Thirumalisai Alwar or Thirumazhisai Aazhwar is a Tamil language film starring M. M. Dandapani Desigar. The film was released on 20 August 1948.
Plot 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!
Cast
Male cast M. M. Dandapani Desikar Vidwan Srinivasan P. B. Rangachari S. V. Subbaiah R. Balasubramaniam T. S. Durairaj D. V. Narayanaswami
Male cast (Contd.) M. R. Swaminathan K. K. Perumal Master Padmanabhan T. K. Kalyanam A. K. Srinivasan K. R. Rajagopalan M. S. Raghavan
Female cast Trichur Premavathi M. S. Devasena P. K. Saraswathi P. S. Sivabhagyam K. S. Angamuthu C. R. Lakshmi Devi K. K. Radha
Production 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. Kannabiran Pillai, joined hands to produce this movie based on the life of Thirumazhisai Aazhvaar and
Soundtrack The music was composed by S. V. Venkatraman. Lyrics by Papanasam Sivan, S.D.S.Yogi and T.K. Sundara Vathiyar. No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss) 1 "Naaraayanaa M. M. Dandapani Desigar Papanasam Sivan 01:33 2 "Giridhari" P. Leela 01:56 3 "Nonthavar" M. S. Velappan 02:15 4 "Kani Kannan" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 01:23 5 "Kannan Naamam" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 03:12 6 "Pathiyavane" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 02:20 7 "Indre Pirantha" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 02:56 8 "Kuvalayathala" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 02:26 9 "Vaaraamal" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 04:42 10 "Thanthayum Nee" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 04:02 11 "Krishna Muraari" P. B. Rangachari 01:54 12 "Yezhaigal" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 04:31 13 "Saantham" M. M. Dandapani Desigar 03:24
Trivia Remembered for the music of Dhandapani Desikar and the religious tale associated with the Aazhvaar
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