To begin with in this film Nasser has really come up with a sterling performance ,ilaiyaraaja's music is incomparable it gives everyone a feeling of the rural conditions .Sivaji was also good .Despite all this the film 'Thevar Magan' many consider to be a classic and is one of the best in Tamil cinema .But i pity on their sense of understanding this film. Thevar magan is the first film to my knowledge in Tamil to have introduced a kind of subculture where the caste pride comes into fore. The song 'potri paadadi ponnae'is not at all needed in the film but still to show the caste pride a genealogical eulogy takes place.The story is such that Kamal who is an urban educated 'Modern'youth who comes back to village after his studies .He is fed up with the kind of tradition and related incidents that happen in the village where antagonism between two families leads to bloodshed and the whole village is suffering because of the two supposedly bigwigs in the village..The problem to me with this film is the way the frames were produced for instance mythical ancestry claims made and linking Netaji with their caste proving their mettle for valour and taking to international level and how the song created troubles in southern districts seems to worry me. Kamal who speaks in terms of modernity becomes pre modern self by changing his attire to Veshti and having a big moustache showing signs of stiffness and finally finally takes up arms.