Athisaya Thirudan

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. Nagaiah in supporting roles.[1]

Athisaya Thirudan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Pullaiah
Written byThanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Produced byS. Bhavanarayanan
D. B. Narayanan
StarringGemini Ganesan
Savitri
CinematographyAnnaiah
Edited byN. S. Prakasam
R. V. Rajan
Music byS. Dakshinamurthi
K. Prasad Rao
Production
company
Sahini Art Productions
Release date
  • 12 December 1958 (1958-12-12)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The story is about a crafty thief (Gemini Ganesan) and a wicked Minister Neelakalakantam (T. S. Balaiah) out to rob the state's finances and is also after many women, one of them Gowri (Savitri), who is in love with thief character, she takes him to a Saint (Chittoor V. Nagaiah) to give up his thieving ways. The plans works. However, in order to expose the Minister, he is forced to break his promise. While trying to open the palace's jewel safe that contains four rare diamonds, he meets an old one-eyed beggar (K. A. Thangavelu, who is actually the King in disguise). The villain finally gets exposed, with the lovers uniting, with the blessing of the King.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. Dakshinamurthi and K. Prasad Rao. Lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.[3] The song about Muruga, "Muruga Endrathum Urugaadhaa Manam", became popular.[1]

No.SongsSingersLyricsLength(m:ss)
1"Vaarunga Ammaa Maarey"JikkiThanjai N. Ramaiah Dass02:51
2"Muruga Endrathum Urugaadhaa Manam"T. M. Soundararajan03:40
3"Ye Ammaadi Ye Ayyaadi"T. M. Soundararajan03:42
4"Yaarenna Inimel Ketkadhey"K. Jamuna Rani02:39
5"Kola Kolaiyaa Mundhirikkaa"S. C. Krishnan03:24
6"Ella Vilakkum Vilakkalla"Seerkazhi Govindarajan0:46
7"Velli Nilaave Oh Velli Nilaave"P.Suseela03:23
8K. Jamuna Rani & S. Janaki03:55
9P. Suseela03:46
10P. Suseela03:08

Sivasubramanian

References
  1. Guy, Randor (18 June 2016). "Athisaya Thirudan (1958)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1959/jan/04-01-1959/p39.jpg
  3. "Athisaya Thirudan". Gaana. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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