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Ambikapathy is a film of genre Historical with Sivaji Ganesan

Ambikapathy (1957)

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Length 2h29
Genres Historical
Rating62% 3.112113.112113.112113.112113.11211

Ambikapathy (also spelled as Ambikapathi; Tamil: அம்பிகாபதி) is a Tamil film starring Sivaji Ganesan and P. Bhanumathi as the main cast. The film was released in the year 1957.

Synopsis

This story, passed on through centuries through traditional verse and folklore, dates back to the early 12th century during the reign of Kulothunga Chola I. The movie version of the story is this: Kambar, the kavichakravarthi whose name in enshrined forever as the author of Ramavatharam, the Tamil version of Ramayana, is a poet in Kulothunga’s court in Urayur. Despite his erudite scholarship, deep learning of Sanskrit and Tamil and extraordinary poetic skills, Kamban remains a humble, unassuming, deeply pious man, and a loyal subject of the King. All this earns Kamban a special place in the heart of Kulothunga who treats him with utmost deference and affection. Ottakoothar is another great poet in the King’s court, and Kamban’s ascent in the firmament and the King’s unabashed admiration for Kamban’s poetry has Ottakoothar simmering in jealousy.

Actors

Sivaji Ganesan

(Ambikapathy)Bhanumati Ramakrishna

(Amaravathi)Anjali Devi
Chittor V. Nagaiah

(King Kulothunga Chola I)M. N. Nambiar

(Ottakoothar)
And :
Rajasulochana
'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
Thangavelu
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