Navagraha Nayagi

Navagraha Nayagi (transl. Goddess of nine planets) is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language devotional film, directed by K. Shankar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Nalini, K. R. Vijaya and Srividya. It was released on 7 March 1985.^[1]

Navagraha Nayagi
DVD cover
Directed by	K. Shankar
Written by	Vietnam Veedu Sundaram (dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. Shankar
Story by	K. Arivanandham
Produced by	L. N. Nachiappan L. N. Chidambaram V. Rangasamy
Starring	Vijayakanth Nalini K. R. Vijaya Srividya
Cinematography	M. C. Sekar
Edited by	K. Shankar V. Jayapal
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Visakam Arts
Release date	7 March 1985 (1985-03-07)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Vijayakanth as Narayana
• Nalini
• K. R. Vijaya as Adhiparashakthi, Parvati
• Srividya as Draupadi
• V. S. Raghavan
• Heran Ramaswamy as Shani
• Major Sundarrajan as Guru Brihaspati
• Cho Ramaswamy as Narathar
• Anuradha
• Sivachandran
• Idichapuli Selvaraj
• V. Gopalakrishnan
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy
• Bindu Ghosh
• Pandiyan as Mahendra Boopathi (Mayandi)
• Suresh
• Sasikala
• Viji
• Srikanth
• Delhi Ganesh
• Kamala Kamesh
• Kirupanandha Variyar as the narrator
• R. S. Manohar as Rahu

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Thennikkal"	Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram, Vani Jairam
2.	"Kaatrukku Paattu"	Vani Jairam
3.	"Ulagathukku"	B. S. Sasirekha, T. M. Soundararajan
4.	"Navagraha Nayagi"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan
5.	"Vaaranam Aayiram"	Vani Jairam
6.	"Santhana Kudamondru"	Vani Jairam, Rajkumar Bharathi

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki felt director could have pruned the length to avoid the pace lagging.^[3]