Periyar (2007 film)

Periyar
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Directed by	Gnana Rajasekaran
Written by	Gnana Rajasekaran
Starring	Sathyaraj Jyothirmayi Khushbu Sundar Swarnamalya Vennira Aadai Nirmala
Cinematography	Thangar Bachan
Edited by	B. Lenin
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production company	Liberty Creations Limited
Release date	4 May 2007 (2007-05-04)
Running time	188 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Periyar is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language biographical film, made about the life of the social reformer and rationalist Periyar E. V. Ramasamy^[1] with Sathyaraj who himself is a rationalist in the lead role. This movie was partly funded by the then Tamil Nadu government headed by Karunanidhi. The film was dubbed in Telugu and released as Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker.