Kaliyuga Kannan

Kaliyuga Kannan (1974)

Kaliyuga Kannan is a drama of faith and disbelief in God of a middle-aged couple. It tells of how the man is made to realise on becoming rich that God certainly does not neglect his faithful and wealth only brings sorrow and pain with it. He renounces all his wealth to his son and daughter-in-law and goes back to his old way of living.

Date of release
1974-11-13
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
R. Krishnan, S. Panju

Casting

Interesting facts

Kaliyuga Kannan is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language devotional comedy drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju. It is based on the play Sri Krishna Vijayam written by Vaali. The film stars Sowcar Janaki, Jaishankar, Jayachitra and Thengai Srinivasan. It was released on 13 November 1974 and emerged a commercial success. The film was later remade in Telugu as Devude Digivaste (1975), in Kannada as Devara Duddu (1976), and in Hindi as Yehi Hai Zindagi (1977).

Production

Kaliyuga Kannan is the inaugural production of Ajantha Enterprises, and is an adaptation of Sri Krishna Vijayam, a play written by Vaali that featured Thengai Srinivasan as the protagonist. The play, which was written for actor V. Gopalakrishnan's Gopi Theatres, intended to convey the message that "money could not buy peace of mind". When adapting the play as a film, the makers wanted Sivaji Ganesan to star.

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