Overview
Balakrishnan and Ashok are two childhood friends who lose touch with each other. One of them goes on to become a national figure and the other, a village barber.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $1M worldwide against a $9.9M budget
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Music
Music by G. V. P. Prakash Kumar
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Arvind Krishna
Details
- Director
- Writers
- SreenivasanStory
- P. VasuScreenplay
- Original title
- குசேலன்
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 1, 2008
- Original language
- Tamil
- Budget
- $9.9M
- Revenue
- $1M
- Countries
- India
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Cast
RajinikanthAshok Kumar
NayantharaNayanthara
MeenaSridevi
Tanikella BharaniSchool Teacher
PrabhuSenthilnathan
P. VasuSelf
PasupathyBalakrishnan
Vadivelu'Saloon Kadai' Shanmugam
LivingstonKuppusamy
Santhanam'Nagercoil' Nagaraj
Sona HeidenSona
K. BalachanderSelf
G. V. Prakash KumarSelf
Soundarya RajinikanthSelf
Suja VaruneeSelf
Thalapathi Dinesh
Madhan BobMadhan Bob
VaiyapuriSathya
O. A. K. SundarHari
Santhana BharathiChandran
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