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873:"காளை | Kaalai | Tamil Action Movie | Silambarasan | Vedhika | Full Tamil Movies"
847:"காளை | Kaalai | Tamil Action Movie | Silambarasan | Vedhika | Full Tamil Movies"
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opened on 14 January 2008 and was a commercial failure.
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simplistic narrative style to this vendetta story".
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1203:"Kaalai Review - Tamil Movie Review by PVS"
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726:"Top 10 Chennai Box Office | Kaalai"
453:75,000 or US$ 900 in 2023).
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1438:Films scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar
1326:Mannath, Malini (29 January 2008).
1213:from the original on 23 August 2014
1118:"Kaalai (Tamil – G.V.Prakashkumar)"
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1297:மதுமிதா (10 February 2008).
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1173:"Kaalai Tamil Movie Review"
361:Sabarna as Brindha's friend
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1398:2000s Tamil-language films
1307:(in Tamil). pp. 79–80
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1266:"Kaalai: A wasted effort"
1052:"Mamta croons for Kaalai"
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1418:Films shot in Malaysia
962:"Kaalai going places!"
519:"Vandhuttaanda Kaalai"
1453:Films shot in Chennai
435:Golden Beach, Chennai
1116:(31 December 2007).
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968:. 27 December 2007.
823:. 15 November 2020.
790:. 12 November 2016.
1448:Films shot in Theni
1428:Indian action films
1209:. 24 January 2008.
1028:. 4 February 2008.
905:. 15 October 2021.
463:G. V. Prakash Kumar
228:G. V. Prakash Kumar
186:) is a 2008 Indian
104:G. V. Prakash Kumar
1433:2000s masala films
1403:2000s Indian films
1338:on 30 January 2008
1153:on 13 January 2008
768:on 25 January 2013
667:Critical reception
648:Pirivom Santhippom
471:Karthik Srinivasan
300:as Karuppayi Aatha
60:S. S. Chakravarthy
1393:2008 action films
938:. 12 April 2007.
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564:"Guththa Lakkadi"
367:as Jeeva's friend
365:Mahat Raghavendra
348:as Police officer
328:Kadhal Dhandapani
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148:Running time
125:Release date
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1088:Behindwoods
1026:Behindwoods
996:Behindwoods
966:Behindwoods
936:Behindwoods
730:Behindwoods
660:Vaazhthugal
536:Tharun Gopi
501:Benny Dayal
346:Nellai Siva
192:action film
184: Bull
56:Produced by
38:Directed by
1388:2008 films
1382:Categories
1271:Rediff.com
1207:Nowrunning
1177:IndiaGlitz
1147:IndiaGlitz
1122:Milliblog!
712:References
677:Nowrunning
672:Indiaglitz
612:Madhushree
608:"Eppo Nee"
483:Song title
465:. Actress
457:Soundtrack
415:Prakashraj
399:Tarun Gopi
388:Production
356:Uncredited
294:as Lakshmi
275:as Brindha
196:Tarun Gopi
190:-language
152:89 minutes
136:2008-01-14
111:Production
51:Tarun Gopi
48:Written by
42:Tarun Gopi
761:The Hindu
568:Lucky Ali
475:Milliblog
339:Vallayan
318:as Mokkai
316:Vinayakan
310:Santhanam
292:Sangeetha
216:Santhanam
208:Sangeetha
90:Edited by
1342:2 August
1328:"Kaalai"
1276:Archived
1249:5 August
1233:"Kaalai"
1217:5 August
1211:Archived
1187:5 August
1157:5 August
1127:14 March
1098:5 August
1092:Archived
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1036:5 August
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792:Archived
772:5 August
740:5 August
734:Archived
550:Suchitra
403:Madhavan
324:as Jeeva
269:as Jeeva
165:Language
118:NIC Arts
100:Music by
66:Starring
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