''Amarakavi'' () is a 1952 Indian

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film produced and directed by F. Nagoor. The film stars

M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar Mayavaram Krishnasamy Thiyagaraja Bhagavathar (1 March 1910 – 1 November 1959), also known by his initials as M. K. T., was an Indian actor, producer and Carnatic singer. He is considered to be one of the most successful actors in Tamil cine ...

and T. R. Rajakumari.

Cast

Adapted from the film credits. ;Male cast *

as Amaran / Amarakavi *

N. S. Krishnan Nagercoil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan, popularly known as Kalaivanar () and also as NSK, was an Indian actor-comedian, theatre artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry – in the 1940s and 1950s. He is conside ...

as Amaran's friend * M. G. Chakrapani as Rajaguru * K. Thangavelu as Amaran's friend * Gundu Karuppaiah as Chettiyar * ''Kottapuli'' Jayaraman as * K. P. Kesavan * M. S. Karupaiah * Sethuraman * ''Raja'' M. Dhandapani * Thirupathi *''Loose'' Arumugam * Goshi-Dawood * Thiyagarajan * ''Muthu'' Ramalingam ;Female cast * T. R. Rajakumari as Padmini *

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as Princess Mallika * P. K. Saraswathi as Dasi dancer * T. A. Mathuram as Princess's servant * K. S. Angamuthu as Kaliamma / Padmini's mother * Lalitha- Padmini as Special Appearances in a song * Subbuthayi * Kumari Susheela

Soundtrack

Music was composed by G. Ramanathan and T. A. Kalyanam while the lyrics were penned by

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, Suratha,

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and Lakshmanadas.

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*{{IMDb title, 8215928 1950s romance films 1950s Tamil-language films 1952 films Films scored by G. Ramanathan Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam Indian black-and-white films Indian romance films