Top 12 Tamil Devotional Movies To Watch During Shivaratri Festival
Top 12 Tamil Devotional Movies To Watch During Shivaratri Festival: Maha Shivaratri is one of the major Hindu festival celebrated annually in honor of Lord Shiva. It is believed that Shiva performs the heavenly dance [Shiva Thandavam] on this night.
This festival also marks a remembrance of ‘overcoming darkness and ignorance’ in life and the world. During Maha Shivaratri people will visit Shiva temples and they observe various rituals, prayers, fasting, chanting, meditating, waking up all-night [Jagarane/Jaagaran] etc..
This year Maha Shivaratri 2021 will be celebrated on 11th March, Thursday. Lot of movies has been made in India in different languages about Lord Shiva and his divine deeds. On the account of Shivaratri Festival, We have made an attempt to list out Top 12 Tamil Devotional Movies To Watch During Shivaratri Festival. Lets check out the list..
Top 12 Tamil Devotional Movies To Watch During Shivaratri Festival
1. Markandeya [1935]
Directed by: K. Ramnoth, Murugadasa
Produced by: Vel Pictures
Written by: N/A
Music by: N/A
Cinematography: K. Ramnoth
Cast: V. N. Sundaram, Rajapalayam Kuzhandaivelu Bhagavathar, K. B. Srinivasan
2. Pattinathar [1936]
Directed by: T. C. Vadivelu Nayakar
Written by: T. C. Vadivelu Nayakar
Produced by: Vel Pictures
Music by: Gopal Sharma
Cinematography: K. Ramnoth
Cast: M. M. Dandapani Desikar, V. N. Sundaram, D. R. Muthulakshmi, T. K. Rukmini
3. Manickavasagar [1939]
Directed by: T. R. Sundaram
Written by: Mayavaram K. Thiyagaraja Desikar
Produced by: Salem Krishna Films
Music by: N/A
Cinematography: P. V. Krishna Iyer
Cast: M. M. Dandapani Desikar, M. S. Devasena, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram
4. Thiruneelakantar [1939]
Directed by: Raja Sandow
Screenplay by: Elangovan
Produced by: Trichy Thyagaraj Films Ltd
Music by: Papanasam Sivan
Cinematography: Jitan Banerji
Cast: M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram
5. Nandanar [1942]
Directed by: Murugadasa
Written by: Ki. Ra. [K. Ramachandran]
Produced by: Gemini Studios
Music by: M. D. Parthasarathy, Rajeswara Rao
Cinematography: Sailen Bose, B. S. Ranga
Cast: M. M. Dandapani Desikar, Serukalathur Sama, Sundari Bai
6. Pattinathar [1962]
Directed by: K. Somu
Written by: Thanjai Ramaiah Doss, Akilan
Produced by: J. R. Productions
Music by: G. Ramanathan
Cinematography: R. Chitti Babu
Cast: T. M. Soundararajan, M. R. Radha, S. D. Subbulakshmi
7. Thiruvilaiyadal [1965]
Directed by: A. P. Nagarajan
Written by: A. P. Nagarajan
Produced by: Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures
Music by: K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography: K. S. Prasad
Cast: Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, K. B. Sundarambal, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh
8. Thiruvarutchelvar [1967]
Directed by: A. P. Nagarajan
Written by: A. P. Nagarajan
Produced by: Sri Vijayalakshmi Pictures
Music by: K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography: K. S. Prasad
Cast: Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, Savitri, Padmini
9. Thiruneelakandar [1972]
Directed by: C. P. Jambulingam
Written by: Kannadasan, Panju Arunachalam
Produced by: Vahini – Vasu
Music by: C. N. Pandurangan
Cinematography: T. K. Venkat, T. R. Raghunath, B. Nanchappan
Cast: T. R. Mahalingam, Sowcar Janaki, R. S. Manohar, M. Bhanumathi
10. Karaikkal Ammaiyar [1973]
Directed by: A. P. Nagarajan
Written by: A. P. Nagarajan
Produced by: E. V. R. Films
Music by: Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Cinematography: W. R. Subbah Rao
Cast: Lakshmi, K. B. Sundarambal, R. Muthuraman, Sivakumar, Srividya
11. Rudhra Thaandavam [1978]
Directed by: K. Vijayan
Story by: A. Veerappan
Produced by: AVM, Prasad Studios, Murugan Movietone
Music by: M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography: G. Or. Nathan
Cast: V. K. Ramasamy, Nagesh, Sumitha, Radha Ravi, Vijayakumar
12. Gnana Kuzhandhai [1979]
Directed by: K. Kameshwara Rao
Written by: Era. Pazhanisamy
Produced by: AVM, Prasad Studios, Murugan Movietone
Music by: K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography: M. Pasubathi, A. Varadha Rajan
Cast: Gemini Ganesan, Baby Sudha, Venniradai Nirmala, S. V. Subbaiah