Endrendrum Thalaivar Superstar Rajinikanth - News & Updates

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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN

I hope Shankar comes up with a script to suit his age! , in Endhiran for the "Kila manjarO" song SS had a "Clint Eastwood" look, that suited him well, hope Shankar uses similar looks and makes sure the script suits his age!

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by mexicomeat

i would be disappointed if he goes back from old aged role (kabali) to young role (enthiran2).

i would like enthiran2 to be along the following lines:

1. aishwarya is dead. rajni has a son - some young actor can play this role.amy is his son's girl friend.
2. rajni receives a call from his friend to come over to pacific islands to look at some recent weird events - cattles are being killed by an explainable phenomenon. soon humans also start dying.
3. rajni and friend identify that it is the work of an evil robot (and his boss) who wants to conquer the world. it was practiising the killing techniques on animals. soon the evil robot builds a robot army and overthrows the govt in the pacific island. it spreads to the nearby islands as well..
4. rajni brings chitti back to life to fight the robot army. chitti, vaseegaran and rajni's son try to defeat the enemy.
5. in the process, rajni's son is killed. chitti is severely injured.
6. chitti begs vaseegaran to insert the red chip into him as he thinks only chitti 2.0 can defeat the enemy (too strong).
6. chitti 2.0 destroys the enemy and is dismantled again
7. the end

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That's a nice story but I dont know what Shankar has in his mind! :)

One thing we can say - story line will be simple..........his fan base - House Keeping to CEO...He is not Mani/ GVM (only for elite audience)

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Originally Posted by balaajee

One thing we can say - story line will be simple..........his fan base - House Keeping to CEO...He is not Main/ GVM (only for elite audience)

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I dont have any clue abt what he has in mind at this time! :)

Rajinikanth's Enthiran 2 Has A Whopping Budget Of 150 Crores & It Might Star Arnold Schwarzenegger As The Villain!

So, this looks like double whammy for Rajinikanth's Enthiran 2. The buzz is that not only the film will be shot with a budget of 150 crores, but it might also star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the main villain! Wow! The 3D film directed by Shankar, will have the villain's role to be as important as that of Rajinikanth's. According to reports, talk are still going on with Schwarzenegger, and it might just turn into a reality. In fact, this role was first offered to Kamal Haasan. Sadly, the grapevine also has it that since Schwarzenegger’s fee is very high, he might not end up being in the movie. No! Now that would be such a bummer, right!

Singh Is Bling actress, Amy Jackson, has been confirmed for the lead heroine's role though. According to a source, "Director Shankar was keen on a Bollywood actress for Enthiran 2. They had approached Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif for the film. Unfortunately, he needed bulk dates. Both the actresses have numerous other projects on hand and it didn’t work out.”

http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainm...in-246216.html

Seems like Deepika and Katrina turned the offer down as Shankar needed bulk dates! :)

can't quite understand this clamour to bring schwarzenegger on board.

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Originally Posted by goundar_strike

:lol:

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WOW amazing discovery !

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Originally Posted by Poornima

can't quite understand this clamour to bring schwarzenegger on board.

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I don't think this will happen !

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Originally Posted by thamiz

Seems like Deepika and Katrina turned the offer down as Shankar needed bulk dates! :)

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Bring on Mallika Sherawat or Bipashu Basu ! :lol2:

Mexicomeat,

You intend to make Endhiran 2 as a companion piece, ie., keeping just the idea of Red & Blue chip, but constructing an entire new universe different from its predecessor, and also, even modifing the idea of the original work - meaning making the sequel entirely outside of the social concept adapted in the first part, by creating a fantasy world in its sequel, where men are bots and heroes are super-heroes. Plus, you have visioned it to be a sci-fi extravanganza where the closing of the film would be a spectacle of bots fighting each other. I really find this idea interesting which makes your version of Endhiran 2 close to a stand alone sequel. Bravo.

