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with Lanka Satyam as its director. A scene had to be shot in which the main actor and actress are seated on a flying horse singing a duet. The producer was not satisfied with the shot. He called
Ramnoth to redo the scene, and was impressed with Ramnoth's photography. However, Ramnoth asked the
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in Tamil. Ramnoth worked as cinematographer and assistant director. His name was shown as K. Ramanathan in the film credits.
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The trio then went in charge of the technical department of Vel
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and A. K. Sekhar became an art director.) The article led
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producer to give credit only to Lanka Satyam in the film.
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which was a success and brought fame to its lead actor
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678:Kamal Ghosh
659:Kamal Ghosh
473:Kathanayaki
373:Ek Tha Raja
245:As director
240:Filmography
176:Miss Malini
110:photography
66:Nationality
830:Categories
814:8 December
778:8 December
742:17 October
703:References
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424:Sugam Enge
390:Thai Ullam
271:Markandeya
233:Viduthalai
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118:Murugadasa
102:Trivandrum
86:K. Ramnoth
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25:K. Ramnoth
803:The Hindu
767:The Hindu
731:The Hindu
581:Sumangali
356:Marmayogi
195:Marmayogi
152:in 1936.
136:Teynampet
500:Language
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258:Language
689:Kalpana
159:Due to
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603:Telugu
598:Devata
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