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Annai Velankanni is a film of genre Drama with Kamal Haasan

Annai Velankanni (1971)

Annai Velankanni
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Length 2h28
Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.439143.439143.439143.439143.43914

Annai Velankanni is 1971 Indian drama film in Tamil. The film starred Gemini Ganesan, Jayalalitha, Padmini and K. R. Vijaya. Kamal Hassan briefly appears in an uncredited role as Jesus Christ. The film was directed by noted choreographer K. Thangappan. It comprises three stories pertaining to Christian beliefs. Velankanni, where the film is set is a real village in India, and has a large church dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Jesus. This film was dubbed into Malayalam language as Velaankanni Mathavu.

Actors

Kamal Haasan

(Jesus Christ (Uncredited role))Sreevidya
Sivakumar
Jayalalithaa
Gemini Ganesan
And :
Padmini Ramachandran
Sundarrajan
K. R. Vijaya
R. Muthuraman
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