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1525:Ashok Kumar
1458:Ashok Kumar
1301:Ravi Varman
1289:Ravi Varman
1279:(2020–2021)
1273:(2020–2021)
1267:(2020–2021)
1261:(2020–2021)
1224:P. S. Vinod
1212:P. S. Vinod
1206:Rajiv Menon
1152:K. V. Anand
1140:Ravi Varman
985:10 February
761:P. S. Vinod
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627:Kutty Story
497:Race Gurram
420:Short film
321:Short film
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101:Race Gurram
1766:Categories
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1724:M. Sukumar
1680:Nirav Shah
1640:Arjun Jena
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244:in Tamil,
194:S Pictures
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160:Thirupathi
40:Tamil Nadu
1732:Siddharth
1656:B. Kannan
1605:Ilavarasu
1597:Annadurai
1488:(1982–83)
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1470:1981–2000
1461:(1980–81)
1453:(1979–80)
1445:(1978–79)
1434:Nallusamy
1425:(1977–78)
1355:1968–1980
1194:R. Velraj
1087:1997–2018
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729:2023
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540:2016
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