
Took us three attempts over multiple days to finish the movie finally.

Too many "inspirations" copied from Hollywood movies - Dark Knight Rises (post-credits scene), Leon: The Professional (villain chewing tablet to become a brute), etc. The movie focuses more on the actors than the story, feeling extremely disconnected at several moments. Its a waste of acting skills of amazing actors lthat Vijay Sethupathi and Faasil are. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Kannada film Amrutha Varshini.So I'm probably in the minority. He has also been honoured by awards from popular journals like Dinakaran, Cinema Express and Screen. He received an award by Guinness world records for Sivappu Mazhai as the world fastest movie from script to screening. For Baashha, he got the Tamil Nadu Arts and Cultural Academy Award. In 1995, the film Aasai brought him another state film award. He received the Tamil Nadu Government's Kalaimamani Award in the year 1992. In 1990, he received his first Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director. In 2014, Anirudh Ravichander chose Deva to sing a gaana song in his album Maan Karate. His scores played a big role in the emergence of actors Ajith and Vijay, with hits such as Aasai (1995), Kadhal Kottai (1996), Nerrukku Ner (1997), Ninaithen Vandhai (1998), Priyamudan (1998), Vaalee (1999), Kushi (2000) helping them establish themselves as the next-generation superstars. In 1996, Deva composed tunes for 36 movies. The 1990s belonged as much to Deva as it did to A.

He was widely acclaimed for his scores for the Rajinikanth starrer Annamalai (1992) and Baashha (1995). He is also famous for his compositions for religious films. So far, he has composed music for more than 400 films, which include Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films. Viswanathan called him “thenisai thendral”, or the breeze of sweet music. After the release of Vaikaasi Poranthaachu, his name became known throughout the Tamil community. He was then called to work on the movie Vaigasi Poranthachu. His first film, Manasukketha Maharasa, was released in 1989. In those days, Deva's brothers were working in the musical troupes of Illayaraja and other music directors as instrumentalists.

His nephew Jai is an actor.īefore coming to cinema, Deva worked for some time in the television field. His son Srikanth Deva is also a music director, as are his brothers, who have formed the duo Sabesh–Murali. He started learning classical music under Dhanraj and has completed a course in Western music at Trinity College of Music in London. Teaming up with Chandra Bose, he staged many musical programmes.

Even in his childhood, Deva was attracted to the world of music.
