Deva

Sound

November 20, 1950 (75 years)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Biography

Devanesan Chokkalingam, popularly known as Deva, is an Indian film composer and singer. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career spanning about 20 years. Many know his gaana songs, written mostly using Madras Tamil. He is known as the "Father of Gaana Genre" in the Tamil film industry. Deva has composed music for many films within a very short period. He debuted as a film music director in the film Manasukkeththa Maharaasa in…

Filmography

7.2

Arunachalam

Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

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Sound Party

Kumaresan is a rich landlord in a village who spends his wealth for the welfare of his village in Erode district. As Kumaresan's parents died when he was young, he has no one to care for except his sidekicks (Vadivelu, Manivannan and Halwa Vasu). Local Panchayath president Govindan also hails from the same village who has enmity with Kumaresan. Kumaresan does not respect Govindans growth from being a labor in his farm to a rich politician, and Govindan keeps interrupting often whenever Kumaresan wants to find a bride.

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Theri

When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.

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Sri Raja Rajeshwari

Raja and Rajeshwari are killed by Ravindranath and his gang. Before dying, Rajeshwari vows that she will return for revenge and with the blessings of a goddess, she is reborn to keep her promise.

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Pathavi Pramanam

The film begins with Siva escaping from jail, Siva is a convict who failed to kill the politician R. K. twice. At the transfer of power, R. K. will take oath as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu, so he deploys heavy security to protect him from Siva. Before that, Siva manages to kidnap R. K. and hauled him to a television station. Siva tells his past to the audience and the reason behind the kidnapping.

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Maanbumigu Maanavan

Shiva, a happy-go-lucky young man, helps two of his best friends get married, much to the dismay of their parents. When the woman is raped by Madan, Shiva and his friends seek to bring him to justice.

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Ellame En Pondattithaan

Ramki moves to the city to stay at his aunty Radhika's house. Radhika is married to Manivannan, a politician, who forces Radhika to nominate herself for the regional MLA position. Radhika initially refuses the chance but later gets convinced by her nephew to stand in the elections. She later becomes a MLA and wants to help and serve the people. On the other hand, her husband wants to take bribes, misuse power and become rich.

7.2

Karnan

Karnan, an angry young man, fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who wield power and weapons?

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Military

Madhavan is known as Military due to his strict attitude towards his five sisters. However, when he is forced to get his first sister married to a widowed professor, his other sisters alienate him.

3.5

Kutti Pisasu

The spirits of two siblings who were killed by an evil man seek to avenge themselves. While the woman possesses a young girl, her brother turns into a robot and together they wreak havoc on their foe.

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Nerrukku Ner

Raghu and Shanti are divorced couple which sparks problems between both respective younger brothers.

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Pasamulla Pandiyare

Pandi is raised with a lot of care by Nesamani. He treats Nesamani's daughter like his own sister, but when he finds out that someone is planning to kill her, he goes out of the way to save her.

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Panchatanthiram

Ram's friends hire Maggie, a call girl, to help him get over his wife, who mistakenly believes him to be a philanderer. However, they get in trouble when Maggie ends up dead.

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Baasha

Auto rickshaw driver Manickam avoids violence at all costs. When some thugs begin to intimidate Manickam's family, it triggers the revival of Manickam's old self.

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Manu Neethi

Muthazhagu, a true patriot, had fought against the British, had gone to jail, and is a man much honoured and respected by the villagers. So when he commits an indiscrete act the whole village is shocked. But they forgive him, for it was an act committed under the influence of liquor. The only disgruntled element in this scenario is the village girl's uncle Vellaiyan (Nasser) who would have married her but for this misfortune. The man vows revenge and gets his chance twenty years later . The nephew (Murali) ignorant of his uncle's motives finds out the truth later. His admiration for Muthazhagu, love for the girl, and attachment to his uncle makes him attempt to bring about a re-conciliation between the two warring factions, which were threatening to turn into a fight between the two villages.

5.3

Suriyan

The CBI is in search of Suriyan, an intelligent security officer of central ministry, who is accused of murdering a central minister. He hides his identity and takes shelter in a remote village.

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Bharathi Kannammaa

Bharathi, who works for a rich man, and Kannama, the daughter of a rich landlord, fall in love. Kannama commits suicide by burning herself as she cannot marry Bharathi because of their caste difference.

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Auto Driver

Credited cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni ... Jagan Mahesh Anand Babu Mohan Dipti Bhatnagar Brahmanandam Ashok Kumar K. Srinivasa Rao Kota Simran Dara Singh Sudhakar Sujatha Vijayakumar

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Thaikulame Thaikulame

While on a business tour, circumstances force a married man to marry another woman. However, his first wife happens to learn about his second marriage.

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Band Master

Ravi, a Band Master by profession leads a happy and contended life. By destiny he falls in love with the minister Veeraraghavan's daughter Gita. Thereby he unknowingly lands up inviting wrath of the minister in his life. Ravi's arch rival uses this opportunity and plots against Ravi.