Valli is the daughter of a tribal chief and her friends include Manorama and Tamil comic actor Nagesh who provide a little relief from all the noble deeds and dramatic pronouncements of the other characters.
Jayalalitha as Murugan’s second wife Valli has a better role with a little more substance including this lovely introduction. Vijaya looks beautiful but doesn’t have much scope to do anything else as her character is very one-dimensional.
However, since the basic theme of an obedient wife still seems to be expounded as the ideal even in India to-day it probably sounds more reasonable to its intended audience, particularly back in 1967 when the film was made.ĭeivanai is still understandably outraged when Murugan comes back with Valli and there are some funny moments as Veerabaghu has to deal with the two angry women, which he does with great charm and lots of sparkle. The explanation of marriage and a woman’s place in society sounds incredibly patronising, particularly when Deivanai is told that she has to remain faithful to her husband while Murugan goes off and finds a second wife. Vijaya) who manages to stay cool when faced with the riot of colour that accompanies her marriage and subsequent first night with Lord Murugan. The first of these is to Indira’s daughter Deivanai (K. The latter half of the film deals with Murugan’s two marriages.
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He is instrumental in instructing Lord Murugan how to fight the various demons and later he gets to strut around in his wonderful gold boots as the army celebrates Murugan victory. Sivaj Ganesan as Veerabahu acts first of all as a messenger from Lord Murugan to Surapadman, defying the demon’s arrogance by creating his own throne and servant girls when Surapadman denies him a chair. However the ‘good man’ Veerabahu, who comes to help Murugan in his war against the demons, provides plenty of attitude and Sivaj Ganesan brings the film to life in this role. The adult Murugan is played by Sivakumar who sadly doesn’t give Murugan much personality at all, and he plays the role rather passively. These first few stories dealing with the young Murugan are mainly told in song, although when there is dialogue Master Sridhar as the young Murugan holds his own in scenes with the older actors Gemini Ganesan as Shiva and Savitri as Parvati. Later his mother Parvati reunites all of the children to create the god with six faces while the divine girls are rewarded by being transformed into stars. Murugan is clever, even as a child and faced with six divine girls as potential nannies, he rather practically splits into six versions of himself so that they each have a child to look after. Rather than kill the demons directly he creates a son to deal with Sundarambal but gets rather more than he bargained for with Murugan. Varalakshmi) as a present for her brother, subsequent events force Lord Shiva to become involved. When Surapadman’s sister Ajamukhi attempts to kidnap the king of the heavenly people’s wife Indrani (S. Sundarambal as Avvaiyyar introduces the story of the demon king Surapadman (Ashokan) who is terrorizing the people of heaven but cannot be killed due to a boon he and his people received from Lord Shiva. Sundarambal who appears in her characteristic role of Avvaiyyar. The film starts with a devotional song to Lord Murugan by renowned singer and actress K.B. It’s garish but pretty and personally I’d like to see every army adopt the gold boots worn with such aplomb by Sivaji’s Veerabaghu. There are plenty of glittery costumes and even more sparkly jewellery set against some incredibly colourful sets which prove that there are no colours which clash in India.
The film covers the major incidents which define Lord Murugan and his place in the Hindu pantheon and it gives a good insight into why he is often regarded as the God of Tamils.ĭespite his more minor role Sivaji Ganesan is the star of the show but Gemini Ganesan, Savitri and various other stars of the time make an appearance, including an incredibly cute 4-year-old Sridevi in her first ever role as the young Murugan. Nagarajan now available on DVD with English subtitles which, despite its sometimes pedestrian and almost documentary-like telling of key events in Lord Murugan’s life, is still worth a watch mainly due to the great cast and an excellent soundtrack. Kandhan Karunai is the 1967 Tamil mythological film by A.P.
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