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Tyagaiah is a 1946 Telugu-language film produced and directed by V. Nagayya It is based on the life of the saint Tyagaraja.
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Directed by | V. Nagayya |
Screenplay by | V. Nagayya S. V. R. Acharya or Samudrala Sr. Dialogues and other songs |
Story by | V. Nagayya |
Based on | The life of Tyagaraja |
Produced by | Nagayya Sri Duvvuri Narayana Reddy |
Starring | V. Nagayya B. Jayamma |
Cinematography | Mohamed A. Rehman |
Edited by | Govind Dinkar Joshi |
Music by | V. Nagayya |
Production companies | Sri Renuka Films, Madras |
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Running time | 186 minutes |
Language | Telugu |
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The film was jointly produced by Nagayya and Sri Duvvuri Narayana Reddy, and directed by V. Nagayya. Nagayya also wrote the story and handled the scenario. The dialogues were written by S. V. R. Acharya i.e., Samudrala Venkata Raghavacharya otherwise popularly known as Samudrala Sr. Photography and special effects were handled by Mohamed A. Rehman. Audiography was done by Dinshaw K. Tehrani, editing by Govind Dinkar Joshi, and art by C. Rama Raju and F. Nagoor. The dances were choreographed by Vedantam Raghavayya.[1]
The music was composed by V. Nagayya and the Renuka Orchestra headed by the Trivellore Violinist Brothers. While the lyrics of most of 37 songs were written by S. V. R. Acharya (Samudrala Sr.), the Tamil songs were written by Papanasam Sivan and Chandilyan. One Hindi song was written by J. A. Rehman. Nagayya had introduced lyrics in Kannada with the song Purandaradasa Devara Nama (film credits). Songs in Tamil and Hindi were sung by D. K. Pattammal and J. A. Rehman respectively.