''Tyagaiah'' is a 1946
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
...
-language film produced and directed by
V. Nagayya It is based on the life of the saint
Tyagaraja
Thyagaraja (Telugu: త్యాగరాజ) (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Thyāgayya and in full as Kakarla Thyagabrahmam, was a composer and vocalist of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. Tyagaraja and his ...
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Cast
;Male cast
*
V. Nagayya as Tyagaiah
* Lingamurthy
as Japesam
* Nyapathi Narayana Moorthi
as King
Sharabhoji
* Rayaprolu Subrahmanyam
as Venkataramana Bhagavatulu
* K. Doraiswamy
as Sundaresa Mudaliar
* M. C. Raghavan
as Marthanda Bhagavatar
* Natesam
as Bobbili Kesavaiah
* K. V. Subba Rao
as Dhanapala Chetti
* Prayaga Narasimha Sastry
as Ganapati (Sishya)
* Aswatdhama
as Ramudu
* Narayana Rao
as Commander-in-Chief
* Vedantam Lakshmikantam
as Narada-in disguise
* Kumpatla Subba Rao
as Kuchipudi - Bhagavatulu
* A. L. Narayana
as Kuchipudi - Bhagavatulu
* Appalacharyulu
as Kuchipudi - Bhagavatulu
* G. Venkataswami Raju
as Shishya
;Female cast
*
B. Jayamma as Dharmamba
* Sarita Devi
as Chapala
* C. Hemalatha Devi
as Kamalamba
* Sundaralakshmi
as Seethalakshmi
* Jayavanti
as Court Singer
* G. Visweswaramma
as Venkamma
* Baby T. Shyamala
as Radha
* Baby Vanaja
as Krishna
Production
The film was joinly produced by
Nagayya and Sri Duvvuri Narayana Reddy, and directed by V. Nagayya. Nagayya also wrote the story and handled the scenario. The dialogues were written by S. V. R. Acharya i.e., Samudrala Venkata Raghavacharya otherwise popularly known as
Samudrala Sr. Photography and special effects were handled by Mohamed A. Rehman. Audiography was done by Dinshaw K. Tehrani, editing by Govind Dinkar Joshi, and art by C. Rama Raju and F. Nagoor. The dances were choreographed by
Vedantam Raghavayya
Vedantam Raghavayya ( te, వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య) (8 June 1919 – 1971) was an Indian film director, dance choreographer, Kuchipudi exponent, actor, producer, and musician known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theat ...
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Music
The music was composed by
V. Nagayya and the Renuka Orchestra headed by the Trivellore Violinist Brothers. While the lyrics of most of 37 songs were written by S. V. R. Acharya (
Samudrala Sr.), the Tamil songs were written by
Papanasam Sivan
Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cinema ...
and ''
Chandilyan''. One Hindi song was written by J. A. Rehman. Nagayya had introduced lyrics in
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
with the song ''Purandaradasa Devara Nama'' (film credits). Songs in
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, na ...
and
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
were sung by
D. K. Pattammal
Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal () (19 March 1919 – 16 July 2009), popularly known as D. K. Pattammal or DKP, was an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in Tamil. Pattammal, along with her contemporaries M. S. Subbulakshm ...
and J. A. Rehman respectively.
See also
*
Tyagayya (1981 film)
''Tyagayya'' is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Bapu. The cast included J.V. Somayajulu and K. R. Vijaya. The film is based on the life of Saint, Singer, and composer Tyagaraja. ''Tyagayya'' was showcased at the Indian Panoram ...
References
External links
Thyagaiah at IMDBThyagaiah songs at Musicindia.Thyagaiah film review at Roopavani in Telugu.*
1946 films
1940s Telugu-language films
Indian biographical films
Films about classical music and musicians
Indian black-and-white films
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