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M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 1 march 1910
Mayavaram Krishnamurthy Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (Tamil: மாயவரம் கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி தியாகராஜ பாகவதர்) (7 March 1910 – 1 November 1959), also called M.K.T., was a Tamil film actor, producer and Carnatic music singer. He is considered to be one of the most successful Tamil film actors ever.
Bhagavathar was born in the town of Mayiladuthurai in then Tanjore district of the Madras Presidency, British India. He started his career as a classical singer and stage artist in the late 1920s. In 1934, he made his début in films with the movie Pavalakkodi which turned out to be a hit. From 1934 to 1959, Bhagavathar acted in 14 films of whom 7 were box-office hits. Bhagavathar's 1944 film Haridas ran for three consecutive years at Broadway Theatre, Madras and created the record for the longest continuous run at a single theatre. Bhagavathar was arrested in 1944 as one of the main suspects in the Lakshmikanthan Murder Case and spent three years in prison before being released in 1947after a privy council verdict came in his favour. Bhagavathar's career declined after his arrest and though he did continue to act in Tamil films after his release from prison, none of them did well. Bhagavathar died of diabetes at the age of 49 on 1 November 1959.
Bhagavathar was acclaimed for his powerful, melodious voice and the ease with which he could sing high pitch notes. Critics and film historians acknowledge Bhagavathar as the "first superstar of Tamil cinema".
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Birth name Mayavaram Krishnamurthy Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Nationality Inde
Birth 1 march 1910
Death 1 november 1959 (at 49 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Nationality Inde
Birth 1 march 1910
Death 1 november 1959 (at 49 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Bhagavathar was born in the town of Mayiladuthurai in then Tanjore district of the Madras Presidency, British India. He started his career as a classical singer and stage artist in the late 1920s. In 1934, he made his début in films with the movie Pavalakkodi which turned out to be a hit. From 1934 to 1959, Bhagavathar acted in 14 films of whom 7 were box-office hits. Bhagavathar's 1944 film Haridas ran for three consecutive years at Broadway Theatre, Madras and created the record for the longest continuous run at a single theatre. Bhagavathar was arrested in 1944 as one of the main suspects in the Lakshmikanthan Murder Case and spent three years in prison before being released in 1947after a privy council verdict came in his favour. Bhagavathar's career declined after his arrest and though he did continue to act in Tamil films after his release from prison, none of them did well. Bhagavathar died of diabetes at the age of 49 on 1 November 1959.
Bhagavathar was acclaimed for his powerful, melodious voice and the ease with which he could sing high pitch notes. Critics and film historians acknowledge Bhagavathar as the "first superstar of Tamil cinema".
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Raja Mukthi (1948)
Genres Historical
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. G. Ramachandran, Janaki Ramachandran, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, M. G. Chakrapani, P. S. Veerappa
Roles King Rajendra Varman
Rating72%
King Rajendra Varman and Queen Mrinalini are reigning the Vyjayanti empire. Mahendra Varman is the rival and the neighbouring king. Kannika is the minister’s daughter, who is in love with King Rajendra Varman and aims to attain him at any cost.
Haridas (1944)
, 1h57Genres Drama, Biography
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, Nagapattinam Chandrashekhara Vasanthakokilam, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, Pandari Bai
Roles Haridas
Rating70%
Haridas (Thyagaraja Bhagavathar) is a vain individual who spends his life in luxury and lust ignoring his wife (Vasanthakokilam). But when his wealth is appropriated by a courtesan (T. R. Rajakumari), he realizes life's realities, reforms and spends the rest of his days serving his parents and God.
Sivakavi (1943)
, 3h32Directed by Raja Sandow
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, S. Jayalakshmi, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Roles Poyyamozhi Pulavar / Ambalaththarasar
Rating26%
Ashok Kumar (1941)
Genres Historical
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Chittor V. Nagaiah, Pasupuleti Kannamba, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan, M. G. Ramachandran, Ranjan
Roles Gunalan
Rating24%
The film is based on an age-old Buddhist folktale connected with Mauryan Emperor Ashoka's son Kunal. The Mauryan prince Kunal was courted by Ashoka's younger queen Tishyarakshita and when he rejected her advances, was falsely accused by the queen of trying to seduce her and was thrown into prison and blinded. The story, however, comes to a happy end with his eyesight being restored by Lord Buddha and the king acquits of all the charges.
Thiruneelakantar (1939)
Directed by Raja Sandow
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Roles Thiruneelakanthar Nayanar
Rating24%
The film was based on the life history of Thiruneelakanta Nayanar, one of the 63 Nayanmars.
Ambikapathy (1937)
, 3h30Directed by Ellis Roderick Dungan
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, S. Balaiah, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Roles Ambikapathy
Rating65%
The film is based on a story set in the Chola Empire in year 1083 AD. The titular character in the story is Ambikapathy (M K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar), the son of the Tamil poet Kambar (Serugulathur Sama) who is in love with the Chola princess and daughter of Kulothunga Chola, Amaravati (played by M. R. Santhanalakshmi). The king objects to their love and insists on testing Ambikapathy's literary mettle before judging his worth. The test given to Ambikapathi is that he should write and sing a hundred poems in the field of Puram (dealing with war and politics). The poems should not have any reference to the field of Aram (dealing of love and romance). Ambikapathi begins the test in the King's court with a Kadavul Vaazhthu(invocation to God). Amaravathi who is keeping the count, mistakes the invocation as a poem and counts it as poem number one. When he has sung only ninety nine Puram poems, she thinks he has completed the task and signals him that hundred poems have been sung. Declaring victory, Ambikapathy sings of his love for her and thus fails the test. He is executed by the king.
Chintamani (1937)
, 3h35Directed by Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Genres Biography
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Yaragudipati Varada Rao
Chintamani was based on the legendary story of a Sanskrit poet and devotee of Lord Krishna named Bilwamangal (M. K. Thyragaraja Bhagavathar). Bilwamangal, a resident of Varanasi, was a Sanskrit scholar, who gets infatuated towards a courtesan called Chintamani (Aswathamma), a woman of ill-fame. As a result, he deserts his wife. However, Chintamani is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna (Serugalathur Sama) and spends most of her time singing bhajans in praise of Lord Krishna. His attraction towards Chintamani eventually draws Bilwamangal closer towards Lord Krishna and transforms his life forever. Bilwangal, himself, becomes a devotee of Lord Krishna and pens a monumental Sanskrit work Sri Krishna Karnamritam.
Pavalakkodi (1934)
Directed by Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, '''S. D. Subbulakshmi
Roles Arjuna
Pavalakkodi tells the mythical love story of Arjuna (Thyagaraja Bhagavathar) and Pavalakkodi (S. D. Subbulakshmi), the princess of Coral Island.
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Raja Mukthi (1948)
Genres Historical
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. G. Ramachandran, Janaki Ramachandran, Bhanumati Ramakrishna, M. G. Chakrapani, P. S. Veerappa
Roles Producer
Rating72%
King Rajendra Varman and Queen Mrinalini are reigning the Vyjayanti empire. Mahendra Varman is the rival and the neighbouring king. Kannika is the minister’s daughter, who is in love with King Rajendra Varman and aims to attain him at any cost.
Thiruneelakantar (1939)
Directed by Raja Sandow
Actors M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, 'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Roles Producer
Rating24%
The film was based on the life history of Thiruneelakanta Nayanar, one of the 63 Nayanmars.