Thirumalisai Alvar (film)
# Thirumalisai Alvar (film)

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!

## 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 | Papanasam Sivan | 01:56 |
| 3 | "Nonthavar" | M. S. Velappan | Papanasam Sivan | 02:15 |
| 4 | "Kani Kannan" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 01:23 |
| 5 | "Kannan Naamam" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 03:12 |
| 6 | "Pathiyavane" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 02:20 |
| 7 | "Indre Pirantha" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 02:56 |
| 8 | "Kuvalayathala" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 02:26 |
| 9 | "Vaaraamal" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 04:42 |
| 10 | "Thanthayum Nee" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 04:02 |
| 11 | "Krishna Muraari" | P. B. Rangachari | Papanasam Sivan | 01:54 |
| 12 | "Yezhaigal" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 04:31 |
| 13 | "Saantham" | M. M. Dandapani Desigar | Papanasam Sivan | 03:24 |

## Trivia

Remembered for the music of Dhandapani Desikar and the religious tale associated with the Aazhvaar

