| Thiruvilayadal | |
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Sivaji Ganesan singing Pattum Naane Bhavamum Naane |
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| Directed by | A.P. Nagarajan |
| Starring | Sivaji Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, Savitri, Nagesh, Manorama, T. S. Balaiah T. S. Balaiah |
| Music by | K.V. Mahadevan |
| Release date(s) | 1965 |
| Running time | 154 mins |
| Language | Tamil |
Thiruvilayadal (Tamil: திருவிளையாடல்) (English: The Divine Sport) is a 1965 Tamil feature film directed by A.P. Nagarajan. The cast included Sivaji Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, Savitri, Nagesh, Manorama, K. B. Sundarambal, T. R. Mahalingam and T. S. Balaiah. The film is based on the Thiruvilayadal Puranam, a Saivite devotional epic.
Thiruvilayadal covers three stories in the Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam which is originally composed of 64 stories. The plot revolves around the "divine sport" of Lord Shiva (played by Sivaji Ganesan) who has the habit of confounding his devotees in order to test their devotion.An enraged lord muruga flees from kailash and stands as a beggar at the peak of the palani hills. Goddess Parvati comes and narrates the thiruvilayadalgal of Lord Shiva to her son Lord Muruga.
She narrates the story of when the Lord opened his third eye, an episode where Lord comes to the city of Madurai of the Pandya Kingdom in the form of a poet, enters the court of the King Shenbaga Pandian (actor Muthuraman), and makes an ego - filled poet of the Durbar, Great Tamil Poet Nakeeran (AP Nagarajan), realise himself. In the process, he helps an ardent devotee, Poet Dharumi (Nagesh) become rich. She also narrates in another episode that the Lord marries tatchayini(parvatahi) against the will of thatchayini's father tatchan.tatchan also perfomes a mahayagna without inviting shiva in the respect of son-in-law and also as a god.Shiva does not go to the yagna,but parvathi disobeys her and goes there,only to be insulted by tatchan.parvathi curses him and returns.Shiva refuses to live with her and a battle goes on.Shiva wins,burns tatchayni to ashes and performs his Mahathandava dance to reduce his fury.Then he gives life to parvathi and orders her(Goddess Parvathi) to be born as a fisher-princess due to a misunderstanding and then he himself takes the form of a fisherman and marries her. She recites another time when the Lord took the form of a woodcutter and seller and taught a lesson to the great singer, Hemanatha Bhagavathar (Balaiah), that Pride even with the Greatest Talent is no good. The film is considered an epic and even after many years is still a blockbuster. It has and is still having many reruns in top theaters. The roles of Muthuraman, Nagesh and Balaiah, though short, are portrayed aptly with vigor and expertise.
Some of the songs featured in this movie are:
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