Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, also known and credited as S. D. Saba, and Saba Kailash, is an Indian film director, mainly working in the

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Career

Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy started his career after completing his DFT in M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, formerly known as the Adyar Film Institute and started his career in 1992 with ''Bharathan''. ''Bharathan'' was the first Tamil film to become a blockbuster that ran for 100 days in Kerala. After that he went on to direct hit films ''Sundara Purushan'', ''V.I.P.'', ''

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'' and the critically acclaimed ''Naam''. ''Sundara Purushan'' was remade in Telugu as ''Andala Ramudu'' in 2006. In 2001, he began making a film titled ''Irandu Paer'' starring

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. The film however did not release. Dekshinamurthy briefly worked on the production of a family drama film titled ''Maa'' during 2009, featuring Prithviraj, Srikanth,

Bhumika Chawla Bhumika Chawla (born Rachna Chawla; 21 August 1978) is an Indian actress and former model known for her work predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. She began her acting career with the Telugu film ''Yuvakudu'' (2000) and the ...

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. Despite having a photoshoot and a first schedule in

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, the film ran into financial difficulties and was later shelved.

Filmography

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