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Annai Oru Alayam is a film of genre Drama directed by Thiagarajan Sivanandam with Rajinikanth
Annai Oru Alayam (1979)
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Add to a movie listAnnai Oru Alayam (English:Mother is a Temple) is a Tamil film directed by R.Thyagarajan. The movie is about Vijay (Actor Rajinikanth) who is a hunter helps the baby elephant to reach the mother elephant. This was a commercial success.
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