The challenge in making a sequel lies on the elaboration with respect to the initial part, morevoer, picking up where the first ended by just pulling a small thread plot and exploring it. Last week I came across a 'direct to DVD' movie sitting on the stands - 'The Exorcism of Molly Hartley' which is a sequel to 'The Haunting of Molly Hartley', releasing 7 years later. I was like - what the ... ! Does this movie really need a sequel after all these years or does it even have a potential to become a sucessor ? Curious I got the DVD to be surprised how the plot line was pulled from its predecessor - Something happens to Molly when she is 18. 6 years later (bringing in the 666 enigma), Molly at 24 experiences the result of what initialised when she was 18. The point is to analyse the plot line and extracting an untold thread (hidden or open) within. The mere idea of Endhiran 2 excites me.

On a side note - Cinema is showing '6 as 60' and '60 as 6'. Its not the making, but the final output which is important. If its pulled of convincingly, I don't find anything wrong in anyone romancing anyone else. Please avoid getting into 'an actor should act his age' spread by few who cannot differentiate realism to reality. An actor should perform the role he is summoned to play. Acting is nothing but exagaration. Cinema is a projection of ideas. We have our own cinema culture which I support (includes its runtime, songs, lyrics & dance). Wanting it to be a 'look-a-like' of other competitive industrial standards is absurd.

Rajini is the great form of our cinema culture. And in him I trust.

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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN

WOW amazing discovery !

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ohh, I just acknowledged your discovery.. :mrgreen: credit where its due :yessir:

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Originally Posted by mappi

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thanks mappi - i think i mentioned it somewhere else previously, but i will mention it again... in my opinion enthiran had the perfect script for rajni and kamal to act together. there was no reason for vaseegaran to make chitti to look like him. i would have enjoyed more if kamal played vaseegaran and rajni played chitti and chitti2.0.

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Originally Posted by mappi

Mexicomeat,

You intend to make Endhiran 2 as a companion piece, ie., keeping just the idea of Red & Blue chip, but constructing an entire new universe different from its predecessor, and also, even modifing the idea of the original work - meaning making the sequel entirely outside of the social concept adapted in the first part, by creating a fantasy world in its sequel, where men are bots and heroes are super-heroes. Plus, you have visioned it to be a sci-fi extravanganza where the closing of the film would be a spectacle of bots fighting each other. I really find this idea interesting which makes your version of Endhiran 2 close to a stand alone sequel. Bravo.

The challenge in making a sequel lies on the elaboration with respect to the initial part, morevoer, picking up where the first ended by just pulling a small thread plot and exploring it. Last week I came across a 'direct to DVD' movie sitting on the stands - 'The Exorcism of Molly Hartley' which is a sequel to 'The Haunting of Molly Hartley', releasing 7 years later. I was like - what the ... ! Does this movie really need a sequel after all these years or does it even have a potential to become a sucessor ? Curious I got the DVD to be surprised how the plot line was pulled from its predecessor - Something happens to Molly when she is 18. 6 years later (bringing in the 666 enigma), Molly at 24 experiences the result of what initialised when she was 18. The point is to analyse the plot line and extracting an untold thread (hidden or open) within. The mere idea of Endhiran 2 excites me.

On a side note - Cinema is showing '6 as 60' and '60 as 6'. Its not the making, but the final output which is important. If its pulled of convincingly, I don't find anything wrong in anyone romancing anyone else. Please avoid getting into 'an actor should act his age' spread by few who cannot differentiate realism to reality. An actor should perform the role he is summoned to play. Acting is nothing but exagaration. Cinema is a projection of ideas. We have our own cinema culture which I support (includes its runtime, songs, lyrics & dance). Wanting it to be a 'look-a-like' of other competitive industrial standards is absurd.

Rajini is the great form of our cinema culture. And in him I trust.

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A man with 40 years of experience in the industry can judge the audience better than anyone else. I fully trust him when he chooses the script... kabali is good example.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/ente...cle3067752.ece

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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN

http://www.newindianexpress.com/ente...cle3067752.ece

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16 things now! :)

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Originally Posted by thamiz

16 things now! :)

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Indeed !

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Originally Posted by mappi

Mexicomeat,

You intend to make Endhiran 2 as a companion piece, ie., keeping just the idea of Red & Blue chip, but constructing an entire new universe different from its predecessor, and also, even modifing the idea of the original work - meaning making the sequel entirely outside of the social concept adapted in the first part, by creating a fantasy world in its sequel, where men are bots and heroes are super-heroes. Plus, you have visioned it to be a sci-fi extravanganza where the closing of the film would be a spectacle of bots fighting each other. I really find this idea interesting which makes your version of Endhiran 2 close to a stand alone sequel. Bravo.

