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Amar Kaul is a pathologically timid and boring 37-year-old virgin, who works as an accountant in a pharmaceutical company and lives with his mother.

One day, he is diagnosed with stomach cancer and told that he has two months to live. The meek worker drone decides to spend his last days on earth fulfilling his heart’s deepest desires and in the process, he discovers how beautiful life really is.

Similar premises have been played out in scores of Hollywood movies like Bucket List and My Life Without Me.

Debutant director Shashant Shah tries to infuse some originality into it with a range of characters such as Amar’s eccentric mother who has hearing problems and his Jabba-from-Stars Wars style boss who alternates between gulping down food and berating Amar.

Vinay Pathak who is in almost every frame, works hard to achieve the right balance of pathos and comedy but unlike Bheja Fry’s Bharat Bhushan, Amar Kaul simply doesn’t have enough meat for Pathak to sink his teeth into.

Dasvidaniya is well-intended. It strains hard for poignancy but unfortunately it only manages to be predictable and plodding. There are a few nicely done emotional scenes but mostly this story of an ordinary life remains painfully ordinary. See it if you must.

Chatrapati (Telugu: ఛత్రపతి) is a 2005 Telugu ( Dubbed in malayalam as the same title ) film written & directed by S.S. Rajamouli. Prabhas in the main lead and Shriya Saran, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat in other roles. After miserable flops like Adavi Ramudu and Chakram, Prabhas has made his comeback with this film. The film released on September 29, 2005.

Sivaji (Prabhas), his brother Ashok (Shafi) and mother (Bhanupriya) are Telugus settled in Srilanka. Due to political problems, they get evicted and return to India 12 years back. During the eviction process Sivaji is separated from his brother and mother. Sivaji reaches Vizag. There is a leader called Baji Rao (Narendra Jha) who exploits these refugees by making them bonded-labor for life. Sivaji turns out to be the leader among the refugees and puts an end to Baji Rao. There by he makes sure that there is no exploitation of refugees. Sivaji is also in constant search of his mother and his obnoxiously-jealous brother. The rest of the story is all about how he wins them back

Poove Unakkaga is one of the classic Tamil movies of Vijay and a work that brought to him major fame. It marked a distinct phase in the actor’s career that elevated his image from a youth actor of low-budget movies to a successful superhero who could deliver well on strong character stories. The title could be roughly translated as “A flower for you”. The movie was a big hit as it portrayed love in a very way and also involved reunion of estranged families that is a traditional theme for many successful Tamil movies.

Vijay’s career took a U-turn after the mega success of Poove Unakkaga which was a silver jubilee hit. It ran for 210 days.

Chandramukhi is a 2005 Kollywood horror, comedy and drama directed by P. Vasu and produced by Ramkumar Ganesan. It is the remake of the Malayalam film, Manichitrathazhu. The music for the film, which later became successful enough to be released as a soundtrack album, was written by Vidyasagar. The film was distributed by Sivaji Productions.

The film starred Rajinikanth in the lead role, making Chandramukhi his “come back” film after the controversy regarding his previous film Baba. Jyothika Saravanan, Prabhu Ganesan and Nayantara were also given lead roles while Vadivelu, Nassar, K. R. Vijaya, Vijayakumar, Vinaya Prasad, Sonu Sood, Vineeth and Malavika were given supporting roles. It was released on April 14, 2005, coinciding with Tamil New Year, to become the largest opening in Tamil cinema at the time.

Following its original release, Chandramukhi was successful enough to be released in several other languages. It was subsequently dubbed into Telugu and released on December 29, 2005 with the same title. Later on, it became the first ever Tamil film to be dubbed into German and it was released in several German-speaking countries as Der Geisterjäger. On February 29, 2008, producer M. Rathnam dubbed and released the film in Hindi, despite Bhool Bhulaiyaa, the Bollywood remake of Manichithrathazhu directed by Priyadarshan, which already released on October 12, 2007.

Ghilli (2004) (Tamil : கில்லி) is a Tamil film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vijay, Trisha, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Dhamu. The film’s score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. This is one of the most immensely successful blockbusters of all time in Vijay’s career. This was a remake of Telugu blockbuster Okkadu.

Ghilli is the nickname for the popular state level kabbadi player Velu (Vijay). His father Sivasubramanian (Ashish Vidyarti), an assistant police commissioner, is a martinet who finds his son (who still has his arrears to clear before he gets his degree) incorrigible. His mother (Janaki Sabesh), on the other hand, dotes on him. His younger sister Bhuvana (`Baby’ Jennifer) is the typical sharp and inquisitive schoolgirl. Velu goes to Madurai for a kabbadi match. But circumstances force him to lend a helping hand to Dhanalakshmi (Trisha) who is fleeing from the cantankerous Muthupandi (Prakash Raj), a State Minister’s son, madly in love with her. From then on it is a hectic run for the two with Prakashraj and his henchmen, who seem to be teeming all over the place, close on their heels.

Velu hides Danalakshmi in his house and manages to get her a Passport and Visa for America. But Dhanalakshmi is not willing to go to America as she had fallen in love with Velu. Velu and his friends cross many hurdles to get Dhanalaksmi to the Airport in time for the flight before their Kabbadi Match, only to find her back in the stadium while the match is going on. Before she came, Velu was having a lot of trouble playing. The movie ends in a gripping climax with a fight until death between Velu and Muthupandi.