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188:147 minutes
102:Jyothirmayi
72:Produced by
52:Directed by
1330:2007 films
1324:Categories
1136:Suyamvaram
1072:Amaravathi
915:IndiaGlitz
792:Rediff.com
783:"Music of
736:30 October
704:30 October
674:References
654:IndiaGlitz
611:Kannadasan
599:Pa. Vijay
585:Pa. Vijay
574:Pa. Vijay
508:Soundtrack
479:Bala Singh
461:Raj Kapoor
449:Livingston
226:-language
172:2007-04-20
145:Production
1192:Manikanda
1128:Rojavanam
979:The Hindu
666:The Hindu
567:Jayadev,
558:Pa. Vijay
529:Artist(s)
494:Tejashree
455:Mayilsamy
409:as Anjali
1088:Pudhayal
889:Archived
865:16 April
833:14 April
827:Archived
797:Archived
596:, Megha
547:, Maya,
518:D. Imman
419:Malavika
331:May 2021
265:Malavika
201:Language
138:D. Imman
122:Music by
98:Malavika
82:Starring
62:Story by
1104:Pooveli
532:Lyrics
500:Sridhar
437:Lakshmi
413:Namitha
321:Please
314:may be
277:Kannada
261:Namitha
240:Marathi
217:transl.
193:Country
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147:company
94:Namitha
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1227:(2012)
1224:Naanga
1219:(2009)
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1195:(2007)
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1171:(2005)
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1096:Sishya
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895:16 May
766:16 May
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253:Jeevan
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1168:Aanai
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990:2 May
954:1 May
947:Kalki
659:Kalki
594:Krish
549:Megha
407:Sneha
257:Sneha
242:play
232:Selva
224:Tamil
204:Tamil
196:India
134:Score
126:Songs
90:Sneha
56:Selva
1160:Jore
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927:2021
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867:2018
854:Sify
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394:Cast
295:Plot
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