Singeetham Srinivasa Rao to direct 'Thyagaiah'

Adding to the current trend of devotional movies'€¦, the biography of Saint Poet Thyagaraja has been chosen once again to adorn the silver screen.

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao who directed the musical hit movies like Abhinandana and Neerajanam to Telugu Cinema, will direct the film. Earlier, this biography was directed by Chittor V.Nagaiah in 1946, with himself in the title role, and then by Venkata Ramana Mullapoodi & Bapu in 1981, with JV Somayajulu in the title role.

J.K.Bharavi, who contributed the scripts for movies like Annamaiah, Sri Rama Dasu and Pandurangadu, will be the writer for this flick.

Ilayaraja is the music director. Ashok Kumar wields the camera and the producer of the film is Ramana Murthy.

The Cast is yet to be announced and the movie will start shooting from September.