Moondru Deivangal

Three thieves get into a family’s home and act as if they are good people. However, the family’s humility causes a change of the thieves’ heart and whether they reform or not forms the rest of the story. is based on the 1968 film , written by Madhusudan Kalekar. The screenplay was written by , departing from most of his earlier screenplays which were comedies. The music was composed by , with lyrics by . The song “Vasanthathil Or Naal” is set in raga. was released on 14 August 1971, and underperformed commercially; Gopu felt this was because “it wasn’t of Sivaji’s standard”.