Arunagirinathar is a Tamil Biographical film was directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by B. S. Moorthy. The script written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy. Music by G. Ramanathan and T. R. Papa assets to the movie. Starring T. M. Soundararajan Played with Title role M. R. Radha was played lead role to protagonist. B. S. Saroja , Sharadha, C. Lakshmi Rajyam and master Raghunath played supporting role.^[1]

Cast

• T. M. Soundararajan as Arunagirinathar
• M. R. Radha as Samanthandam
• B. S. Saroja as Aadhi Lakshmi
• Sharadha as Gnana Valli
• C. Lakshmi Rajyam as Maragatham
• R. S. Manohar as Tamil Pandit
• Master Raghunath as Lord Murugan
• Angamuthu as Maragatham's Mother
• N. S. Kolappan as Annamalai

Crew

• Director = T. R. Ramanna
• Writer = Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy
• Music = G. Ramanathan and T. R. Papa
• Art = Selvaraj
• Stills = Nagai Peter Johns
• Processing = S. Ranganathan (Vijaya Lab)
• Audiography(song) = Jeeve , T. S. Rangasamy and J. J. Manikkam
• Audiography(dialog) = C. V. Ramanan
• Audiography Supervisor = V. Sivaram
• Choreography = Muthusamy , B. S. Moorthy, Ramasamy and Thangaraj
• Settings = K. Srinivasan and T. Neelakantan
• Studio = Vijaya - Vahini and Venus - Syamala.^[1]

Reception

The familiar tale of Arunagirinathar had been made into a film twice in 1937 and was produced for the third time in 1964 after nearly decades by noted T. R. Ramanna for Baba Art Productions.Sharadha , the multilingual actress played his wife and M. R. Radha and R. S. Manohar played two egoistic persons who face defeat at the hands of the saint. C. Lakshmi Rajyam a dancer played at the vamp. The brilliant music and particular the hymn Muthai Tharu.^[1]

Soundtrack

Music Composed by G. Ramanathan and T. R. Papa. Lyrics written by T. K. Krishnasamy.^[2]. Randor Guy stated The hindu The first offering begins with Muthai Tharu this hymn with tongue - twisting lyrics in Tamil is difficult events read at leisure and T. M. Soundararajan created history by recording it in a single take! composed in raaga Shanmugapriya.

T. M. S recalls that the tune was composed by T. R. Papa and before the recording he called on the religious servant Kirupanandha Variyar who translated every word of the song and T. M. S had rehearsals for an entire day before he recorded it. An amazing performance indeeded ,not surprisingly the song is one of the immortal melodies of tamil cinema.^[1]

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