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Kavya laughed until her stomach hurt. She added her own comment: “From New Jersey. Loved the movie. The VFX in the song ‘Athiradee’ was mind-blowing!” Tamilian.net Movies
The site had a sister page: These weren't the polished Photoshop jobs of today. These were scans of torn, rain-stained posters from 1985, showing Rajini with a mustache so thick it had its own shadow, or Kamal Haasan with a gun and a quizzical eyebrow. Kavya spent hours downloading them, printing them on her parents’ grayscale inkjet, and taping them to her wall. The site went dark
But Tamilian.net wasn't just about reviews. It was the sacred repository of Siva_Thalaiva had a friend who knew a guy who worked as a spot boy at AVM Studios. This friend would sometimes get VHS copies of deleted scenes. Loved the movie