Deiva Thirumagal (2011)

Original title

தெய்வத்திருமகள்

Directed by

A. L. Vijay

Genre

trial film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 42m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An intellectually disabled man fights to keep custody of his young daughter. The story follows his legal battle and the personal challenges he faces in proving he can be a good father.

emotionalheartfelttear-jerkerdramaticsweetslow-pacedfamily-centeredsentimental

What happens

Deiva Thirumagal (transl. God's Daughter) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language melodrama film written and directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by M. Chinthamani and Ronnie Screwvala. The film features Vikram in lead role as an intellectually-disabled man, with an ensemble cast including Sara Arjun (in her Tamil debut), Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul, Nassar, Krishna Kumar, Santhanam, M. S. Bhaskar and Sachin Khedekar. The film comprises director Vijay's regular technical crew with G. V. Prakash Kumar as music composer, Nirav Shah as cinematographer and Anthony as editor. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. Accused to be a plagiarism of the 2001 American film I Am Sam, the film released on 15 July 2011, and was later released in Japan as Kamisama ga Kureta Musume. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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