Ambikapathy (1957)
அம்பிகாபதி
- Date of release
- 1957-12-31
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 3h 7m
- Genres
- History
- Director
- P. Neelakantan
Casting
- Sivaji Ganesan — Ambikapathy
- Anjali Devi
- M. K. Radha — Kambar
- Rajasulochana — Kannamma
- Chittoor V. Nagayya — Kulothunga Chola I
- M. N. Nambiar — Ottakoothar
- N. S. Krishnan — Kalaivanar Arjunan
- T. A. Madhuram — Alli
- K. A. Thangavelu — Prince Kulesekharan
- A. Karunanidhi — Vengayam
- K. D. Santhanam — Sadayappa Vallal
- Bhanumathi — Amaravathi
Interesting facts
Ambikapathy is a 1957 Indian Tamil language film directed by P. Neelakantan, starring Sivaji Ganesan and P. Bhanumathi. The film, primarily in black-and-white, had sequences in Gevacolor. It was released on 22 October 1957.
Production
The story of Ambikapathy was first adapted into a 1937 film directed by Ellis R. Dungan. In 1957, A. L. Srinivasan decided to remake the story with P. Neelakantan as the director. He initially requested M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar to play the role of Kambar but he refused, having played the role of Ambikapathi in the 1937 film. M. K. Radha was later cast as Kambar. This was N. S.
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