Ambikapathy (1937)
3h 30m
Running Time
December 11, 1937Release Date
Plot.
The film is based on a story set in the Chola Empire in year 1083 AD. The titular character in the story is Ambikapathy (M K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar), the son of the Tamil poet Kambar (Serugulathur Sama) who is in love with the Chola princess and daughter of Kulothunga Chola, Amaravati (played by M. R. Santhanalakshmi). The king objects to their love and insists on testing Ambikapathy's literary mettle before judging his worth. The test given to Ambikapathi is that he should write and sing a hundred poems in the field of Puram (dealing with war and politics). The poems should not have any reference to the field of Aram (dealing of love and romance). Ambikapathi begins the test in the King's court with a Kadavul Vaazhthu (invocation to God). Amaravathi who is keeping the count, mistakes the invocation as a poem and counts it as poem number one.
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Cast & Crew.
M. R. Santhanalakshmi
Amaravati
P. B. Ranagachari
Kulothunga Cholan
N. S. Krishnan
P. G. Venkatesan
T. S. Balaiah
Rudrasenan
P. R. Mangalam
S. S. Rajamani
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Ambikapathy
Serugalathur Sama
Kambar
T. A. Madhuram
T. R. S. Mani
Screenplay
K. C. Dey
Music
Krishna Gopal
Cinematography
Papanasam Sivan
Music / Songs
Ellis R. Dungan
Editor / Director
Krishna Chandra Dey
Composer
Elangovan
Dialogue
Bal Brigae Dhrona
Cinematography
Details.
Release DateDecember 11, 1937
Original Nameஅம்பிகாபதி
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 30m
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Wiki.
Ambikapathy (also spelled as Ambikapathi) is a 1937 Indian Tamil musical period film directed by American film director Ellis R. Dungan. It starred M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. R. Santhanalakshmi, Serugulathur Sama, T. S. Balaiya, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Madhuram and P. G. Venkatesan. Ambikapathy is regarded as one of the greatest hits of pre-independence Tamil cinema. Ambikapathy, along with Chintamani were the greatest hits of 1937 and made critics regard Bhagavathar as the "first superstar of Tamil cinema". This was the first Tamil film to name a music director in its credits.