''Amarakavi'' () is a 1952 Indian
Tamil language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of ...
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 and carnatic singer. Critics and film historians acknowledge Bhagavathar as the "First superstar of Ta ...
and
T. R. Rajakumari. It was released on 9 February 1952.
Cast
Adapted from the film credits.
;Male cast
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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 and carnatic singer. Critics and film historians acknowledge Bhagavathar as the "First superstar of Ta ...
as Amaran / Amarakavi
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N. S. Krishnan as Amaran's friend
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M. G. Chakrapani as Rajaguru
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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
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T. R. Rajakumari as Padmini
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B. S. Saroja as Princess Mallika
* P. K. Saraswathi as Dasi dancer
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T. A. Mathuram as Princess's servant
* K. S. Angamuthu as Kaliamma / Padmini's mother
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Lalitha-
Padmini as Special Appearances in a song
* Subbuthayi
* Kumari Susheela
Soundtrack
Music was composed by
G. Ramanathan and T. A. Kalyanam.
References
External links
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1950s Indian films
1950s Tamil-language films
1952 films
Films scored by G. Ramanathan
Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam
Indian black-and-white films
Tamil-language Indian films