The challenge in making a sequel lies on the elaboration with respect to the initial part, morevoer, picking up where the first ended by just pulling a small thread plot and exploring it. Last week I came across a 'direct to DVD' movie sitting on the stands - 'The Exorcism of Molly Hartley' which is a sequel to 'The Haunting of Molly Hartley', releasing 7 years later. I was like - what the ... ! Does this movie really need a sequel after all these years or does it even have a potential to become a sucessor ? Curious I got the DVD to be surprised how the plot line was pulled from its predecessor - Something happens to Molly when she is 18. 6 years later (bringing in the 666 enigma), Molly at 24 experiences the result of what initialised when she was 18. The point is to analyse the plot line and extracting an untold thread (hidden or open) within. The mere idea of Endhiran 2 excites me.

On a side note - Cinema is showing '6 as 60' and '60 as 6'. Its not the making, but the final output which is important. If its pulled of convincingly, I don't find anything wrong in anyone romancing anyone else. Please avoid getting into 'an actor should act his age' spread by few who cannot differentiate realism to reality. An actor should perform the role he is summoned to play. Acting is nothing but exagaration. Cinema is a projection of ideas. We have our own cinema culture which I support (includes its runtime, songs, lyrics & dance). Wanting it to be a 'look-a-like' of other competitive industrial standards is absurd.

Rajini is the great form of our cinema culture. And in him I trust.

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Great job mappi! :clap:

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Originally Posted by Avadi to America

A man with 40 years of experience in the industry can judge the audience better than anyone else. I fully trust him when he chooses the script... kabali is good example.

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Yes, rajini has really done a good job wrt kabaali! Just that his 40 years experience not only help him but also did severe damage to him wrt Baba, Kuselan, Sultan the warrior, Hara, Rana, Kochadaiyaan, Linga.

A Don subject is always a superb subject for bigger heros for kamal and rajini. They cannot use that golden egg just like that like small heros. They have to use it rarely. Otherwise it will loose its steam, like for ex, an another hero who is non stop acting as don/police in almost all of his past 5 or 7 films. Last time they both played it was during Naayagan and Baadshah respectively. Both were blockbusters and became a diamond in their crowns. Now, after very long time, Rajini sir has choosen the right plot. Don! Had he choosen a வாத்தியார்/பேராசிரியர் role or an engineer role like linga, and/or had he choosen an old timer like KSR or some other young director like Karthik subburaj or someone else, this same hype wud not have been produced. But now the Don character has not only helped Rajini but also created too big expectation for Kabaali. Everyone is sure this movie will make records!

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Originally Posted by sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

Yes, rajini has really done a good job wrt kabaali! Just that his 40 years experience not only help him but also did severe damage to him wrt Baba, Kuselan, Sultan the warrior, Hara, Rana, Kochadaiyaan, Linga.

A Don subject is always a superb subject for bigger heros for kamal and rajini. They cannot use that golden egg just like that like small heros. They have to use it rarely. Otherwise it will loose its steam, like for ex, an another hero who is non stop acting as don/police in almost all of his past 5 or 7 films. Last time they both played it was during Naayagan and Baadshah respectively. Both were blockbusters and became a diamond in their crowns. Now, after very long time, Rajini sir has choosen the right plot. Don! Had he choosen a வாத்தியார்/பேராசிரியர் role or an engineer role like linga, and/or had he choosen an old timer like KSR or some other young director like Karthik subburaj or someone else, this same hype wud not have been produced. But now the Don character has not only helped Rajini but also created too big expectation for Kabaali. Everyone is sure this movie will make records!

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Everyone fails to understand the audience time & again. Not just Rajini. Kamal's so called great films have bombed at the Box office. They pick the script and trust themselves some times and trust the director sometimes.. both work at times ... that's the truth

***Tamil filmmaker Shankar has signed the 'Terminator' star for his sci-fi sequel.

Shankar's Rajinikanth starrer Enthiran (Robot in Hindi, Robo in Telugu), was touted as India's most expensive film, until SS Rajamouli's two-part fantasy drama, Baahubali, broke the record.

