''Jothi'' (alternatively titled ''Sri Jyothi Ramalinga Swamigal'') is an Indian

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ...

film directed by

T. R. Raghunath Thimatchipuram Rajagopal Raghunath (16 July 1912 – 2 January 1990) was an Indian film director. He was the younger brother of film director Raja Chandrasekhar. Career Raghunath started his film career as an assistant director in ''Gnanasoun ...

and was released in 1939. It is the life story of Saint

Ramalinga Swamigal Thiruvarutprakasa Vallalār Chidambaram Ramalingam (5 October 1823 – 30 January 1874), commonly known in India and across the world as Vallalār, Ramalinga Swamigal and Ramalinga Adigal, was one of the most famous Tamil Saints and also one of t ...

popularly known as ''Vallalar''. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

Cast

K. A. Muthu Bhagavathar as ''Ramalinga Swamigal''
P. G. Venkatesan
V. B. Ramaiah as ''Ramalinga Swamigal's father''

M. G. Chakrapani Maruthur Gopalan Chakrapani (13 January 1911 – 17 August 1986), commonly known as Ettan ("elder brother" in Malayalam), was an Indian actor and producer based in the Tamil film industry. He was the elder brother of actor-politician M. G ...

T. V. Janakam
K. S. Sankara Iyer
K. S. Velayudham
Miss. Madurai A. Sundaram as ''Ramalinga Swamigal's mother''
Saravanabhavanandar

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 ...

T. A. Mathuram
P. S. Krishnaveni
M. R. Swaminathan
K. K. Soundar
B. Gopal
M. R. Subramaniam
V. Nataraj
‘Master’ Ramudu as ''Child Ramalinga Swamigal''
‘Master’ Mahadevan as ''teenager Ramalinga Swamigal''
Rajammal
T. M. Pattammal
M. S. Kannammal
H. S. Tawkar
S. R. Sami
Ramalakshmi
‘Master’ Muthu

Crew

* Director:

* Screenplay:

Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar Pammal Vijayarangam Sambandham Mudaliar (1873–1964), who has been described as "the founding father of modern Tamil theatre", was a playwright, director, producer and actor of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth centuries. He was a recipi ...

* Dialogues: C. A. Lakshmanadas * Cinematography: A. Kapoor * Audiography: V. B. Dathe * Studio: Bharath Lakshmi Pictures Studio (Calcutta)

Soundtrack

Madurai Mariappa Swamigal scored the music and wrote the lyrics. This is the first film where he worked as music director. Singers are: P. G. Venkatesan, Muthuswamy, N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram.

References

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Some Songs from the film * * * * * * * * * * 1939 films 1930s Tamil-language films Hindu mythological films Hindu devotional films Indian biographical films Indian films based on actual events Lost Indian films 1939 lost films Films directed by T. R. Raghunath {{1930s-Tamil-film-stub