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for many years; in this series Randor Guy wrote about not so well known details about the Tamil movies and the personalities (producers, directors, movie stars, lyricists, featured songs and box office collections), produced since the mid 1930s to late 1960s.
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Guy wrote the screenplays for a few short documentaries and feature films. He also produced a few advertisement films. In 1999, he scripted a 100-minute feature film in
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