The director is now set to raise the stakes with Enthiran 2 with Rajini reprising his role in the sci-fi drama. What's more, Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his Indian film debut with the sequel. He will be flying down for the film's first schedule in January to play a rogue robot.

"Arnold and I discuss a lot of Indian movies. He attended the audio launch of my Vikram starrer, I, and told me that he wanted to work in Tamil films. He was impressed with the storyline of Enthiran 2 and agreed to be a part of the film," Shankar confirmed.

The Hollywood actor will be in India for 25 days; his final dates are reportedly being locked around Rajini's schedule. The South actor is currently filming Pa Ranjith's Kabali, in which he plays an ageing don, in Chennai.

The makers had been chasing actors like Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone for other central roles in the film, since two months. I's leading lady Amy Jackson is one of the three heroines.

Enthiran, which bagged two National Awards, one for Best Special Effects and the other for Best Production Design, was the story of a scientist and his robot Chitti who turns against him. Shankar reveals that the sequel is very different, "Enthiran 2 is a superhero film, a sci-fi adventure, a triangular love story with bits inspired from the Ramayana." ***

Nice story but I dont believe it! :lol:

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Originally Posted by rajeshkrv

Everyone fails to understand the audience time & again. Not just Rajini. Kamal's so called great films have bombed at the Box office. They pick the script and trust themselves some times and trust the director sometimes.. both work at times ... that's the truth

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True, Every great actor and director fails to understand the audience's taste one time or other as you correctly said rajeshkrv! :)

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Originally Posted by sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

Yes, rajini has really done a good job wrt kabaali! Just that his 40 years experience not only help him but also did severe damage to him wrt Baba, Kuselan, Sultan the warrior, Hara, Rana, Kochadaiyaan, Linga.

A Don subject is always a superb subject for bigger heros for kamal and rajini. They cannot use that golden egg just like that like small heros. They have to use it rarely. Otherwise it will loose its steam, like for ex, an another hero who is non stop acting as don/police in almost all of his past 5 or 7 films. Last time they both played it was during Naayagan and Baadshah respectively. Both were blockbusters and became a diamond in their crowns. Now, after very long time, Rajini sir has choosen the right plot. Don! Had he choosen a வாத்தியார்/பேராசிரியர் role or an engineer role like linga, and/or had he choosen an old timer like KSR or some other young director like Karthik subburaj or someone else, this same hype wud not have been produced. But now the Don character has not only helped Rajini but also created too big expectation for Kabaali. Everyone is sure this movie will make records!

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I don't think anybody knows what your point here is. Any Rajini movie would create hype because he is the biggest star :)
Btw, Nayagan was an average hit.

1) No hype happened for Kuselan, Sultan the warrior, Hara, Rana, Kochadaiyaan, Linga. That too for Kuselan and Kochadaiyan, too desperate attempts were made to create hype but nothing happened.

2) Naayagan was a much bigger hit. Almost blockbuster. Whereas Manidhan didnt even run for 100 days in Chennai itself.

3) ஒரு படம் அறிவித்த உடனேயே பரபரப்பு தொற்றிக்கொள்வது எல்லா படத்துக்குமே நடக்காது. அப்படி நடந்த படங்கள் - ஆளவந்தான், தசாவதாரம், பாபா, சிவாஜி, எந்திரன், கபாலி.

Oh for Goodness sake, ingeyum aarambichutangappa

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Originally Posted by paranitharan

Btw, Nayagan was an average hit.

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What ?? Nayagan was an average hit ah ? SS fans themselves will not agree with you ....

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Originally Posted by paranitharan

Btw, Nayagan was an average hit.

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When you compare with manidhan it is true. Commercially manidhan was taken well in all centers and did extreme business although it is a masala movie. Nayagan was critically acclaimed but BO outcome was below manidhan!

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Originally Posted by sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

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Whereas Manidhan didnt even run for 100 days in Chennai itself.

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You dont seem to know the facts well! :rotfl:

Go talk to anyone lived it chennai at that time (1987-88), they will tell you that YOU ARE WRONG!

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Originally Posted by bill4u

What ?? Nayagan was an average hit ah ? SS fans themselves will not agree with you ....

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Just talking BO numbers, this is what I recall:
Manithan beat both Uzhavan magan & Nayagan in collections...
But it was all WOM back then, so who knows...

