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{{Infobox single |
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name = Ambikapathy| |
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director = [[Ellis R. Dungan]]| |
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starring = [[M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar]]<br /> M. S. Santhanalakshmi<br /> Serugulathur Sama<br /> T. S. Baliah<br /> [[N. S. Krishnan]]<br /> T. A. Madhuram<br/> P. G. Venkatesan | |
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| Format = [[CD single]], [[DVD single]] |
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music = [[Papanasam Sivan]] | |
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cinematography = | |
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| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] |
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editing = | |
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| Length = 3:49 |
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released = [[1937 in film|1937]]| |
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runtime = | |
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| Writer = [[Jörgen Elofsson]], [[John Reid]] |
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language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | |
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| Producer = Stephen Ferrera, [[Steve Mac]] |
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imdb_id = 0214470 |
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| Certification = [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum]] |
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{{Extra album cover |
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| Upper caption = Alternative cover |
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| Background = khaki |
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| Cover = KC-AMomentLikeThis BeforeYourLove.jpg |
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| Lower caption = Video Single |
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}} |
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| Last single = |
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| This single = "[[Before Your Love]]"/"A Moment Like This"<br />(2002) |
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| Next single = "[[Miss Independent]]"<br />(2003) |
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'''Ambikapathy''' was a 1937 Tamil-language film directed by American film director [[Ellis R. Dungan]]. It starred [[M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar]], M. S. Santhanalakshmi, Serugulathur Sama, T. S. Baliah, [[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 (1937 film)|Chintamani]]'' were the greatest hits of 1937 and firmly established M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as the first superstar of Tamil cinema. |
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"'''A Moment Like This'''" is a song by [[United States|American]] singer [[Kelly Clarkson]], released from her multi-platinum debut album, ''[[Thankful (Kelly Clarkson album)|Thankful]]''. It has been covered by [[Leona Lewis]], the third winner of the [[United Kingdom|British]] television programme ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''. |
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== Pre-Production == |
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The song was co-written by [[Jörgen Elofsson]] and John Reid (of dance act [[Nightcrawlers (band)|Nightcrawlers]]) and produced by Stephen Ferrera and [[Steve Mac]]. It was written to be the first single for the winner of the first season of ''[[American Idol]]''. As a result, the four remaining finalists, Kelly Clarkson, [[Justin Guarini]], [[Nikki McKibbin]], and [[Tamyra Gray]] each recorded a version of the song in case they won. The song was first revealed to the public when Guarini and Clarkson competed in a final showdown while singing this song, along with another track, "Before Your Love". After the American public had voted, Guarini performed the song (and Clarkson performed "Before Your Love") at the final show before the results were revealed. When Clarkson was announced as the winner, she became emotional, and sang the song as her final performance. |
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Initially, the producers wanted [[Y. V. Rao]] to direct the film. But reeling under the success of ''Chintamani'', Rao demanded an incredibly high amount of money as payment which the producers could not offer. Hence, they hired upcoming American film director [[Ellis R. Dungan]] instead, to direct the film. Ellis R. Dungan, on hearing the story, immediately agreed to direct the film. |
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"Before Your Love", was also given to radio and had a video shot, which debuted on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Total Request Live|TRL]]'' before "A Moment like This" did; however, it failed to achieve the level of success of "A Moment like This". The single, to date, has sold approximately 1,000,200 copies. |
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The song is also used in television commercials for [[Sandals Resorts]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[United States]]. |
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==Music video== |
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The [[music video]] for "A Moment like This" is relatively simple, and has Clarkson exploring an abandoned theatre. She can be seen taking the stage to sing, and clips of her singing on ''American Idol'' and getting emotional when she won are also shown. |
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==Track listing== |
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#Before Your Love |
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#A Moment Like This |
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==Chart performance== |
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As the first single ever from ''American Idol'', much pressure was put on "A Moment Like This" to perform well. The debut single from [[Will Young]], the winner of Britain's ''[[Pop Idol]]'' (the forerunner to ''American Idol''), sold 1.2 million copies in its first week, becoming the fastest-selling British debut single of all time; however, critics argued that the American singles market was different from the British market. The single became a hit in the U.S., reaching number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for two weeks. Sales of the commercial single also helped the song (as evidenced by its number-one peak on the [[Hot 100 Singles Sales]]) break records. With the release of the single, the song broke [[The Beatles]]' record for the biggest leap ever to number one, from 52, in the history of the Hot 100 Chart, a record that would stand for five years, until [[Maroon 5]]'s "[[Makes Me Wonder]]" jumped from 64 to 1 in May 2007. |
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!align="left"|Chart (2002) |
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|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]] |
