Deva Leelai/ Deva Kanniyalu (2010)
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Deva Leelai (Tamil)/ Deva Kanniyalu (Telugu)
Old Indian traditions as an excuse for nudity
Deva Leelai – A film about 200years back By Editor Kollywood Today March 2nd, 2010 <> FilmiBeat
Synopsis
Deva Leelai/ Deva Kanniyaluis movie based on revenge and love and romance. And there is lot of scope to add spicy contents into the movie.
Devakanyalu is the story of a man who wishes to possess the magical powers that will enable him to be invincible. But in order for him to gain these powers he must make three angels share the bed with him. How the magician lures the angels and tries to accomplish his purpose forms the crux of the story.
Kollywood Today adds: A man possesses all the powers of the world after severe tapasvin. But due to a mistake he commits, he is cursed. In order retain his power, he has to copulate with three particular women before the full moon night. Then only he will be retaining his mystic powers. But if he misses this opportunity, he will lose all his powers. Whether he was to copulate with three women is the rest of the story.
This film which has a different kind of story [set in a period] some 200 years ago. So they had to shoot this film in a place where there is no TV cables, TV dishes, vehicles or habitations. The shooting of the film took place in the forest areas of Sringeri, Dharmstala, Kudhiraimukku, Senji, Chitoor and Bangalore.
The hero is an evil minded person. A snake tries to take revenge on him. The snake only completes the story. The hero enters from one body to another and the snake scenes have been done by using graphics.
High-mindedness
The film revels in high-mindedness.
Old Hindu tantric mysticism is the excuse for the anti-hero to want to have sex.
Old Hindu costumes—unstitched, as was the tradition in all of Asia, from Thailand to the middle East and Greece and Rome—are an excuse for the nudity.
Above all, in the climax the cobra-girl heroine performs prayers singing a melodious Tamil version of the 1978 Hindi song ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram,’ which, too, was ostensibly religious but religion was just a mask for nudity—in both films.
Saints are brought into the story for further justification.
Successful formula repeated
'Devaleelai' is from the man who was the surprise winner of 2009 with his soft adult movie 'Kadhal Kadhai'. Having tasted success once Velu Prabhakaran did not want to deviate from his formula. The publicity and the public talk have been cleverly managed to give an impression that this movie is also as sleazy as his 'Kadhal Kadhai'. India Glitz Friday, July 16, 2010
Cast
Leading man: Dhanakumar
The five heroines of the film are
Roopa Bhat
Kavita
Swetha
Pushpa Naik
Kanitha
Crew
Story and screenplay: Tulasi
Lyrics and dialogues: Anbazhagan
Photography and direction: Krishna –Prabhakaran
Music: Durga
Producers: Diwakar and Balaji (Tamil); K. Satya Narayana Reddy (Telugu)
Languages: Tamil and Telugu languages
Banner: 3 D Studio Com Entertainment.
See also/ Tamil
Indpaedia has several articles on Tamil and Telugu stars and filmmakers, past and present, especially all the present heroines.
Our book-length page on Thalivaa Rajinikanth is the most detailed analysis of the performance of all his films and has complete biography of Rajini saar.
See also/ Adult
Adult content in Bengali cinema Adult content in Hindi-Urdu cinema Adult content in Kannada cinema Adult content in Malayalam cinema Adult content in Marathi cinema Adult content in Tamil cinema Adult content in Telugu cinema
