Thiruvilaiyadal

For the 2006 film, see Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam.
Thiruvilaiyadal

Theatrical release poster
Directed by A. P. Nagarajan
Produced by A. P. Nagarajan
Based on Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam 
by Paranjothi Munivar
Starring Sivaji Ganesan
Savitri
K. B. Sundarambal
Music by K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography K. S. Prasad
Edited by M. N. Rajan
T. R. Natarajan
Production
company
Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures
Distributed by Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures
Release dates
 31 July 1965
Running time
 155 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Tamil

Thiruvilaiyadal (English: The Divine Game) is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language Hindu devotional film written, directed, produced, and distributed by A. P. Nagarajan. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, and K. B. Sundarambal in the lead roles with T. S. Balaiah, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, T. R. Mahalingam, S. V. Sahasranamam, Devika, Manorama, and Nagarajan himself playing pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack and score were composed by K. V. Mahadevan, while the lyrics of the songs were written by Kannadasan and Sankaradas Swamigal.

The story of Thiruvilaiyadal was conceived by A. P. Nagarajan, who was inspired by the Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam, a collection of sixty-four Shaivite, devotional, epic stories written in the 16th century by the saint, Paranjothi Munivar, which record the actions and antics of Lord Shiva appearing on Earth in various disguises to test his devotees. Four of the sixty-four stories are depicted in the film. The first is about the poet Dharumi; the second concerns Dhatchayini (Sati). The third recounts how Shiva's future wife Parvati is born as a fisherwoman and how Shiva, in the guise of a fisherman, finds and remarries her. The fourth story is that of the singer Banabhathirar. The soundtrack was received positively and songs from it like "Pazham Neeyappa", "Oru Naal Podhuma", "Isai Thamizh", and "Paattum Naane" remain popular today among the Tamil diaspora.

Thiruvilaiyadal was released on 31 July 1965 to critical acclaim, with praise directed at the film's screenplay, dialogue, direction, music, and the performances of Ganesan, Nagesh, and Balaiah. The film was a commercial success, running for over twenty-five weeks in theatres, and became a trendsetter for devotional films as it was released at a time when Tamil cinema primarily produced social melodramas. It won the Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film in Tamil at the 13th National Film Awards, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil. The film was dubbed into Kannada as Shiva Leela Vilasa, the first Tamil film to be dubbed into Kannada in ten years. A digitally restored version of Thiruvilaiyadal was released in September 2012, which was also a commercial success.

Plot

Lord Shiva gives a sacred Mango fruit, brought by the sage Narada, to his elder son Vinayaka as a prize for outsmarting his younger brother Muruga in a competition to win it. Angered by his father's decision, Muruga, dressed as a hermit, goes to Palani, despite Avvaiyar's attempts to convince him to return to Mount Kailash. His mother, goddess Parvati, arrives there and narrates the stories of four of Shiva's divine games to calm Muruga.

The first story is about the opening of Shiva's third eye when he visits Madurai, the capital city of the Pandya Kingdom, ruled at that time by Shenbagapandian. Shenbagapandian wants to find the answer to a question posed by his wife — whether the fragrance from a woman's hair is natural or artificial — and announces a reward of 1000 gold coins to anyone who can come up with the answer. A poor poet named Dharumi desperately wants the reward and starts to break down in the Meenakshi Amman Temple. Shiva, hearing his cries, takes the form of a poet and gives Dharumi a poem containing the answer. Overjoyed, Dharumi takes the poem to Shenbagapandian's court and recites it, but Nakkeerar, the court's head poet, claims the poem's meaning is incorrect. On hearing this, Shiva argues with Nakkeerar about the poem's accuracy, burning him to ashes when he refuses to relent. Later, Shiva revives Nakkeerar, and says that he only wanted to test his knowledge. Nakkeerar asks the king to give the reward to Dharumi.

The second story focuses on Shiva marrying Dhatchayini against the will of her father Dhatchan. Dhatchan performs a Mahayajna without inviting his son-in-law. Dhatchayini asks Shiva's permission to go to the ceremony, but Shiva refuses to let her go as he feels no good will come from it. Dhatchayini disobeys him and goes only to be insulted by Dhatchan. Dhatchayini curses her father and returns to Shiva who is angry with her. Dhatchayini asserts that they are one and without her, there is no Shiva. He refuses to agree with her and burns her to ashes. He then performs his Tandava, which is noticed by the Devas, who pacify him. Shiva then restores Dhatchayini to life and accepts that they are one.

