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title: 'Agathiyar (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'A. P. Nagarajan'
released: '1972-06-01'
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/agathiyar-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246414/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Agathiyar (1972)

1972 · Music · India

Original title: அகத்தியர்

## Synopsis

Agathiyar is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film written, directed, and produced by A. P. Nagarajan. The soundtrack was composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. The film stars Sirkazhi Govindarajan playing the main character, T. R. Mahalingam, A. V. M. Rajan, Kumari Padmini, R. S. Manohar, Suruli Rajan, Manorama and Sridevi were in supporting roles. This film ran for 100 days and won widespread appreciation. The film was dubbed into Hindi under the title Maharish in 1986.

## Credits

- **Director:** [A. P. Nagarajan](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-p-nagarajan)
- **Screenplay:** [A. P. Nagarajan](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-p-nagarajan)
- **Producer:** [A. P. Nagarajan](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-p-nagarajan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kunnakudi-vaidyanathan)

## Cast

- [Sirkazhi Govindarajan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sirkazhi-govindarajan)

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