''Jothi'' (alternatively titled ''Sri Jyothi Ramalinga Swamigal'') is an 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 directed by T. R. Raghunath and was released in 1939. It is the life story of Saint

Ramalinga Swamigal Thiruvarutprakasa Vallalār Chidambaram Ramalingam (5 October 1823 – 30 January 1874), also known as Vallalār, Ramalinga Swamigal and Ramalinga Adigal, was one of the known Tamil people, Tamil Hindu saint and a true God of Enlightenment who 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 film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

Cast

K. A. Muthu Bhagavathar as ''Ramalinga Swamigal''
P. G. Venkatesan
V. B. Ramaiah as ''Ramalinga Swamigal's father''
M. G. Chakrapani
T. V. Janakam
K. S. Sankara Iyer
K. S. Velayudham
Miss. Madurai A. Sundaram as ''Ramalinga Swamigal's mother''
Saravanabhavanandar
N. S. Krishnan
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: T. R. Raghunath * 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.

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Some Songs from the film * * * * * * * * * * 1939 films 1930s Tamil-language films 1930s Indian 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

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

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