Ambikapathy (1937)

Original title

அம்பிகாபதி

Directed by

Ellis R. Dungan

Genre

romance film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

3h 30m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young poet falls in love with a royal woman in medieval Tamil Nadu. Their romance faces obstacles from court politics and family duty.

romanticmusicalhistoricalmelodramaticsoaringdatedsentimental

What happens

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 (also starring Bhagavathar) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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