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Dec 5 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Today is J Jayalalitha's remembrance day.

Vaali had written a wonderful poetry tribute to the actress turned Chief Minister based on her movie titles.

At least 18 movie titles are present in this short poetry tribute.
How many can you identify?
#JayalalithaMemorialDay
This poem was written in 1995.

To give a closure to this in 2022, @labstamil has attempted to follow Vaali's footsteps to use 14 more film titles of Jayalalitha to express the void she's left.

The titles are marked in bold.

#JayalalithaMemorialDay
Ans:
1. Vennira Aadai - 1965
2. Aayirathil Oruvan - 1965
3. Adimai Pen - 1969
4. Arasa Kattalai - 1967
5. Engirundho Vandhaal - 1970 - Sivaji
6. Vandhaale Magaraasi - 1973-Jaishankar
7. Nam Naadu - 1969
8. Pudhiya Bhoomi - 1968
9. Oli Vilakku - 1968
10. Neerum Neruppum - 1971
11. Raja Veetu Pillai - 1967 - Jaishankar
12. Anaadhai Anandhan - 1969 - MR
13. Annamitta Kai - 1972
14. Anbai Thedi - 1974 - Sivaji
15. Kumari Pen - 1966 - Ravichandran
16. Surya Gandhi - 1973 - MR
17. Savaale Samaali - 1971 - Sivaji
18. Aadhi Parasakthi - 1971 - Gemini Ganesan
9 of these 18 films were with MGR
MR is MuthuRaman, not Mani Ratnam 😜

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