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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Deiva Balam
| image          = Deiva Balam.jpg
| image          = Deiva Balam.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| caption        = Poster
| director      = P. Vasanthakumar Reddy
| director      = P. Vasanthakumar Reddy
| producer      =
| writer        = Udhayakumar
| writer        = Udhayakumar
| screenplay    =
| starring      = [[K. Balaji]]<br />Jayashree<br />[[K. Sarangapani]]<br />[[Girija (actress)|Girija]]
| story          =
| based_on      =
| starring      = [[K. Balaji]]<br />[[Jayashree]]<br />[[K. Sarangkapani]]<br />[[Girija (actress)|Girija]]
| narrator      =
| music          = [[Aswathama]]
| cinematography = B. J. Reddy<br />W. R. Subba Rao
| cinematography = B. J. Reddy<br />W. R. Subba Rao
| editing        = Rajan
| editing        = Rajan
| music          = G. Aswathama
| studio        = Ponnaloori Brothers
| studio        = Ponnaloori Brothers
| distributor    =  
| distributor    = Semriya<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=12 July 1959 |title=தெய்வபலம் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1959-07-12/page/n65/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240529115902/https://archive.org/details/kalki1959-07-12/page/n65/mode/2up |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=64 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| released      = {{film date|df=yes|1959|7|11|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails27.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171227235526/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails27.asp|archivedate=27 December 2017|access-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| released      = {{film date|df=yes|1959|7|11|ref1=}}
| runtime        = 2:57:21 (15962 ft.)
| runtime        = 2:57:21 (15962 ft.)
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
| budget        =
| gross          =
}}
}}
'''''Deiva Balam''''' ({{trans|Divine Power}}) is a [[List of Tamil films of 1959|1959]] Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy.<ref name=ashish>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=587}}- Listed as Daivabalam</ref> The film stars [[K. Balaji]] and [[Jayashree]].<ref name=anandan /> This film is partly coloured by [[Eastmancolor]].  
'''''Deiva Balam''''' ({{translation|Divine Power}}) is a 1959 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy. The film stars [[K. Balaji]] and Jayashree. It was simultaneously shot in Telugu as ''[[Daiva Balam]]''.<ref name="lakshmansruthi" /> This film is partly coloured by [[Gevacolor]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 1959 |title=தெய்வபலம் |url=https://archive.org/details/EAP372-9-15-14/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240529122227/https://archive.org/details/EAP372-9-15-14/mode/2up |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=[[Jana Sakthi]] |pages=1 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It was released on 11 July 1959.<ref name="lakshmansruthi">{{Cite web |title=1959&nbsp;– தெய்வபலம்&nbsp;–பொன்னலூரி பிரதர்ஸ்&nbsp;– (த-தெ) |trans-title=1959&nbsp;– Deiva Balam&nbsp;–Ponnaloori Brothers&nbsp;– (ta-te) |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails27.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171227235526/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails27.asp |archive-date=27 December 2017 |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=Tamil}}</ref>
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==Cast==
== Plot ==
The following list is compiled from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from the book ''Thiraikalanjiyam Part-1''.<ref name=neelamegam>{{cite book|title=Thiraikalanjiyam&nbsp;— Part 1|author=G. Neelamegam|language=Tamil|page=172|publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014}}</ref>
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== Cast ==
The following list is compiled from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name="lakshmansruthi" /> and from the book ''Thiraikalanjiyam Part-1''.<ref name="neelamegam">{{Cite book |last=Neelamegam |first=G. |title=Thiraikalanjiyam&nbsp;— Part 1 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers |year=2014 |edition=1st |location=Chennai |pages=172 |language=Tamil}}</ref>


