Moondru Deivangal

Moondru Deivangal is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Dada Mirasi and written by Chitralaya Gopu. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Muthuraman and Nagesh. It is a remake of the 1968 Marathi film Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava. The film was released on 14 August 1971.

Plot
Three thieves get into a family and act as if they are good people. However, the family's humility causes a change of the thieves' heart and do they reform form the rest of the story.

Cast

 * Sivaji Ganesan as Siva
 * Muthuraman as Muthu
 * Nagesh as Nagu
 * V. K. Ramasamy as Kumar's uncle
 * S. V. Subbaiah as Pasupathy
 * Sivakumar as Kumar
 * V. S. Raghavan as a retired police officer
 * M. R. R. Vasu as Veerappan
 * Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Moorthy
 * Senthamarai as a police officer
 * Chandrakala as Lakshmi
 * Rukmani as Parvathi
 * Jaya Kausalya
 * Vijaya Chandrika as Muthu's wife
 * K. R. Indira Devi
 * Sivakami

Production
Moondru Deivangal is based on the 1968 Marathi film Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava, written by Madhusudan Kalekar. The screenplay was written by Chitralaya Gopu, departing from most of his earlier screenplays which were comedies.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. The song "Vasanthathil Or Naal" is set in Darbari Kanada raga.

Release
Moondru Deivangal was released on 14 August 1971, and underperformed commercially; Gopu felt this was because "it wasn't of Sivaji's standard".