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Boopathi's hall-ticket at the crime scene and they blamed him for killing Kaali's younger brother. Guru Moorthi was immediately arrested. Later, Kaali's elder brother Vijay killed Guru Moorthi's entire family and his lover Priya. Guru Moorthi was sent in jail for seven years and Kaali fled to
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523:"Ding Dong"
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321:Easwari Rao
303:Prakash Raj
241:Easwari Rao
221:Prakash Raj
217:Manoj Kumar
173:150 minutes
116:P. Mohanraj
108:C. Dhanapal
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74:N. J. Mothy
72:Manoj Kumar
69:Produced by
45:Manoj Kumar
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1232:1998 films
1226:Categories
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1161:Raja Pandi
674:1 February
614:References
514:Arivumathi
490:"Ek Ladka"
423:Soundtrack
407:Production
381:Singamuthu
377:as Vignesh
342:Manivannan
237:Manivannan
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157:1998-11-14
139:Guru Films
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