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consciousness and makes her overhear Velu's conversation. It turns out that Velu had killed
Annamalai to grab his property and blamed the murder on Pasupathy. In the climax, Pasupathy will performs the last rites of his father, while Velu tries to disrupt the rites. Velu gets burned and also becomes a ghost. In the end, Pasupathy joins his father's position in the village.
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Annamalai does not know the person who killed him. Pasupathy decides to go back to his village. He wants to prove his innocence at all costs and wants to find the one who killed his father. When Azhagu
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917:December 31
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773:15 February
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359:Chelladurai
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165:145 minutes
68:Produced by
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1086:Categories
941:Oorkavalan
680:13 October
616:13 October
557:References
402:Soundtrack
394:Production
365:Bonda Mani
353:Madhan Bob
327:as Pazhani
295:Bhanupriya
229:Bhanupriya
203:-language
149:2002-08-30
124:Production
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131:VSK Films
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1021:Mutrugai
873:Manobala
706:Archived
674:Archived
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585:14 March
485:Srinivas
457:Vadivelu
386:Aruldoss
380:Manobala
370:Jayamani
315:as Sambu
291:as Pichu
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178:Language
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602:"Naina"
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367:as Mani
309:as Velu
271:Jayaram
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