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758:Menon, Neelima (18 January 2018).
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874:from the original on 15 July 2024
862:"Bring back Madras in our movies"
1760:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films
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791:"Penchant for riveting romances"
789:Umashanker, Sudha (2 May 1998).
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