Athisaya Thirudan

1958 film

  • 12 December 1958 (1958-12-12)
Running time
150 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Athisaya Thirudan (transl. Crafty Thief) is 1958 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Pullaiah and produced by S. Bhavanarayanan and D. B. Narayanan. The film's script and lyrics was written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass. Soundtrack was composed by S. Dakshinamurthi and K. Prasad Rao. The film stars Gemini Ganesan portraying the titular character, with Savitri, T. S. Balaiah, K. A. Thangavelu, T. P. Muthulakshmi and V. Nagayya in supporting roles.[1]

Cast

  • Gemini Ganesan as Athisaya Thirudan
  • Savitri as Gowri
  • T. S. Balaiah as Neelakalkantam
  • K. A. Thangavelu as the King
  • T. P. Muthulakshmi as the Queen
  • V. Nagayya as the Saint
  • Baby Rajakumari as Pachai
  • K. Nadarajan as Kannaiah
  • K. N. Kamalam as Gowri's mother

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. Dakshinamurthi and K. Prasad Rao. Lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.[2]Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, S. C. Krishnan, S. V. Ponnusamy, P. Susheela, Jikki, K. Jamuna Rani and S. Janaki

The song about Muruga, "Muruga Endrathum Urugaadhaa Manam", became popular.[1]

No. Songs Singers Lyrics Length(m:ss)
1 "Vaarunga Ammaa Maarey" Jikki Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass 02:51
2 "Muruga Endrathum Urugaadhaa Manam" T. M. Soundararajan 03:40
3 "Ye Ammaadi Ye Ayyaadi" T. M. Soundararajan 03:42
4 "Yaarenna Inimel Ketkadhey" K. Jamuna Rani 02:39
5 "Kola Kolaiyaa Mundhirikkaa" S. C. Krishnan 03:24
6 "Ella Vilakkum Vilakkalla" Seerkazhi Govindarajan 0:46
7 "Velli Nilaave Oh Velli Nilaave" P. Susheela 03:23
8 "Kokku Varnam Selaiyile" K. Jamuna Rani & S. Janaki 03:55
9 "Are Machan Aavo Machan" S. V. Ponnusamy
10 "Vidinthathe Magaraja" P. Susheela 2:56
11 "" P. Susheela 3:09

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki said Savitri performed well from the beginning to the end.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Guy, Randor (18 June 2016). "Athisaya Thirudan (1958)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Athisaya Thirudan". Gaana. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ காந்தன் (4 January 1959). "அதிசயத் திருடன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 39. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

External links

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