Sivakavi

Sivakavi was a 1943 Tamillanguage film directed, initially, by P. K. Raja Sandow and later, S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It starred M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, S. Jayalakshmi, Serukulathur Sama, Thripuramba, T. R. Rajakumari, N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Madhuram. The film was shot at Central Studios and released by Pakshiraja Films in Coimbatore.

T. R. Rajakumari, in one of her early roles, plays a court dancer or devadasi who falls in love with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. S. Jayalakshmi who was married at that time played the character of Amrithavalli. Her brother S. Rajam played the role of Lord Muruga. Her father Sundaram Iyer played the role of a teacher of young Srikavi in sequences with N. S. Krishnan and others.The soundtrack of the film consisted ofsongs were composed by the music director Papanasam Sivan who also penned the lyrics for all songs while G. Ramanthan took care of orchestration. Sivan originally penned the song Vadaname Chandra Bhimbamo as Mugam Adhu Chandra Bimbamo. When M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar pointed out to Sivan how Mugam Adhu sounded like Muhammad, Sivan changed it to Vadaname. The song Soppana Vazhvil was based on Vijayanagari raga which resembles Sivaranjini raga. The song Amba Manam is based on Pantuvarali raga. The song Vallalai Paadum is based on Senchuruti raga. The song Vasantharuthu is based on Vasantha raga. The song Kavalayai is based on Natakurinji raga. The song Vadhaname is based on Sindhubairavi raga. The song Ellam Sivan Seyal is based on Thodi raga. The song Manam Kanidhe is based on Rathipatipriya raga. ........

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