Gnana Oli (Eng: Light of Knowledge) is a 1972 Tamil language drama film directed by P. Madhavan, written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, starring Sivaji Ganesan in the lead role.
It is a loose adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. Gnana Oli was remade in Hindi as Devata (1978) and in Telugu as Chakravarthy (1987).
Anthony an austere orphan, moist hearted yet physically effervescent is a short-tempered but transparent by the mind and a wooden casket maker by profession.
He is a regular church bell ringer raised by the guidance of the kind church father.
Directed by – P. Madhavan
Produced by – P. K. V. Sankaran & Aarumugam
Written by – Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
Story by – Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
Starring – Sivaji Ganesan, Sharada, Vijayanirmala, Major Sundararajan, Sreekanth, V.K. Ramasamy, Manorama
Music by – M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography – P. N. Sundaram
Edited by – R. Devarajan
Production – Jayaar Movies
Distributed by – Jayaar Movies
Release date – 11 March 1972
Running time – 151 mins
Country – India
Language – Tamil