The third story describes Parvati being banished by Shiva when she becomes momentarily distracted while listening to his explanation of the Vedas. Parvati, now born as Kayarkanni, is the daughter of a fisherman. When playing with her friends, Shiva approaches in the guise of a fisherman and flirts with her, despite her disapproval. The fishermen often face problems due to a giant shark that disrupts their way of life. Shiva asserts that he alone can defeat the shark. After a long battle, Shiva subdues the shark (which is actually Nandi in disguise) and remarries Parvati.

The last story is that of Banabathirar, a devotional singer. Hemanatha Bhagavathar, a skilled singer, tries to conquer the Pandya Kingdom when he challenges the kingdom's musicians. The King's minister advises him to seek Banabathirar's help to challenge Hemanatha Bhagavathar. When all the musicians reject the competition, the King orders Banabathirar to compete against Hemanatha Bhagavathar. Knowing that he cannot win, the troubled Banabathirar prays to Shiva who shows up outside Hemanatha Bhagavathar's house in the form of a firewood vendor the night before the competition, and shatters his arrogance by singing the song "Paattum Naane". Shiva introduces himself to Hemanatha Bhagavathar as Banabathirar's student. Sheepish upon hearing this, Bhagavathar leaves the kingdom immediately, informing Banabathirar of his departure with a note. Shiva gives the letter to Banabathirar and reveals his true identity to him. Banabathirar thanks Shiva for helping him.

After listening to these stories, Muruga's rage finally subsides and he reconciles with his family. The film ends with Avvaiyar singing "Vaasi Vaasi" and "Ondraanavan Uruvil" in praise of both Shiva and Parvati.

Cast

Lead actors
Male supporting actors
Female supporting actors

Production

Development

We had to talk as we walked. We could not break up the dialogues for our convenience as that would slow down the tempo of the shot. We had such a degree of understanding that we enacted the scene with immaculate timing and with the required expressions in one continuous shot. It came out very well and is enjoyed by people even today.

 – Sivaji Ganesan on his experience while filming with Nagesh, as quoted in the English edition of Autobiography of an Actor: Sivaji Ganesan, October 1928-July 2001.[2]

The first film where Sivaji Ganesan and A. P. Nagarajan collaborated was Naan Petra Selvam (1956).[3] The scene where the Tamil poet Nakkeerar confronts Shiva over an error in his poem, effectively exaggerating his sensitivity to right and wrong, laid the foundation for Thiruvilaiyadal.[4]

The story of Thiruvilaiyadal was conceived by Nagarajan.[5] The film was inspired from the Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam, a collection of sixty-four Shaivite devotional epic stories written in the 16th century by the saint Paranjothi Munivar, which record the actions and antics of Shiva appearing on Earth in various disguises to test his devotees.[6] Four of the sixty-four stories are depicted in the film.[7] Nagarajan produced and distributed the film under the banner of Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures. He wrote the screenplay in five parts, and made an appearance in the film as Nakeerar.[8] M. N. Rajan and T. R. Natarajan were the editors, while K. S. Prasad, Ganga and R. Rangasamy were the film's cinematographer, art director and Ganesan's make-up artist respectively.[9][10]

Savitri's portrayal of Goddess Parvati was the first instance of the deity being seen onscreen in a South Indian film.[11] Ganesan was cast as Shiva,[9] while K. B. Sundarambal was chosen to play Avvaiyyar, reprising her role from the 1953 film of the same name.[12] Nagesh, R. Muthuraman and T. S. Balaiah were cast as Dharumi, Shenbagapandian and Hemanatha Bhagavathar respectively,[9] while T. R. Mahalingam was cast as Banabhathirar.[13] Other supporting actors include Devika, Manorama, S. V. Sahasranamam and O. A. K. Thevar.[14][15]

Filming

Thiruvilaiyadal was entirely shot in a specially erected set at Vasu Studios in Madras (now Chennai).[16] It was filmed in Eastmancolor and was Nagarajan's first colour film.[9][17] The scenes featuring the conversations between Shiva and Dharumi were not scripted by Nagarajan but were improvised during filming by Nagesh and Ganesan.[18]

