Gnana Oli

Gnana Oli
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Madhavan
Story byVietnam Veedu Sundaram
Produced byP. K. V. Sankaran
Aarumugam
StarringSivaji Ganesan
Vijaya Nirmala
Saratha
Srikanth
CinematographyP. N. Sundaram
Edited byR. Devarajan
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Jayaar Movies
Release date
  • 11 March 1972 (1972-03-11)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Gnana Oli (transl. Light of Knowledge) is a 1972 Indian Tamil language film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram,[1] starring Sivaji Ganesan.[2][3] It is a loose adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Miserables.[4][5] This film was remade in Hindi as Devata (1978)[6] and in Telugu as Chakravarthy (1987).[citation needed]

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