Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam (1955)
- Original title
- கணவனே கண் கண்ட தெய்வம்
- Directed by
- T. R. Raghunath
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country
- India
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man steals a special object to cure a king's blindness and win the princess. He becomes cursed for the theft and tries to break the curse.
whimsicalromanticfairy tale-likelight-heartedmoralisticoptimisticfolkloricsentimentaldramatic
What happens
Kanavane Kankanda Deivam (transl. Husband is a Palpable God) is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language fantasy film directed by T. R. Raghunath and produced by Pattanna. The film stars R. Ganesh and Anjali Devi, with V. Nagayya, M. N. Nambiar, Friend Ramaswamy and Lalitha in supporting roles. It revolves around a man who steals an object to cure the king's blindness and marry the princess, but becomes cursed because of the theft and seeks to undo it. Kanavane Kankanda Deivam was released on 6 May 1955. The film received positive reviews mainly for the performances of Ganesh and Anjali Devi, and became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in many theatres. It was remade in Hindi as Devta (1956), with Ganesh and Anjali Devi reprising their roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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