Thirumalisai Alvar (1948 film)

Thirumalisai Alwar or Thirumazhisai Aazhwar (Tamil: திருமழிசை ஆழ்வார்) is a Tamil language film starring M. M. Dandapani Desigar in the lead role. The film was released on 20 August 1948.

During the 1940s, two friends, M. Chakravarthi Iyengar of the famous business family of old Madras city, MD Brothers, and a successful automobile spare parts dealer C. Kannan Pillai, joined hands to produce this movie based on the life of Thirumazhisai Aazhvaar

Thirumazhisai is a sacred town near Chennai and the film narrates its mythological tale about a venerated sage being seduced by a temptress sent by Lord Indra. She becomes pregnant. The foetus is removed from her womb and thrown into the bushes. It is saved by the Lord and becomes a male child who later blossoms into the Aazhvaar!

M. M. Dandapani Desikar
Trichur Premavathi
Vidwan Srinivasan
P. B. Rangachari
S. V. Subbaiah
R. Balasubramaniam
T. S. Durairaj
D. V. Narayanaswami
M. R. Swaminathan
K. K. Perumal
M. S. Devasena
P. K. Saraswathi
P. S. Sivabhagyam
K. S. Angamuthu
Master Padmanabhan
T. K. Kalyanam
C. R. Lakshmi Devi
A. K. Srinivisan
K. R. Rajagopalan
M. S. Raghavan
K. K. Radha

The music was composed by S. V. Venkatraman. Lyrics by Papanasam Sivan, S.D.S.Yogi and T.K. Sundara Vathiyar.

Remembered for the music of Dhandapani Desikar and the religious tale associated with the Aazhvaar