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870:Tulika (7 December 2001).
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1237:2001 romantic drama films
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1252:Super Good Films films
1032:"Profile : Vijay"
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696:Release and reception
672:"Sarakku Vachirukken"
486:, which later became
350:Thadi Balaji as Seenu
1136:. 25 November 2001.
872:"Love's labour lost"
759:– via YouTube.
568:Kavita Krishnamurthy
560:"Achchacho Punnagai"
311:as Boopathi Ramaiyaa
841:"TAMIL CINEMA 2000"
386:as Police Inspector
1227:2000s Indian films
980:on 9 December 2007
938:"A feast of films"
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657:"Minnalai Pidithu"
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474:(1999), signed on
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608:"Manidha Manidha"
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1063:"Shahjahan"
1036:Behindwoods
855:28 November
787:14 December
528:Mani Sharma
484:Sneha Jahan
468:(1996) and
420:Sona Heiden
405:Pasi Sathya
240:Mani Sharma
179:156 minutes
129:Mani Sharma
73:Produced by
41:Directed by
1217:2001 films
1211:Categories
1112:7 December
1016:1 December
984:9 November
974:IndiaGlitz
921:9 November
888:9 November
877:Rediff.com
811:15 January
729:References
681:Vairamuthu
665:Vairamuthu
661:Unni Menon
650:Vairamuthu
635:Vairamuthu
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455:Production
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360:Kovai Babu
354:Sashikumar
317:as Jingili
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163:2001-11-14
136:Production
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1197:Shahjahan
1161:"ஷாஜகான்"
1068:The Hindu
1005:Suryan FM
943:The Hindu
910:The Hindu
755:1 October
711:Shahjahan
706:The Hindu
701:Shahjahan
496:same name
488:Shahjahan
440:as dancer
384:Ilavarasu
374:as Lawyer
203:Shahjahan
117:Edited by
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915:Archived
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540:(1996).
480:Vikraman
444:Aruldoss
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1177:21 July
1144:7 April
687:Annayya
504:Chennai
438:Sridhar
356:as Giri
323:as Raja
321:Krishna
228:Krishna
184:Country
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1046:9 June
555:Notes
552:Lyrics
549:Singer
500:Vikram
492:Mughal
260:Muslim
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722:Kalki
601:Kushi
580:Kushi
476:Vijay
372:Pandu
339:Devan
327:Meena
309:Vivek
297:Vijay
232:Vivek
220:Vijay
208:Tamil
195:Tamil
187:India
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