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Devi (1968)

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Country
India

How it feels

A man and a woman face a crisis of faith and devotion. The story explores how a wife is treated as a goddess and what happens when reality intrudes on that belief.

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What happens

Devi ( transl. Goddess) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by A. K. Velan. It is a remake of the 1965 Malayalam film Kavyamela, which itself was based on the 1961 Kannada film Kantheredu Nodu. The film stars R. Muthuraman and Devika. It was released on 27 July 1968, and failed at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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