Kalyanaraman (1979)
Kalyanaraman is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film was a blockbuster and completed a 140-day run at the box office. Six years later, a sequel was made titled Japanil Kalyanaraman. The film was remade in Hindi as Ghazab with Dharmendra and in Kannada as Sriramachandra with V Ravichandran.
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