What I do recall is the eye donation campaign that started shortly after...

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Originally Posted by lord_labakudoss

Just talking BO numbers, this is what I recall:
Manithan beat both Uzhavan magan & Nayagan in collections...
But it was all WOM back then, so who knows...

What I do recall is the eye donation campaign that started shortly after...

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It is true, Manidhan did great despite the fact that the music was by some not popular guy (chandrabose) and the climax was "copied" from "commando". Manidhan was the winner!

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Originally Posted by lord_labakudoss

Just talking BO numbers, this is what I recall:
Manithan beat both Uzhavan magan & Nayagan in collections...
But it was all WOM back then, so who knows...

What I do recall is the eye donation campaign that started shortly after...

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Don't know the actuals to compare with anything but Nayagan was a landmark movie in Kamal's career. To call it just an average hit is not doing justice to it ...

Nayagan is a land-mark movie, nobody denies that. Nayagan made Manirathanam a greatest director, true. But Manirathnam cashed more money from agninatchathiram and dhalapathi at the BO than Nayagan. Nobody denies MR was best at nayagan than any other movies!

for sakala!!

///Manithan

175 days at Chennai - Bala Abirami

100 days

Chennai - Woodlands, Maharani, Annai Abirami, AVM Rajeswari,

Madurai-Central, Trichy-Prabath &
Tanjore - Raja Kalaiarangam
- See more at: http://www.rajinifans.com/boxoffice/...Dcko1G.dpuf///

Sivaji fans have even posters of Parasakthi! Can u search the whole google and get 100th day poster of Manithan in chennai?!? இதெல்லாம் ஏற்கனவே வேற தளத்தில் ரஜினிரசிகர்களுடன் பேசிமுடிச்ச டாபிக். கடைசில அவங்க, காலைக்காட்சியா 9.00 மணி ஷோ ஏவிஎம் ராஜேஸ்வரில ஓடுச்சின்னு கப்சா விட்டாங்க! அப்படி ஒரு ஷோவே இல்லை!

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Originally Posted by bill4u

What ?? Nayagan was an average hit ah ? SS fans themselves will not agree with you ....

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Really liked the movie!

நாயகன் vs மனிதன் பாக்ஸ் ஆஃபிஸ் தொடர்பான போஸ்ட்களை இதற்கு மேல் இங்கு தொடராமல் Box Office THreadஇல் தொடரலாம்!

Marupadiyum Pazhaiya Panchangatha kilaranuma ? let's move on guys for goodness sake !

vaguely remember The Hindu's annual box office sum-up of the year.
five biggest blockbusters of the year. I do remember Manithan and a vijayakanth film (Ninaive oru Sangeetham?). no Nayakan.
a shame that we can't dig up the paper's archives before 2000.

Since Tamizh is busy searching evidences in google :lol:

நாயகன் Vs மனிதன் ( பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸ் ஒப்பீடு )

http://www.sandiyarkaran.com/2014/08/NayaganVsmanithanBoxOffice.html

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மனிதன் விளம்பத்தில் AVM ராஜேஸ்வரி தியேட்டரில் 9.45 மணிகாட்சி என்று போடப்பட்டிருக்கிறது. அது மட்டுமல்ல, அதே AVM ராஜேஸ்வரி தியேட்டரில் விசுவின் "வீடு மனைவி மக்கள்" படத்திற்கு 4 காட்சிகள் என்றும் போட்டிருக்கிறார்கள். கண்டிப்பாக இங்கு 100 நாள் ஓடவில்லை என்பது புரிகிறது.

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http://www.sandiyarkaran.com/2012/11/NayaganFacts.html

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பல தடைகளை தாண்டி புதிய பாணியில் எடுக்கப்பட்ட நாயகன் பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸிலும் மனிதனை துரத்தி துரத்தி அடித்து வீழ்த்தியதற்கு இதற்கு மேல் சான்றுகள் தேவையில்லை.

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If Hindu ran an article saying Manithan as biggest blockbuster and not even listing Naayagan, then we can conclude that Hindu too took part in creating கப்சா those days! ;) ;)

நல்லவேளை Hindu Proof கிடைக்கவில்லை, ஹிண்டுவின் மானம் கப்பலேறவில்லை! :lol: