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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Tyagayya<br />
| image = 1946-Tyagayya-poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster of Tyagayya<br />
| director = [[V. Nagayya]]<br />
| producer = Nagayya<br />Sri Duvvuri Narayana Reddy<br />
| screenplay = V. Nagayya<br />S. V. R. Acharya or [[Samudrala Sr.]]<br />
Dialogues and other songs<br />
| story = V. Nagayya<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|The life of Tyagaraja}}<br />
| starring = V. Nagayya<br />[[B. Jayamma]]<br />
| music = V. Nagayya<br />
| cinematography = Mohamed A. Rehman<br />
| editing = Govind Dinkar Joshi<br />
| studio = Sri Renuka Films, Madras<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1946|11|1|India}}<br />
| runtime = 186 minutes<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
}}<br />
'''''Tyagayya''''' is a 1946 [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language film produced and directed by [[V. Nagayya]] It is based on the life of the saint [[Tyagaraja]].<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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;Male cast<ref name="Filmtitle">{{Cite AV media |title=Tyagaiah |last=Nagayya |first=V. |type=motion picture |language=Te |publisher=Sri Renuka Films Ltd |year=1946 |author-link=V. Nagayya |time=0:08 to 2:08 |time-caption=Opening credits, from}}</ref><br />
* [[V. Nagayya]] <small>as</small> Tyagayya<br />
* Lingamurthy<!--not Mudigonda Lingamurthy--> <small>as</small> Japesam<br />
* Nyapathi Narayana Moorthi {{small|M. L. A., (Central)}} <small>as</small> King [[Serfoji II|Sharabhoji]]<br />
* Rayaprolu Subrahmanyam <small>as</small> Venkataramana Bhagavatulu<br />
* K. Doraiswamy <small>as</small> Sundaresa Mudaliar<br />
* M. C. Raghavan <small>as</small> Marthanda Bhagavatar<br />
* Natesam <small>as</small> Bobbili Kesavayya<br />
* K. V. Subba Rao <small>as</small> Dhanapala Chetti<br />
* Prayaga Narasimha Sastry <small>as</small> Ganapati (Sishya)<br />
* Aswatdhama <small>as</small> Ramudu<br />
* Narayana Rao <small>as</small> Commander-in-Chief<br />
* Vedantam Lakshmikantam <small>as</small> Narada-in disguise <br />
* Kumpatla Subba Rao <small>as</small> Kuchipudi - Bhagavatulu<br />
* A. L. Narayana <small>as</small> Kuchipudi - Bhagavatulu<br />
* Appalacharyulu <small>as</small> Kuchipudi - Bhagavatulu<br />
* G. Venkataswami Raju <small>as</small> Sishya<br />
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* [[B. Jayamma]] <small>as</small> Dharmamba<br />
* Sarita Devi <small>as</small> Chapala<br />
* C. Hemalatha Devi <small>as</small> Kamalamba <br />
* Sundaralakshmi <small>as</small> Seethalakshmi<br />
* Jayavanti <small>as</small> Court Singer<br />
* G. Visweswaramma <small>as</small> Venkamma<br />
* Baby T. Shyamala <small>as</small> Radha<br />
* Baby Vanaja <small>as</small> Krishna<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film was jointly produced by [[V. Nagayya|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]].<ref name="Filmtitle" /><br />
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==Music==<br />
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 ''[[Sandilyan|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 language|Tamil]] and [[Hindi]] were sung by [[D. K. Pattammal]] and J. A. Rehman respectively. <br />
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*''Bhaja govindam''<br />
*''Dorakuna''<br />
*''Endaro mahanubhavulu''<br />
*''Ennadu jutuno''<br />
*''Ennadu sevincaledu''<br />
*''Ennaga''<br />
*''Jo jo sri rama''<br />
*''Manasa''<br />
*''Na mora alakimpa, varadaraja''<br />
*''Nidhi cala sukhama''<br />
*''Rare rare pillalara''<br />
*''Sangita jnanamu''<br />
*''Sri kalyana''<br />
*''Sri rama''<br />
*''Sri sitarama''<br />
*''Srikarambainai''<br />
*''Tera tiyaga rada, Sivudano''<br />
*''Vanajanayana''<br />
*''Sadinchene''<br />
*''Samajavaragamana''<br />
*''Balakanakamaya''<br />
*''Siva Siva enarada''<br />
*''Alagalalla''<br />
*''Rama Bhakti Samrajya''<br />
*'' vidamu seyave''<br />
*'' varadaraja ninne kori vachchitira''<br />
*'' Evarani Nirnayinchira''<br />
*'' Ye pooja cheseno''--><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tyagayya (1981 film)|''Tyagayya'']] - 1981 film<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|tt0246277}}<br />
* [http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/telugu/m/music_director.3793/ Thyagaiah songs at Musicindia.]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070207085358/http://www.idlebrain.com/nosta/thyagayya.html Thyagaiah review at Idle brain.]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100113113040/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/94ff8a4a35a9b8876525698d002642a9/ebc6cc17c6d488a365256f230033072d/$FILE/Te250175.pdf Thyagaiah film review at Roopavani in Telugu.]<br />
* {{youTube|By9EoBs6HD0|Full Film}}<br />
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[[Category:1946 films]]<br />
[[Category:1940s Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about classical music and musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
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