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;Male cast
;Male cast
*[[K. Balaji]]
*[[K. Balaji]]
*[[K. Sarangkapani]]
*[[K. Sarangapani]]
*[[Kaka Radhakrishnan]]
*[[Kaka Radhakrishnan]]
*V. R. Rajagopal
*V. R. Rajagopal
*[[Gummadi Venkateswara Rao|Gummadi]]
*[[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]]
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{{col-break|width=50%}}
;Female cast
;Female cast
*[[Jayashree]]
*Jayashree
*[[Girija (actress)|Girija]]
*[[Girija (actress)|Girija]]
*K. Malathi
*K. Malathi
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==Production==
== Production ==
The film was produced by Ponnaloori Brothers under their own banner and was directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy. Uthayakumar wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was done by B. J. Reddy and W. R. Subba Rao while Rajan did the editing. D. Venugopalasamy handled the choreography. The film was made in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] with the title ''[[Daiva Balam]]''<ref name=anandan /><ref name=ashish /> with [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and [[Jayashree]] in the lead roles. This film was partly coloured by [[Eastmancolor]], making it one of the earliest Indian film to have sequences in Eastmancolor.
The film was produced by Ponnaloori Brothers under their own banner and was directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy. Uthayakumar wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was done by B. J. Reddy and W. R. Subba Rao while Rajan did the editing. D. Venugopalasamy handled the choreography. The film was made in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] with the title ''[[Daiva Balam]]''<ref name="lakshmansruthi" /> with [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and Jayashree starring. This film was partly coloured by [[Gevacolor]].


==Soundtrack==
== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by G. Aswathama and the lyrics were penned by [[A. Maruthakasi]], [[Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass]] and Lakshmanadas. [[Playback singer]]s are Vaidhehi, [[S. Janaki]], [[K. Rani (singer)|K. Rani]], Sarojini, [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]], [[P. B. Srinivas]] and [[A. L. Raghavan]].
Music was composed by G. Aswathama.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration (m:ss)
! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration (m:ss)
|-
|-
| 1 || "Vaa Vaa Kaali Vaaraai Maakaali" || K. Rani & group || rowspan=3|Lakshmanadas ||
| "Vaa Vaa Kaali Vaaraai Maakaali" || K. Rani & group || rowspan=3|Lakshmanadas ||
|-
|-
| 2 || "Narasingamaai Vandhu Prahalaadhanai" || rowspan=5|Vaidhehi ||
| "Narasingamaai Vandhu Prahalaadhanai" || rowspan=5|Vaidhehi ||
|-
|-
| 3 || "Aanandhame Kondene" ||
| "Aanandhame Kondene" ||
|-
|-
| 4 || "Koodaadha Nonbugal Palakodi" || rowspan=11|A. Maruthakasi ||
| "Koodaadha Nonbugal Palakodi" || rowspan=11|[[A. Maruthakasi]]||
|-
|-
| 5 || "Uravaana Ennudaiya Uthamanai" ||
| "Uravaana Ennudaiya Uthamanai" ||
|-
|-
| 6 || "Pongi Ezhum Ila Manasu Thudikudhu" ||
| "Pongi Ezhum Ila Manasu Thudikudhu" || 02:45
|-
|-
| 7 || "Malarodu Vilaiyaadum" || rowspan=5|P. B. Srinivas & S. Janaki ||
| "Malarodu Vilaiyaadum" || rowspan=5|P. B. Srinivas & S. Janaki || 05:38
|-
|-
| 8 || "Malarodu Vilaiyadum" ({{small|Pathos}}) ||
| "Malarodu Vilaiyadum" ({{small|Pathos}}) ||
|-
|-
| 9 || "En Manavaanil Aadum Rani" ||
| "En Manavaanil Aadum Rani" ||
|-
|-
| 10 || "Nilavathu Thavari Pennaai Maari" ||
| "Nilavathu Thavari Pennaai Maari" || 03:32
|-
|-
| 11 || "Kannan Rathai Kalandhadhu Pol" ||
| "Kannan Rathai Kalandhadhu Pol" ||
|-
|-
| 12 || "Theeya Sakthi Aththanaiyum" || Ghantasala ||
| "Theeya Sakthi Aththanaiyum" || Ghantasala ||
|-
|-
| 13 || "Varave Varaadhaa Mahizhve Tharaadhaa" || S. Janaki & Sarojini ||
| "Varave Varaadhaa Mahizhve Tharaadhaa" || K.Rani & Udutha Sarojini || 03:20
|-
|-
| 14 || "Varave Varaadhaa Mahizhve Tharaadhaa" || S. Janaki & K. Rani ||
| "Varave Varaadhaa Mahizhve Tharaadhaa" || K. Rani & S. Janaki || 03:14
|-
|-
| 15 || "Adichaa Adi Vayithila" || A. L. Raghavan & P. B. Srinivas || rowspan=2|Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass ||
| "Adichaa Adi Vayithila" || A. L. Raghavan & P. B. Srinivas || rowspan=2|[[Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass]]|| 02:12
|-
|-
| 16 || "Kulla Nari Pola Kunthikittu" || K. Rani ||
| "Kulla Nari Pola Kunthikittu" || K. Rani || 02:38
|}
|}


