Dheiva Thaai


Dheiva Thaai is a Tamil language drama film, starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role. The film was released in 1964 and it was one of the biggest hits in that year. The film was remade in Telugu as C.I.D., with NTR in MGR's role.

Plot summary

Sivagami, a widow, brings up her only son Maran, in the worship of Karunagaran, as his father had died in tragic circumstances. She hides from him for a long time, the real version of the facts.
Indeed, Karunagaran, inveterate player of poker, killed a player accidentally during a game in which the player beats him by cheating, shocked to realise that he is the reason for his death, Karunagaran escapes from that quickly.
Maran, becomes a C.I.D. officer and settles in the new mission to dismantle the traffickers' network.
It turns out that the man who heads this terrorist organization is none other than his father, Karunagaran.
Maran and the one who is called up now, Baba, ignore each other, their family ties, except Sivagami, are in the center of a cornelian dilemma.
To choose between her husband or his son? To assure his role of faithful wife or that of an affectionate mother?
Some story-line of the movie is taken from Dr. No, the first James Bond movie starring Sean Connery, in particular, the introduction of the hero, the secret agent Maran played by MGR.

Cast

K. Balachander, while working in the Accountant General's office, was offered to write the dialogues for the film by its lead actor M. G. Ramachandran. Balachander was initially reluctant, as he was more theatre-oriented, but on the insistence of his friends he decided to work on the film. The producer of the film, Mr. R. M. Veerappan convinced Balachander to write the dialogues and launched him in the silver screen business.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Viswanathan Ramamoorthy. The songs "Oru Pennai Parthu", "Indha Punnagai" and "Moondrezhuthuil" were well received.