Kannamba and T. P. Muthulakshmi in supporting roles.[1]
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Directed by | M. A. Thirumugam |
Written by | Aaroor Dass |
Produced by | Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar |
Starring | Gemini Ganesan B. Saroja Devi |
Cinematography | C. V. Moorthy |
Edited by | M. A. Thirumugam M. G. Balu Rao M. A. Mariyappan |
Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
Production company | Thevar Films |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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Vaazha Vaitha Deivam was the first film for Aaroor Dass as a "full fledged story and dialogue writer". At his suggestion, Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi were cast as the lead pair.[2] According to T. S. Balaiah's son Junior Balaiah, when Thevar named this film, "he said he had [T. S.] Balaiah in mind".[3]
Music was by K. V. Mahadevan and lyrics were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, A. Maruthakasi, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, A. S. Narayanan and Kovai Kumaradevan.[4]
No. | Songs | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
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1 | "Kaaveri Thaan Singari" | T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela | 03:16 | |
2 | "Engi Malai Uchiyile" | T. M. Soundararajan | 04:22 | |
3 | "Kolli Malai Saaralile" | S. C. Krishnan & L. R. Eswari | 02:51 | |
4 | "Chinnaala Patti" | T. M. Soundararajan | 03:28 | |
5 | "Vennilave Kaadhal Kadhai" | P. Susheela | 04:09 | |
6 | "Anna Nadaikkaari" | T. M. Soundararajan | 02:57 | |
7 | "Vaazha Vaitha Deivam" | T. M. Soundararajan & L. R. Eswari | 03:13 | |
Vaazha Vaitha Deivam was released on 28 August 1959,[5] and emerged a box office success. It was dubbed into Telugu as Karmika Vijayam, which did not meet with the same success.[1]
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