==References==
== Release ==
''Deiva Balam'' was released on 11 July 1959,<ref name="lakshmansruthi" /> delayed from June.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=31 May 1959 |title=தெய்வபலம் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1959-05-31/page/n11/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240529122545/https://archive.org/details/kalki1959-05-31/page/n11/mode/2up |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=10 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><!-- https://archive.org/details/kalki1959-08-02/page/n39/mode/2up -->
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Indian films]]
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title}}
 
[[Category:1959 Indian films]]
[[Category:1959 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:Films partially in color]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

Latest revision as of 10:31, 4 March 2026

Deiva Balam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Vasanthakumar Reddy
Written byUdhayakumar
StarringK. Balaji
Jayashree
K. Sarangapani
Girija
Music byG. Aswathama
CinematographyB. J. Reddy
W. R. Subba Rao
Edited byRajan
Production
company
Ponnaloori Brothers
Distributed bySemriya[1]
Release date
  • 11 July 1959 (1959-07-11)
Running time
2:57:21 (15962 ft.)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Deiva Balam (transl. Divine Power) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy. The film stars K. Balaji and Jayashree. It was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Daiva Balam.[2] This film is partly coloured by Gevacolor.[3] It was released on 11 July 1959.[2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Cast[edit | edit source]

The following list is compiled from the database of Film News Anandan[2] and from the book Thiraikalanjiyam Part-1.[4]

Production[edit | edit source]

The film was produced by Ponnaloori Brothers under their own banner and was directed by P. Vasanthakumar Reddy. Uthayakumar wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was done by B. J. Reddy and W. R. Subba Rao while Rajan did the editing. D. Venugopalasamy handled the choreography. The film was made in Telugu with the title Daiva Balam[2] with N. T. Rama Rao and Jayashree starring. This film was partly coloured by Gevacolor.

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Music was composed by G. Aswathama.[citation needed]

Song Singer/s Lyricist Duration (m:ss)
"Vaa Vaa Kaali Vaaraai Maakaali" K. Rani & group Lakshmanadas
"Narasingamaai Vandhu Prahalaadhanai" Vaidhehi
"Aanandhame Kondene"
"Koodaadha Nonbugal Palakodi" A. Maruthakasi
"Uravaana Ennudaiya Uthamanai"
"Pongi Ezhum Ila Manasu Thudikudhu" 02:45
"Malarodu Vilaiyaadum" P. B. Srinivas & S. Janaki 05:38
"Malarodu Vilaiyadum" (Pathos)
"En Manavaanil Aadum Rani"
"Nilavathu Thavari Pennaai Maari" 03:32
"Kannan Rathai Kalandhadhu Pol"
"Theeya Sakthi Aththanaiyum" Ghantasala
"Varave Varaadhaa Mahizhve Tharaadhaa" K.Rani & Udutha Sarojini 03:20
"Varave Varaadhaa Mahizhve Tharaadhaa" K. Rani & S. Janaki 03:14
"Adichaa Adi Vayithila" A. L. Raghavan & P. B. Srinivas Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass 02:12
"Kulla Nari Pola Kunthikittu" K. Rani 02:38

Release[edit | edit source]

Deiva Balam was released on 11 July 1959,[2] delayed from June.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "தெய்வபலம்". Kalki (in தமிழ்). 12 July 1959. p. 64. Retrieved 29 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "1959 – தெய்வபலம் –பொன்னலூரி பிரதர்ஸ் – (த-தெ)" [1959 – Deiva Balam –Ponnaloori Brothers – (ta-te)]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Retrieved 28 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ "தெய்வபலம்". Jana Sakthi (in தமிழ்). 10 July 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 29 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 172.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ↑ "தெய்வபலம்". Kalki (in தமிழ்). 31 May 1959. p. 10. Retrieved 29 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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