Tyagayya (1946 film)

Tyagayya
Directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah
Produced by Chittor V. Nagaiah
Written by Chittor V. Nagaiah
Samudrala Raghavacharya
Starring Chittor V. Nagaiah
Hemalatha Devi
B. Jayamma
Lakshmirajyam
B. Padmanabham
Mudigonda Lingamurthy
Sarita Devi
Baby Vanaja
Sundara Lakshmi
Music by Chittor V. Nagaiah
J. A. Rehman
Cinematography Nagaraja R. N. Rao
M. A. Rehman
Edited by Govind Dinkar Joshi
Production
company
Newtone Studios
Release date
 1946
Running time
 186 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Tyagayya (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 Thyagaraja.

Thyagaraja's music is very famous for the blend of rgam-tanam-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.

Plot

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. Nagaiah as Tyagayya or Tyagaraja
  • Baby Vanaja as Lord Krishna
  • Hemalatha Devi as Kamalamba
  • Sarita Devi as Chapala
  • B. Jayamma as Dharmamba
  • Jayavanthi as Court Singer
  • Sundara Lakshmi as Seetha Lakshmi
  • Mudigonda Lingamurthy as Japesen
  • Baby T. Syamala as Radha
  • Lakshmipathy Vedantam as Narada in disguise
  • G. Visweswaramma as Venkamma
  • Padmanabham
  • Lakshmirajyam
  • Hemalatha
  • 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
  • Sadinchene
  • Samajavaragamana
  • Balakanakamaya
  • Siva Siva enarada
  • Alagalalla
  • Rama Bhakti Samrajya
  • vidamu seyave
  • varadaraja ninne kori vachchitira
  • Evarani Nirnayinchira
  • Ye pooja cheseno

Features

Nagaiah also introduced lyrics from Kannada (the Purandaradasa devara nama in the film's opening), Tamil (by Papanasam Sivan and sung by D. K. Pattammal) and Hindi (sung by J. A. Rehman).

See also


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