Due to his busy schedule at that time, Nagesh had a call sheet of one and a half days to finish his portions.[16] When he learned that Ganesan's arrival was delayed because his make-up had not been completed, he asked Nagarajan whether they could film any solo sequences, which included a scene where Dharumi rants about his misfortune in the Meenakshi Amman Temple.[16] While filming, Nagesh spontaneously came up with the dialogue, "Varamaattan. Varamaattan. Avan nichchaiyam varamaattan. Enakku nalla theriyum. Varamaattan" (English: He won't come. He won't come. He will definitely not come. I know. He won't come).[16][19] According to Nagesh, he was inspired by two incidents: one that involved two assistant directors discussing whether Ganesan would be ready before or after lunch — one said he would be ready while the other said he would not. The other was when Nagesh happened to notice a passerby talking to himself about how the world had fallen on bad times.[16][19] The dubbing for the scenes featuring Nagesh and Ganesan was completed after the footage was shot. After viewing the sequences twice, Ganesan requested Nagarajan not to remove a single frame of Nagesh's portions from the final version of the film as he felt that they, along with Balaiah's scenes, would become a major highlight of the film.[19][20]

Thiruvilaiyadal was the first Tamil film since P. U. Chinnappa's Jagathalaprathapan (1944) to have the lead actor play five roles in one sequence. Ganesan does so in the song "Paattum Naane" where he plays the Veena, Mridangam, flute and Jathi; the fifth role has him singing.[21][22] R. Bharathwaj, writing for The Times of India, believes the story of the competition between Hemanatha Bhagavathar and Banabathirar to be comparable to a contest between Carnatic music composer Syama Sastri and Kesavvaya, a singer from Bobbili.[23][24] Sastri had sought divine intervention from the Goddess Kamakshi to defeat Kesavayya, mirroring Banabathirar's plea for Shiva's help.[24] When asked by his biographer T. S. Narayanawami about the Tandava he performed in the film, Ganesan simply replied that he learned the movements necessary for that particular situation and performed according to the choreographer's instructions.[25][26] The final length of the film was 4,450 metres (14,600 ft).[9]

Music

Thiruvilaiyadal
Soundtrack album by K. V. Mahadevan
Released 1965
Genre Soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Saregama

The soundtrack and score were composed by K. V. Mahadevan,[27][28] while the lyrics of the songs were written by Kannadasan, with the exception of the first portions of "Pazham Neeyappa", which were penned by Sankaradas Swamigal.[1] The soundtrack was released on the Saregama music label.[29] According to The Times of India, every line in the song "Oru Naal Podhuma" belongs to a different raga.[30] Some of them include Darbar,[31] Todi,[32] Neelambari,[32] Mohanam and Kalyani.[30] "Pazham Neeyappa" is based on three ragas — Darbari Kanada,[33] Shanmukhapriya and Kambhoji.[34][35] "Isai Thamizh", "Paattum Naane" and "Illadhathondrillai" are based on the Abheri,[36] Gourimanohari and Simhendramadhyamam ragas respectively.[37][38] Vikku Vinayakram and Cheena Kutty were the Ghatam and Mridangam players for "Paattum Naane" respectively.[39][40] The "Macha Veena" seen in "Paattum Naane" was made by Subbiah Asari; the crew of Thiruvilaiyadal purchased it from him for ₹10000 (equivalent to ₹320,000 or US$4,700 in 2013).[41]

The album received positive reviews from critics, and the songs "Pazham Neeyappa", "Oru Naal Podhuma", "Isai Thamizh" and "Paattum Naane" still remain popular among the Tamil diaspora.[21] Film historian Randor Guy, in his 1997 book Starlight, Starbright: The Early Tamil Cinema, identifies "Pazham Neeyappa" in particular, performed by Sundarambal, as the "favourite of millions".[42] The singer Charulatha Mani, writing for The Hindu, believed that Sundarambal had produced a "pure and pristine depiction" of the Neelambari raga in "Vaasi Vaasi", and expressed approval of M. Balamuralikrishna's rendition of "Oru Naal Podhuma".[31][32] Mana Baskaran of The Hindu Tamil described the album as: "an attractive package for all to listen to."[43]

Tracklist[27][28]
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Pazham Neeyappa"  K. B. Sundarambal 06:29
2. "Oru Naal Podhuma"  M. Balamuralikrishna 05:28
3. "Isai Thamizh"  T. R. Mahalingam 03:50
4. "Paarthal Pasumaram"  T. M. Soundararajan 03:44
5. "Paattum Naane"  T. M. Soundararajan 05:54
6. "Podhigai Malai Uchiyiley"  P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki 02:52
7. "Ondraanavan Uruvil"  K. B. Sundarambal 03:04
8. "Illadhathondrillai"  T. R. Mahalingam 03:08
9. "Vaasi Vaasi"  K. B. Sundarambal 05:57
10. "Om Namasivaya"  Sirkazhi Govindarajan, P. Susheela 03:32
11. "Neela Chelai Katti Konda"  P. Susheela 04:40
Total length:
 45:30

Release

Photo of actor Nagesh
Nagesh (pictured in 2005) received major praise for his performance.

