![]() With her father's permission, Sakthi marries Panchavarnam, although he still has feelings for Bhanu. Paramasivam and Panchavarnam are distraught, and worried if someone marries his daughter, they would live in constant fear. On the day of the wedding, however, the groom runs away, fearing Mayan. Everybody involved happily agrees, and Paramasivam opens up the land. Sakthi assuages his fear by arranging the marriage between Panchavarnam and a wealthy villager. Although understanding and willing, Paramasivam is Mayan's maternal uncle and is afraid of his nephew's backlash, especially because he has a daughter named Panchavarnam. Sakthi reasons with the landowner Paramasivam to open it up for all villagers. The villagers express concern to Sakthi about having to daily circumnavigate the piece of land belonging to Mayan's side of the village, which causes a much longer travelling time. Sakthi takes over his father's duties as the village chieftain. Disrespected and broken, Periya returns home and later that night dies from a heart attack. With no evidence, Mayan accuses Periya of orchestrating attacks on his brother's family. In the panchayat, both sides accuse the other. ![]() Sakthi and his father invite them for talks at the village panchayat to resolve the standoff. Later, Mayan closes a portion of his land, preventing the public from easily reaching the main road. The goon does not mention Mayan's involvement in fear for his own family's safety. After capturing the goon, Sakthi hands him over to the police. This saddens Sakthi, who spots the goon who placed the explosives and gives chase. The goons use explosives to damage the dam, flooding half of the village and resulting in numerous deaths, including infants. Slighted by this, Mayan hires goons to break a dam protecting a part of the village that supports Periya. To prevent further escalation of the situation, Sakthi, with his father's permission and with the help of his friends in the government, legally opens the temple for all. When Sakthi asks for Isakki, he learns Mayan has severed Isakki's arm as punishment for opening the temple. Sakthi feels he or Isakki should apologise instead. To quell the situation, Periya contemplates apologising to his opponents. Mayan hears of this and a riot between the two village factions occurs. Sakthi insists on entering with the help of his friend and servant Isakki. They find an old temple that has been closed off on Mayan's orders. Sakthi spends time in the village with Bhanu. The entire village suffers from this long-standing family feud. Periya is a respected village chief whose younger half-brother Chinna Thevar and nephew Maya "Mayan" Thevar hold a grudge against him. Sakthi announces his plan to open a chain of restaurants in Madras, which saddens his father, who wanted his son to help local residents. To his father's annoyance, he brings with him his westernised girlfriend Bhanumathi "Bhanu" to meet his family. Sakthivel "Sakthi" Thevar returns home to his father Periya Thevar's village after completing his education in London. It was later remade in Hindi as Virasat (1997) and in Kannada as Thandege Thakka Maga (2006). ![]() Thevar Magan won five National Film Awards, including Best Tamil Film, Best Supporting Actress for Revathi, and a Special Jury Award for Ganesan, which he declined. It was chosen as India's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 65th Academy Awards but was not nominated. Thevar Magan was released on 25 October 1992 – Diwali day it received critical acclaim and completed a 175-day run at the box office. Satish edited the film, which was mostly made in Pollachi, with a few days' filming at Madras and Ooty. Haasan said The Godfather (1972) and the Kannada film Kaadu (1973) were inspirations for the film. The script of Thevar Magan was completed in seven days it was written using screenwriting software called Movie Magic. The film's story involves a respected village chieftain's son who wants to open a business but whose his father wants him to help the villagers. It stars Sivaji Ganesan, Haasan Revathi, Gautami and Nassar with Kallapart Natarajan, Kaka Radhakrishnan, Sangili Murugan and Vadivelu in supporting roles. Son of Thevar) is a 1992 Indian, Tamil-language drama film written and produced by Kamal Haasan, and directed by Bharathan. ![]()
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