West Side Story (film) Wise's dazzling direction, Leonard Bernstein's score, and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics, "West Side Story" remains perhaps the most iconic of all the Shakespeare adaptations to visit the big screen." The film earned $19,645,000 in North American rentals. Because of profit participation, United Artists earned a profit of $2.5 million on the film. Its ten Academy Awards make it the musical film with the most Academy wins, including Best Picture. Three other films ("Ben-Hur", "Titanic" and "") won 11 Oscars, but they were not musical films. Awards American Film Institute lists: The film's cast appeared and was honored at the 50th anniversary
Sumangali (1959 film) by "Natanam" Nataraj, Sampath and Chinnilal. S. S. Radhakrishnan of Bharath Studio did the still photography. Stunt master was K. Kundumani. The film was shot at Vijaya, Narasu and Newtone studios. Processing was done at Vijaya Laboratories. Music was composed by M. Ranga Rao while the lyrics were penned by "En Thangai" Natarajan. Playback singers are Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Ramachandran, S. C. Krishnan, P. B. Srinivas, Shanmugasundaram, K. Rani, P. Susheela, A. G. Rathnamala, R. Balasaraswathi, P. Leela, Mohana, K. Jamuna Rani, Nirmala and T. V. Rathinam. Sumangali (1959 film) Sumangali is a 1959 Indian Tamil language film directed by M.