The background score—especially the Thevar Theme with nadaswaram and thavil—has become synonymous with village pride in Tamil culture.
The film is arguably most famous today for the polarizing debate over its portrayal of caste pride versus its message of reform. thevar magan movie
The film’s conflict is devastatingly simple: but his father
The story follows Sakthivel (Kamal Haasan), a London-educated youth who returns to his ancestral village in Tamil Nadu with his Westernized girlfriend (Gautami). He dreams of opening a chain of restaurants in the city, but his father, the revered village chieftain Periya Thevar (Sivaji Ganesan), wants him to stay and serve the roots he came from. thevar magan movie