174:. The film is about the struggles faced by Ayyappan Nair after purchasing an elephant named Sreevidya from a North Indian circus company that only knows Hindi. It was one of the many films in which Innocent and K.P.A.C Lalitha play an on-screen couple. The film became a box office success.
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เดฑเดฟเดเตเดเตเดเดพเดจเตเดจเต เด เดฎเดฑเตเดคเดพเดฏเตเดเตเดจเตเดจเต เดชเดฑเดเตเดเต เดเตเดเตเดเตเดเตเดเดพ' เดฎเดฒเดฏเดพเดณเดฟ เดชเตเดเตเดเดฟเดเตเดเดฟเดฐเดฟเดเตเด 10 เดฐเดเดเดเตเดเตพ"
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