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|align="left"|World Chart Show |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Tracks]] |
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|align="center"|8 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top 40 Mainstream]] |
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|align="center"|4 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks]] |
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|align="center"|27 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]] |
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|align="center"|4 |
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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Singles|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] |
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|align="center"|58 |
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|align="left"|United World Chart |
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|align="center"|23 |
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==Leona Lewis version== |
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{{Infobox Single |
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| Name = A Moment Like This |
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| Cover = A Moment Like This (Leona).jpg |
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| Artist = [[Leona Lewis]] |
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| from Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]] (UK Edition) |
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| B-side = "[[Summertime (song)|Summertime]]"<br />"[[Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word]]" |
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| Released = {{Start date|2006|12|17}} |
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| Format = [[CD single]], [[digital download]] |
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| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] |
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| Length = 4:17 |
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| Label = Syco Music, [[Sony BMG]] |
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| Writer = |
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| Producer = [[Steve Mac]] |
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| Certification = Platinum <small>(UK)</small> |
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| This single ="'''A Moment Like This'''"<br />(2006) |
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| Next single ="[[Bleeding Love]]"<br />(2007) |
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| Misc= {{Extra chronology |
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| Artist = Leona Lewis |
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| Type = unofficial singles |
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| This single = "'''A Moment Like This'''"<br />(2006) |
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| Next single = "[[It's All for You]]"<br />(2006) |
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}} |
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{{Extra track listing |
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| Album = [[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]] |
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| Type = studio |
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| prev_track = "Footprints in the Sand" |
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| prev_no = 13 |
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| this_track = "'''A Moment Like This'''" |
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| track_no = 14 |
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{{Audiosample |
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| Upper caption = Audio sample |
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| Audio file= A Moment like This (Leona).ogg |
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In December 2006, the song was recorded by [[Leona Lewis]], the winner of [[The X Factor (UK series 3)|series 3]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''. The single was rush-released on Wednesday, December 20, 2006. This is unusual as most new singles are released on a Monday to gain maximum sales for the [[UK Singles Chart]] the following Sunday. The late release of "A Moment Like This" was due to the fact that Lewis was only chosen as the artist on the night of Saturday, December 16, when the live final was transmitted. The song was available for download after she was announced winner of ''The X Factor''. |
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In January 2007, "A Moment Like This" was shortlisted for the British Single award at the [[2007 BRIT Awards]]. It made it to the second round but was eliminated and did not make it to the final selection. In May it was awarded the prestigious [[Ivor Novello]] Award for Best Selling British Single. |
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===Track listing=== |
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# "A Moment Like This" |
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# "[[Summertime (song)|Summertime]]" |
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# "[[Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word]]" |
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===Music video=== |
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The music video, like Clarkson's, is very simple, with Lewis singing the song on a stage. It also features several clips from Lewis's time in ''The X Factor'', from her first audition to the moment she was announced the winner. [[Simon Cowell]], [[Sharon Osbourne]],[[Louis Walsh]],[[Kate Thornton]] and [[Raymond Quinn]] all feature within the clips. |
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===Sales=== |
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One million copies of the winner's single were pre-ordered by stores, although at the time, the winner of the show had not been announced and it was unknown who would be releasing the single. |
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"A Moment like This" was downloaded 50,000 times within 30 minutes of being available online,<ref name="Sun1">{{cite news |
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| title = Leona breaks world record |
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| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,11050-2006580374,00.html |
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| publisher = [[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]] |
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| date = December 17, 2006 |
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| accessdate = 2006-12-17 |
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}}</ref> making it the fastest selling download to date, and the biggest selling download in one week. The single sold a total of 571,253 copies in its first week, outselling the rest of the Top 40 combined and making it the fastest selling single in the UK by a female artist, beating "[[…Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]" by [[Britney Spears]].<ref>{{cite news |
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| title = The Razz: Bigger than Britney |
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| url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=the-razz--bigger-than-britney-&method=full&objectid=18350621&siteid=66633-name_page.html |
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| publisher = [[The Daily Record]] |
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| date = December 30, 2006 |
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| accessdate = 2006-12-31 |
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The single ended the year as the UK's second best selling single of the year, beaten only by [[Gnarls Barkley]]'s "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]".<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40_2006.shtml Top 40 Singles of 2006], from BBC Radio 1 website </ref> However, it was the most downloaded song in 2006. |
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In January 2007, the single was awarded [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] status by the [[British Phonographic Industry]].<ref>{{cite web|title=LEWIS LEONA , A MOMENT LIKE THIS , Platinum , Fri Jan 5 2007|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32826|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|date=January 5, 2007|accessdate=2007-10-29}}</ref> |
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As of November 2007, Lewis's version of the song has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the UK. |
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===Release history=== |
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===Chart performance=== |
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The single got the [[iTunes]] UK number-one spot on the day of release, beating [[Take That]] who had been at the top spot for two weeks. On December 24, 2006 it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, making it the coveted Christmas number one, and stayed at number one for four weeks. It also spent six weeks at the top of the [[Irish Singles Chart]]. It re-entered the UK Top 75 on October 28, 2007 at number 55, when Lewis's second single "[[Bleeding Love]]" was released. |
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==Other versions== |
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There is a cover version of "A Moment Like This" by [[Dutch people|Dutch]] singer [[Glennis Grace]], a [[Swedish language|Swedish]] version called "Ett kort Ögonblick" released by Swedish duo [[Fame (duo)|Fame]], and a cover version by [[Sandra Oxenryd]]. All three have performed in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005|2005]] , [[Eurovision Song Contest 2003|2003]] and [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006|2006]] respectively. Another version of "A Moment like This" is featured in the ''[[Drawn Together]]'' episode "[[A Tale of Two Cows]]", where [[Toot Braunstein]] sings a shrill, off-key version while having sex with [[Xandir]]. [[Kidz Bop|Kidz Bop Kids]] covered "A Moment like This" on their album ''Kidz Bop 3''. The song was also covered by ''Idol Sweden'' 2005 finalist Cindy Lamreus on the ''Idol'' compilation, ''My Own Idol''. |
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Most recently, on [[October 1]], [[2008]], the top ten finalists of ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' season three performed the song together live on the season's finale episode. |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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| before = "[[Dilemma (song)|Dilemma]]" by [[Nelly]] featuring [[Kelly Rowland]] |
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| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number-one single (Clarkson version)]] |
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| years = October 5, 2002 – October 12, 2002 |
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| after = "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
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{{Succession box two to one |
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| before1 = "[[Smack That]]" by [[Akon]] featuring [[Eminem]] |
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| title1 = [[Irish Singles Chart|Ireland]] [[List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart|number-one single (Lewis version)]] |
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| years1 = December 21, 2006 – January 25, 2007 |
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| after = "[[Grace Kelly (song)|Grace Kelly]]" by [[Mika (singer)|Mika]] |
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| before2 = "[[Patience (Take That song)|Patience]]" by [[Take That]] |
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| title2 = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles (UK)|number-one single (Lewis version)]] |
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| years2 = December 24, 2006 – January 14, 2007 |
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== Production == |
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The film highlighted the Romeo-Juliet type romance between Bhagavathar and Santhanalakshmi and was a roaring success. Ellis R. Dungan introduced some daringly intimate romantic scenes in the movie which were tabooed by the conservative Indian society at that time. |
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{{American Idol}} |
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The film introduced script writer Elangovan in the Tamil film industry. Famous Tamil comedian [[N. S. Krishnan]] also debuted in ''Ambikapathy''. |
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Revision as of 06:04, 13 October 2008
| Ambikapathy | |
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| Directed by | Ellis R. Dungan |
| Starring | M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar M. S. Santhanalakshmi Serugulathur Sama T. S. Baliah N. S. Krishnan T. A. Madhuram P. G. Venkatesan |
| Music by | Papanasam Sivan |
Release date | 1937 |
| Language | Tamil |
Ambikapathy was a 1937 Tamil-language film directed by American film director Ellis R. Dungan. It starred M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, M. S. Santhanalakshmi, Serugulathur Sama, T. S. Baliah, 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 firmly established M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar as the first superstar of Tamil cinema.
Pre-Production
Initially, the producers wanted Y. V. Rao to direct the film. But reeling under the success of Chintamani, Rao demanded an incredibly high amount of money as payment which the producers could not offer. Hence, they hired upcoming American film director Ellis R. Dungan instead, to direct the film. Ellis R. Dungan, on hearing the story, immediately agreed to direct the film.
Production
The film highlighted the Romeo-Juliet type romance between Bhagavathar and Santhanalakshmi and was a roaring success. Ellis R. Dungan introduced some daringly intimate romantic scenes in the movie which were tabooed by the conservative Indian society at that time.
The film introduced script writer Elangovan in the Tamil film industry. Famous Tamil comedian N. S. Krishnan also debuted in Ambikapathy.