Tyagayya (1946 film)
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Tyagayya 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 Thyagaraja.
The movie achieves the magic by having Nagayya sing for himself the 28 selected songs composed by Tyagaraja. The movie is a solid proof for the importance of screenplay and acting in a movie. The film is also a big credit to the skills of Nagayya - as a director, actor, singer and producer! Nagayya sang the Thyagaraja Krithis with the devotion and clarity that is way beyond those of the more well-known Carnatic singers. Thyagaraja's music is very famous for the blend of rAgam-thAlam-pallavi and the sheer devotion for Lord Rama.
The captures the societal norms in the late 18th century. While many musicians used to seek the patronage of the kings, Tyagaraja was seeking the patronage of only Lord Rama
. It depicts Tyagayya as not only a devotee of Lord Rama but also as a husband, brother, student and teacher.
(by Papanasam Sivan
and sung by D. K. Pattammal
) and Hindi
(sung by J.A. Rehman).
Chittor V. Nagaiah
Chitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
It is a soul stirring film about the truly extraordinary life of Saint Thyagaraja.
The movie achieves the magic by having Nagayya sing for himself the 28 selected songs composed by Tyagaraja. The movie is a solid proof for the importance of screenplay and acting in a movie. The film is also a big credit to the skills of Nagayya - as a director, actor, singer and producer! Nagayya sang the Thyagaraja Krithis with the devotion and clarity that is way beyond those of the more well-known Carnatic singers. Thyagaraja's music is very famous for the blend of rAgam-thAlam-pallavi and the sheer devotion for Lord Rama.
The captures the societal norms in the late 18th century. While many musicians used to seek the patronage of the kings, Tyagaraja was seeking the patronage of only Lord Rama
Rama
Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
. It depicts Tyagayya as not only a devotee of Lord Rama but also as a husband, brother, student and teacher.
Story
Thyagayya (Nagaiah) is a villager composing devotional music to Rama while rejecting the court of Serfoji, Maharajah of Tanjore (Narayana Murthy), the dominant cultural center of the region. Turning down invitations and gifts from the Maharajah, he provokes the jealous wrath of his brother Japesen (Lingamurthy). The film's climax comes when Japesen destroys Rama's idols, Thyagaraja resurrects them eventually and sacrifices his life to his God.Cast
- Chittor V. NagaiahChittor V. NagaiahChitturu Nagayya or Chittor V. Nagaiah birth name - Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya was an Indian actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer of Telugu film industry, Andhra Pradesh, India. Indian film journalist and the editor of Film India, Baburao Patel, described Nagiah as ‘The...
... Tyagayya or TyagarajaTyagarajaKakarla Tyagabrahmam , colloquially known as Tyāgarājar and Tyagayya was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music or classical South Indian music. He, along with his contemporaries Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Shastry, forms the Trinity of Carnatic music... - Baby Vanaja ... Lord Krishna
- Hemalatha Devi ... Kamalamba
- Sarita Devi ... Chapala
- Hemalatha
- B. Jayamma ... Dharmamba
- Jayavanthi ... Court Singer
- Lakshmirajyam
- Sundara Lakshmi ... Seetha Lakshmi
- Mudigonda LingamurthyMudigonda LingamurthyMudigonda Lingamurthy, shortly Lingamurthy is a famous Character actor in Telugu drama and cinema and writer in South India.,-Life sketch:...
... Japesen - PadmanabhamPadmanabhamPadmanabham is a Village and Mandal in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, India.There is a famous Ananta Padmanabha Swami Temple on a hill.-Geography:Padmanabham is located at...
- Baby T. Syamala ... Radha
- Lakshmipathy Vedantam ... NaradaNaradaNarada or Narada Muni is a divine sage from the Vaisnava tradition, who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana, and in the Ramayana...
in disguise - G. Visweswaramma ... Venkamma
- Nyapathy Narayana Murthy
- Rayaprolu Subramanyam
- K Dorai Swamy
- M. C. Raghavan
- Natesan
Songs
- Aaragimpave
- Bhaja govindam
- Dorakuna
- Endaro mahanubhavulu
- Ennadu jutuno
- Ennadu sevincaledu
- Ennaga '
- Jo jo sri rama '
- Manasa
- Na mora alakimpa, varadaraja
- Nidhi cala sukhama
- Rare rare pillalara
- Sangita jnanamu
- Sri kalyana
- Sri rama
- Sri sitarama
- Srikarambainai
- Tera tiyaga rada, Sivudano
- Vanajanayana
Features
Nagaiah also introduced lyrics from Kannada (the Purandaradasa devara nama in the film's opening), TamilTamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
(by Papanasam Sivan
Papanasam Sivan
Papanasam Sivan was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer.A famous composer, Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyagayya. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created numerous hits popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S...
and sung by D. K. Pattammal
D. K. Pattammal
Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal was a prominent Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. She along with her contemporaries M. S. Subbulakshmi and M. L. Vasanthakumari were popularly referred to as the Female trinity of Carnatic Music...
) and Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
(sung by J.A. Rehman).