Thiruvilaiyadal was released on 31 July 1965.[1] During the screening in a Madras cinema house several women went into a religious frenzy during a sequence with Avvaiyar and Murugan. This led to the projection being temporarily suspended so that the women could be attended to.[42] According to artist V. Jeevananthan, the management of the Raja Theatre erected a set of Mount Kailash to promote the film.[44]

The film was a commercial success;[45] it ran for 25 weeks in Shanti, a theatre owned by Ganesan,[46] and ran for the same duration in the Crown and Bhuvaneshwari theatres in Madras and in theatres across South India.[47] It went on to have a total theatrical run of 26 weeks, thereby becoming a silver jubilee film.[45][lower-alpha 1] The film contributed to Ganesan's long string of successful films.[48]

Thiruvilaiyadal was dubbed into Kannada as Shiva Leela Vilasa, making it the first Tamil film to be dubbed in the language since 1955 as there was a ban on dubbing other language films into Kannada.[lower-alpha 2]

Critical reception and accolades

Thiruvilayadal received critical acclaim, garnering the Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film in Tamil at the 13th National Film Awards.[49] It also won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil.[50] Critics applauded the screenplay, dialogue, direction, music, and the performances of Ganesan, Nagesh and Balaiah.[45] The Tamil magazine Kalki, in a review dated 22 August 1965, considered the film to be "a victory for Tamil cinema",[51] while Mana Baskaran of The Hindu Tamil appreciated the way Nagarajan blended contemporary social issues into a devotional film, opining that the costume and set designs "gave a new dimension to film making in Tamil cinema."[43] Dhananjayan termed the film as "iconic and models for other movies".[9] Ananda Vikatan, in a review dated 28 August 1965, appreciated the film and noted: "When social films have started dominating Tamil Cinema, it is a welcome change to see a very good devotional film like this which made everyone happy. The film deserves another viewing."[52]

M. Suganth and Karuna Amarnath of The Times of India praised Ganesan for displaying versatility through Shiva's various appearances in the film, and called it a "must watch".[29] The actor and film historian Mohan V. Raman was enthusiastic about Balaiah's performance in "Oru Naal Podhuma", believing his screen presence to have been instrumental in the success of the film.[53] S. Theodore Baskaran gave a rather mixed review, describing his experience seeing the film as "watching a merely photographed drama",[54] but appreciated Nagesh's performance: "If there is just one role that he is remembered for, it is this."[55] Baskaran also appreciated Ganesan's dialogue delivery during the scene where his character argues with Nakkeerar.[56] Subha J. Rao and K. Jeshi of The Hindu, in their article "Laughter lines", highlighted the way that Nagesh "brings the house down as the impoverished poet."[57] Following Manorama's death in October 2015, The New Indian Express ranked Thiruvilaiyadal eighth in their list of "Top Movies" featuring her.[58]

Legacy and influence

“ Only two actors can pull the scene away from under my feet when we face the camera together — one is M. R. Radha, the other, Nagesh. ”
— Ganesan while listening to an audio version of Thiruvilaiyadal[59]

Thiruvilaiyadal has attained cult status in Tamil cinema.[9] It was a landmark film in reviving public interest in devotional films and became the definitive film of the genre at a time when social melodramas dominated Tamil cinema.[52] Many critics consider Thiruvilaiyadal to be Nagarajan's greatest work,[45] with film critic Baradwaj Rangan calling it "the best" of the epic Tamil films.[60] Nagarajan and Ganesan went on to collaborate on several more films in the same genre, including Saraswati Sabatham (1966), Thiruvarutchelvar (1967), Kandhan Karunai (1967) and Thirumal Perumai (1968),[45] Other notable films that followed the trend set by Thiruvilaiyadal include Sri Raghavendrar (1985) and Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal (1989).[61][62] Savitri and Sundarambal reprised the roles of Parvati and Avvaiyar respectively in Kandhan Karunai.[63] Thiruvilaiyadal became a milestone in Nagesh's career and the character of Dharumi is cited as one of his best roles to date.[59][64]

Director Boopathy Pandian's Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam (2006) was initially titled Thiruvilayadal, but this was changed after an outburst of objections from Ganesan's fans.[65][66] In July 2007, when S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu asked eight acclaimed directors to list ten films they liked most, Thiruvilaiyadal was chosen by C. V. Sridhar and Ameer. The latter found the film to be "imaginative" and that it depicted the mythological genre in "an interesting way." Ameer concluded by calling it "one of the best films in the annals of Tamil cinema."[67] Following Nagesh's death in 2009, Sify ranked Thiruvilaiyadal fifth in its list, "10 Best Films of late Nagesh", commenting that he "was at his comic best in this film".[68] Thiruvilaiyadal is included along with other Sivaji Ganesan films in 8th Ulaga Adhisayam Sivaji, a compilation DVD featuring Ganesan's "iconic performances in the form of scenes, songs and stunts" which was released in May 2012.[69]

Thiruvilaiyadal has been parodied and referenced in various media such as cinema, television and theatre. Notable films that allude to Thiruvilaiyadal include Netrikkann (1981),[70] Poove Unakkaga (1996),[71] Mahaprabhu (1996),[72] Kaathala Kaathala (1998),[73] Vanna Thamizh Pattu (2000),[74] Middle Class Madhavan (2001),[75] Kamarasu (2002),[76] Vanakkam Thalaiva (2005),[77] Kanthaswamy (2009),[78] and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012).[79] In his review of Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum (2014), Baradwaj Rangan likened the way Shiva plays his divine games by intervening in human affairs in Thiruvilaiyadal to the use of touchscreen human face icons on mobile apps.[80]

The Star Vijay comedy series Lollu Sabha made two parodies on the film; once in an episode of the same name,[81] and a contemporary version titled "Naveena Thiruvilayaadal".[82] In April 2008, Raadhika Sarathkumar launched a television series titled Thiruvilaiyadal, which covers all sixty-four stories in the Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam, unlike the film which covered only four.[83] In April 2012, Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff included the film in her list, "The A to Z of Tamil Cinema".[84] In a January 2015 interview with The Times of India, playwright Y. G. Mahendra said, "most character artists today lack variety [...] Show me one actor in India currently who can do a [Veerapandiya] Kattabomman, a VOC, a Vietnam Veedu, a Galatta Kalyanam and a Thiruvilayadal [sic]."[85] The character of Dharumi was parodied in Iruttula Thedatheenga, a theatrical play performed in November 2013.[86]

Re-release

In mid-2012, legal issues arose when attempts were made to digitally re-release the film. G. Vijaya of Vijaya Pictures had filed a lawsuit against Gemini Colour Laboratory and Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures for attempting to re-release the film without her production company's permission. The reason for the suit was that in December 1975, Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures had transferred the entire rights of the film to Movie Film Circuit, which in turn had transferred them to Vijaya Pictures on 18 May 1976.[87] Vijaya Pictures approached the Gemini Colour Laboratory to digitise the film for re-release, however Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures asked laboratory officials not to release the film without their prior consent. Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures also disputed Vijaya's claim by running an advertisement in a Tamil newspaper on 18 May 2012, stating that it was the owner of the film's rights and anybody who wished to exhibit it in digital format should only do so with their permission. R. Subbiah, the judge who presided over the case, ordered the status quo to be maintained by both parties.[87][88]

Bolstered by the success of the re-release of Karnan (1964), Nagarajan's son and present head of Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures, C. N. Paramasivam, found film negatives of Thiruvilayadal in a storage facility at Gemini Films. Paramasivam restored the film and re-released it in September 2012 in CinemaScope format.[3][13] The digitised version had its premiere at the Woodlands Theater in Royapettah, Chennai.[89][90] Despite being a re-release, the film earned public acclaim and was a commercial success.[91][92] Of the digitised version, Ganesan's son, producer Ramkumar said, "It was like watching a new film".[93]

Notes

  1. ↑ A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary.
  2. ↑ G. Dhananjayan does not mention the name of the Tamil film dubbed into Kannada ten years before Thiruvilaiyadal and why there was a ban.[45]

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