''Thyagi'' () is a 1982 Indian

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action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

, directed by

C. V. Rajendran C. V. Rajendran (12 March 1937 – 1 April 2018) was an Indian film director and producer who worked in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi film industries. He was a cousin of famous director C. V. Sridhar. Film career He worked ...

and produced by G. Hanumantharao. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

, Sujatha,

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and V. S. Raghavan. It is a remake of the 1981

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film '' Antha''. The film was released on 3 September 1982.

Plot

Cast

as IG Ganesh/Kanwarlal * Sujatha as Kamala *

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* Geetha *

* V. S. Raghavan * Vijayakumar *

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* Oru Viral Krishna Rao

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

, with lyrics by

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

and Vaali.

Controversy

''Thyagi'' was initially denied a censor certificate by the

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. One of the members claimed that makers of the film had retained the scenes which were deleted in the original Kannada film.

References

External links

* {{C. V. Rajendran 1980s Tamil-language films 1982 action films 1982 films Films directed by C. V. Rajendran Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian action films Tamil remakes of Kannada films