Sivakavi
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| Directed by | S. M. Sriramulu Naidu |
| Produced by |
Pakshiraja Films Central Studios |
| Written by | Elangovan |
| Screenplay by | Thiru Muruga Kirubanandha Variyar |
| Starring |
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar Serukulathur Sama Thripuramba S. Jayalakshmi T. R. Rajakumari N. S. Krishnan T. A. Madhuram |
| Music by | Papanasam Sivan |
| Cinematography | Adi Irani |
| Edited by | Surya |
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Running time
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212 minutes |
| Language | Tamil |
Sivakavi was a 1943 Indian Tamil-language 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's screenplay was written by Thiru Muruga Kirubanandha Variyar. The film was shot at Central Studios and released by Pakshiraja Films in Coimbatore.
Shooting was started in 1942 with P. K. Raja Sandow as the director. But soon afterwards, there were disputes between Raja Sandow and the producer S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. With the progress of the filming, the disagreement between the two reached such high proportions that eventually, Sriramulu Naidu dismissed Raja Sandow and took over the reins himself. The script for the film was written by Elangovan.
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 of 29 songs 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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