''Annai Kaligambal'' is an Indian 2003 bilingual devotional film written and directed by

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. The film featured

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in the title role alongside

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and

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, while Jayanthi plays a supporting role. The film, which had music composed by

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, released in January 2003. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Kannada, with the latter titled as ''Shri Kalikamba'', with

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and

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replacing Livingston and

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respectively. Kannada version was dubbed in Hindi as ''Maa Durga Divya Haathi'' and in Telugu as ''Allari Gajendrudu''.

Cast

as Goddess Kaligambal (Shri Kalikamba in Kannada) and Parvathi (Dual Roles) *

as Eshwari *

as Madhu (Tamil) *

as Madhu (Kannada) *

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as Mandiramoorthi *

as Nachiyappan (Tamil) *

as Nachiyappe Gowda (Kannada) * Jayanthi as Pattamangalam Ranganayaki / Palaiyanur Neeli *

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as Aaravalli *Minnal Deepa as Karpagam *

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in a special appearance

Soundtrack

Lyrics were written by Kalidasan. * "Omthana Namthana" -

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* "Sangu Pushpame" -

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* "Pachai Pachai" - Devi, Swarnalatha * "Gane Gane" -

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* "Rama Jayam" - Chorus * "Amman Dance" - Instrumental

References

2003 films 2000s Tamil-language films Hindu devotional films 2000s Kannada-language films Films directed by Rama Narayanan Indian multilingual films Films scored by Deva (composer) 2003 multilingual films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub