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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Periyar<br />
| image = Periyar 2007 poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Gnana Rajasekaran]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = [[Gnana Rajasekaran]]<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Jyothirmayi]]<br />[[Khushbu Sundar]]<br />[[Swarnamalya]]<br />[[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Thangar Bachan]]<br />
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />
| studio = Liberty Creations Limited<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|05|04}}<br />
| runtime = 188 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Periyar''''' is a 2007 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[biographical film]], made about the life of the social reformer and rationalist [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]]<ref>[http://www.kollywoodtoday.com/news/making-of-periyar/ Making of Periyar ]</ref> with [[Sathyaraj]] who himself is a rationalist in the lead role. This movie was partly funded by the then Tamil Nadu government headed by [[M. Karunanidhi|Karunanidhi]]. The film was dubbed in Telugu and released as ''Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film details the life of Periyar right from childhood to his marriage to Nagammal to his pilgrimage to [[Varanasi|Kashi]] which changed his life where he understands the cruelty of the Caste System that only [[Brahmins]] are welcomed and he was refused meals at choultries which exclusively fed Brahmins forbidding other Hindu castes. Having starved severely, Periyar found no other better way than to enter a choultry disguises himself with the appearance of a Brahmin wearing a thread on his bare chest but it is found out and is disgusted with life in Kashi.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/may/02periyar.htm Periyar is path-breaking]</ref> Periyar returns and joins his father's business and later becomes the Chairman of the Erode Municipality. Later, which he resigns from this post and joins the freedom struggle. He becomes the President of Congress party of [[Madras Presidency]]. Later he quits the Congress party and joins the Justice Party. He goes on to format the DK. His role in the Anti-Hindi agitation and Vaikom struggle. His second marriage and the formation of the DMK. It covers his entire life till death.<ref>[http://www.filmysouth.com/Tamil_Movie_Reviews/PeriyarNew/October-08-2007/Periyar_New_attempts_in_Tamil_cinema.html Periyar: New attempts in Tamil cinema]</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Sathyaraj]] as [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]]<br />
*[[Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor)|Chandrasekhar]] as Ramanathan, Periyar's friend<br />
*[[Jyothirmayi]] as Naagammai<br />
*[[Khushbu Sundar]] as [[Maniammai]]<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Chinnathayamma, Ramasamy's mother<br />
*[[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] as Venkatappa Nayakkar, Ramasamy's father<br />
*[[S. S. Stanley]] as [[C. N. Annadurai]]<br />
*[[Mohan Ram]] as [[B. R. Ambedkar]]<br />
*[[M. R. R. Vasu]] as [[M. R. Radha]]<br />
*[[Vijay Adhiraj]] as [[K. Veeramani]]<br />
*[[Swarnamalya]] as Thanjavur Dancer<br />
*[[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] as Moovalur Ramamirdham Ammaiyar<br />
*[[Typist Gopu]] as Reporter<br />
*[[Madhan Bob]]<br />
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]]<br />
*[[Ajay Rathnam]]<br />
*[[Ilavarasu]]<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Music==<br />
The music for the film has been scored by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]].<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| length1 = <br />
| title1 = Kadavul Ulagathai Padaichaar<br />
| extra1 = Mathu Balakirushnan, Guru Charan, Muralitharan, Surya Prakash<br />
| lyrics1 = Vairamuthu<br />
| length2 = <br />
| title2 = Idai Thazhuvi Kola Jadai<br />
| extra2 = Priya Subramaniyan<br />
| lyrics2 = Vairamuthu<br />
| length3 =<br />
| title3 = Kadavula Ni Kallaa Melor<br />
| extra3 = Manicka Vinayagam, J.K.V.Roshini, Mathu Balakirushnan, Chandran<br />
| lyrics3 = Vairamuthu<br />
| length4 =<br />
| title4 = Thai Thai Thakka Arul Seiy<br />
| extra4 = Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam<br />
| lyrics4 = Vairamuthu<br />
| length5 =<br />
| title5 = Thaayum Yaaro Thanthai Yaaro<br />
| extra5 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
| lyrics5 = Vairamuthu<br />
}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kamaraj (film)]]<br />
*[[Bharathi (2000 film)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/32908.html CM Speaks At Periyar Function]<br />
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[[Category:2007 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Tiruchirappalli]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Tiruchirappalli]]<br />
[[Category:Cultural depictions of B. R. Ambedkar]]<br />
[[Category:Best Tamil Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:2000s biographical films]]<br />
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