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Sivakavi released

· Coimbatore

Sivakavi, a Pakshiraja Films production made at Central Studios in Coimbatore with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, reached cinemas.

Begun by P. K. Raja Sandow, the Tamil film Sivakavi was finished by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar played the lead, supported by S. Jayalakshmi, N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram, and Elangovan wrote the screenplay. Filmed at Central Studios, Coimbatore, it opened on 10 April 1943. The picture was among Bhagavathar's big hits before he was arrested in 1944 in the Lakshmikanthan murder case.

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