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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bhaktha Sri Thyagaraja<br />
| image = Bhaktha_sri_thyagaraja_1937_tamil_film_poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| native_name = {{film name|Tamil|பக்த ஸ்ரீ தியாகராஜா}}<br />
| director = Virendra Desai<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = M. P. Sundararajan<br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer<br/>Kamala<br/>Seetha<br/>T. P. K. Sastry<br />
| music = <br />
| cinematography = Rajanikantha Pandya<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Sagar Movietone<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1937|3|27}}<ref name="book">{{cite book | url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1937-cinedetails14.asp | title=Saadhanaigal Padaitha thamizh thiraipada varalaru | publisher=Sivagami Publishers | last=Film News Anandan | authorlink=Film News Anandan | year=2004 | location=Chennai | language=Tamil | trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102093254/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1937-cinedetails14.asp | archive-date=2 November 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
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'''''Bhaktha Sri Thyagaraja''''' (also known as '''''Sri Thiagaraja Charitham''''') is a 1937 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[biographical film]] written by M. P. Sundararajan and directed by Virendra Desai. Produced by Sagar Movietone, and based on the life of the [[Carnatic music]]ian [[Tyagaraja]], Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer, Kamala and Seetha appeared in the leading roles. The film's success at the box office was largely attributed to its music.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/bhaktha-sri-thyagaraja-1937/article6092747.ece | title=Bhaktha Sri Thyagaraja (1937) | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=7 June 2014 | accessdate=23 October 2016 | last=Guy | first=Randor | authorlink=Randor Guy | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024104139/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/bhaktha-sri-thyagaraja-1937/article6092747.ece | archivedate=24 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
Credits adapted from ''The Hindu'':<ref name="hindu" /><br />
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* Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer as [[Tyagaraja]]<br />
* Kamala as Tyagaraja's wife<br />
* Seetha as Tyagaraja's sister-in-law<br />
* T.P.K. Sastry as the king of [[Thanjavur]]/a musician<br />
* C.P.S. Mani Iyer<br />
* S.K. Sundaram<br />
* ‘Gavai’ Kalyanam<br />
* A. Dhanapal Chettiar<br />
* V.B. Srinivasan<br />
* ‘Baby’ Kokila<br />
* ‘Master’ Pranatharthiharan<br />
* Padmanabhachar<br />
* Rajagopala Iyer<br />
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==Production==<br />
''Bhaktha Sri Thyagaraja'', alternatively known as ''Sri Thiagaraja Charitham'', was based on the life of the [[Carnatic music]]ian [[Tyagaraja]].<ref name=hindu /> It was produced by the [[Mumbai|Bombay]]-based Sagar Movietone. Director Virendra Desai was not fluent in Tamil, so T. P. Kalyanarama Sastry, a lawyer from Chennai who was also involved in film production, worked as an associate director. An attorney from Chennai, M. P. Sundararajan wrote the screenplay. His son M. P. S. Pranatharthiharan, played a child's role in the film. On-location filming took place at the [[Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala|Tirupathi Venkateshwara Temple]].<ref name=hindu /> The final length of the film was {{Convert|14533|feet|metres}}.<ref name=book /><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
There were 32 songs in the film. The [[raga]]s used in the film include [[Todi (raga)|Thodi]], [[Nata (raga)|Naata]], [[Bowli]], [[Kapi (raga)|Kapi]], [[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani]], [[Atana]], [[Kanada (raga group)|Kaanada]], [[Bilahari]], Neelambari and Nalinakanthi. Almost all the songs were in [[Telugu language|Telugu]]. Mathirimangalam Natesa Iyer, an Carnatic musician, sang most of the songs. There were two songs in Tamil: one by a group sung by the thieves who were waiting to way-laid Tyagaraja. The other Tamil song "Sivano" is a translation of Tygaraja's popular kruthi "Evareni".<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
According to film historian [[Randor Guy]], the film was a box office success mainly because of the music. He stated the film would be remembered for "The classic compositions of Saint Thyagaraja rendered by Natesa Iyer and the on-screen narration by Virendra Desai."<ref name="hindu" /><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:1937 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1930s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about music and musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian musical films]]<br />
[[Category:1937 musical films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
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