Thyagaiah (1946 film)

Tyagaiah
Tyagaiah
Directed by	V. Nagaiah
Screenplay by	V. Nagaiah; S. V. R. Acharya or Samudrala Sr. Dialogues and other songs
Story by	V. Nagaiah
Based on	The life of Tyagaraja
Produced by	Nagaiah; Sri Duvvuri Narayana Reddy
Starring	V. Nagaiah; B. Jayamma
Cinematography	Mohamed A. Rehman
Edited by	Govind Dinkar Joshi
Music by	V. Nagaiah
Production; companies	Sri Renuka Films, Madras
Release date	1 November 1946 (India);
Running time	186 minutes
Language	Telugu

Tyagaiah (Telugu: త్యాగయ్య) is a 1946 film, considered as masterpiece, produced and directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah It is a soul-stirring film about the truly extraordinary life of Saint Tyagaraja.

Cast[]

Male cast^[1]

V. Nagaiah as Tyagaiah
Lingamurthy as Japesam
Nyapathi Narayana Moorthi M. L. A., (Central) 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^[1]

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 Nagaiah and Sri Duvvuri Narayana Reddy, and directed by V. Nagaiah. Nagaiah 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 Raghavaiah.^[1]

Music[]

The music was composed by V. Nagaiah 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 and Chandilyan. One Hindi song was written by J. A. Rehman. Nagaiah had introduced lyrics in Kannada with the song Purandaradasa Devara Nama (film credits). Songs in Tamil and Hindi were sung by D. K. Pattammal and J. A. Rehman respectively.

Box office[]

The movie became a block buster and collected over 25 lakh rupees in just share alone. It was also the first Telugu movie to do so.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Nagaiah, V. (1946). Tyagaiah (motion picture) (in Telugu). Sri Renuka Films Ltd. Opening credits, from 0:08 to 2:08.

External links[]

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[Filmtitle-1] Nagaiah, V. (1946). Tyagaiah (motion picture) (in Telugu). Sri Renuka Films Ltd. Opening credits, from 0:08 to 2:08.

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