Talaq, meaning divorce, was performed three times in the Tamil language, each time to packed houses.

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The Tamil language film was shot in the forests that border the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka where Veerappan lived.

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Indeed, even Tamil-language films like Mutu ran for months in Japan.

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Many young people are now reared to speak only English, and one teen-age student told me that even adults who once spoke only Tamil, the local language, were beginning to speak Tanglish with their children.

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"The English-language film Dam999 was originally scheduled to be released on Friday in the state dubbed in Tamil as Anai999, " the Tamil Nadu Film Exhibitor's Association said in a press release sent to the BBC.

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