Middle-earth in film also became the most-nominated in the Academy's history, surpassing the "Godfather" series' 28 (with the release of "The Hobbit", the series currently has 36 nominations total). Its 11 Oscars at the 2004 Academy Awards tied it for most awards won for one film with "Titanic" six years earlier and the 1959 version of "Ben-Hur." It also broke the previous "sweep" record, beating "Gigi" and "The Last Emperor" (which each took 9 out of 9). "The Return of the King" also made movie history as the highest-grossing film opening on a Wednesday and was the second film after "Titanic" to earn
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.