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165:Running time
142:Release date
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1587:(2020-2021)
1184:Adimai Penn
1052:Pallikoodam
796:10 November
663:28 November
486:Swarnalatha
462:Ilaiyaraaja
445:Karunanithi
434:Ilaiyaraaja
405:Ilaiyaraaja
383:Ilaiyaraaja
340:Loose Mohan
302:Nandita Das
236:Nandita Das
169:147 minutes
121:Ilaiyaraaja
85:Nandita Das
69:Produced by
41:Directed by
1607:2002 films
1601:Categories
1504:Naadodigal
1456:Pithamagan
1416:Natpukkaga
1384:Karuthamma
720:Rediff.com
589:References
397:Singer(s)
377:Soundtrack
222:-language
153:2002-01-14
128:Production
51:Written by
1520:Aadukalam
1464:Autograph
1440:Aanandham
1376:Gentleman
1168:Karpooram
943:898765509
822:The Hindu
695:4 October
684:Raaga.com
555:. At the
532:Accolades
525:The Hindu
426:, Chorus
256:in 2004.
232:Parthiban
103:Edited by
81:Parthiban
1584:Jai Bhim
1240:Annakili
1028:Thendral
931:(2014).
897:31 March
865:31 March
817:"Azhagi"
790:Archived
763:31 March
747:"Azhagi"
725:Archived
657:Archived
613:Archived
563:won the
543:won the
316:Devayani
240:Devayani
182:Language
117:Music by
107:B. Lenin
89:Devayani
77:Starring
59:Based on
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1472:Anniyan
833:5 March
731:1 March
619:1 March
511:wrote "
466:Karthik
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210:transl.
174:Country
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130:company
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1448:Azhagi
1443:(2002)
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1392:Bombay
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1015:(2002)
1012:Azhagi
958:Azhagi
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780:"அழகி"
571:Legacy
513:Azhagi
503:Pongal
499:Azhagi
394:Lyrics
308:Monica
248:Telugu
193:Azhagi
35:Poster
24:Azhagi
1568:Aramm
1560:Joker
1512:Mynaa
1480:Veyil
1424:Sethu
785:Kalki
519:Kalki
505:day.
391:Song
334:Pandu
322:Vivek
220:Tamil
185:Tamil
177:India
1368:Roja
1264:Pasi
1200:Babu
1160:Ramu
1122:for
963:IMDb
939:OCLC
899:2020
867:2020
835:2023
798:2022
765:2020
752:Sify
733:2022
697:2008
665:2018
621:2022
508:Sify
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260:Plot
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