Ambikapathy
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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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M. R. Santhanalakshmi
Amaravati
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Araichimani
P. B. Ranagachari
Kulothunga Cholan
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Araichimani
Haridas
N. S. Krishnan
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Chandralekha
Nallathambi
P. G. Venkatesan
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Kalidas
Raja Mukthi
P. R. Mangalam
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Madurai Veeran
Anaadhai Penn
S. S. Rajamani
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Thiruneelakantar
Chintamani
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
Ambikapathy
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Haridas
Thiruneelakantar
Serugalathur Sama
Kambar
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Nandanar
Pattinathar
T. A. Madhuram
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Chandralekha
Mudhal Thedhi
T. P. S. Mani
Ottakoothar
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Sakuntalai
Ellis R. Dungan Director · T. P. S. Mani Screenplay Krishna Gopal Cinematographer
First release December 11, 1937 · Produced in India · Original title அம்பிகாபதி
Production
Salem Shankar Films
Production
India
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Original title
அம்பிகாபதி
Original language
Tamil
Spoken on screen
Tamil
Release dates
India · December 11, 1937
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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