''Sivagami'' is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
produced by Muthiah Pictures and directed by
Antony Mitradas
Antony Mitradas (3 November 1913 – 20 February 2017) was an Indian film director who directed films in three languages: Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese.
Early life
Mitradas was born in Madurai on 3 November 1913. He did his B.A. Statistic ...
. It featured
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in his final film appearance alongside
G. Varalakshmi playing the titular character. The film is a posthumous release for Bhagavathar.
Plot
Cast
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M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (Himself)
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G. Varalakshmi as Sivagami / Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's wife
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S. D. Subbulakshmi as Muthu's mother
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Jaggayya
Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 March 2004) was an Indian actor, littérateur, journalist, lyricist, dubbing artist and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was known as ''Kanchu Kantham ...
as Muthu / Thyagaraja Bhagavathar's step son
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T. P. Muthulakshmi as Thangam
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K. K. Soundar as Thangappan / Muthu's uncle
*S. Rama Rao as Annasamy / Muthu's friend
*Sivasooriyan as Muthu's uncle
*Jayashree as Vasantha
*Lakshmi Prabha
*Natarajan
Production
The film was produced by M. A. Venu under the banner Muthiah Pictures. By the year 1959, M. K. T. Bhagavathar requested M. A. Venu to produce a film. M. A. Venu agreed and started producing this film. However, M. K. T. Bhagavathar died while the production was half way. So, the crew adapted the story and completed the film. Bhagavathar could not sing at this time. He told the producer that he has some songs recorded earlier for another film 'Rajayogi' that was never produced and told the producer to use those songs. So, the songs that took place in this film were recorded long before.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album was composed by
K. V. Mahadevan. Lyrics 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 cine ...
and
Ka. Mu. Sheriff
Ka. Mu. Sheriff was a writer and poet who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He was a popular Tamil film lyricist during the 1950s and 60s. His lyrics ''Chittukuruvi Chittukuruvi Sedhi Theriyuma?'', ''Yerikaraiyin Maele Poravale Penn Mayile'' a ...
.
Singer is
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar.
Playback singer
A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not ap ...
s are
T. M. Soundararajan, S. C. Krishnan,
A. L. Raghavan,
P. Susheela,
K. Jamuna Rani,
A. G. Rathnamala,
M. S. Rajeswari &
Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi.
References
External links
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1960 films
1960s Tamil-language films
Films directed by Antony Mitradas
Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan