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Annamalai may refer to:
- Annamalai (film), a Tamil cinema film starring Rajinikanth
- Annamalai Hills, in Tamil Nadu state, India
- Annamalai University, in Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India
- Arunachaleswara Temple in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
See also:
- Anaimalai Hills, a trekking destination in the Western Ghats
Annamalai is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Suresh Krishna and produced by Rajam Balachander and Pushpa Kandasamy under Kavithalaya Productions. A remake of 1987 the Hindi film Khudgarz, the film stars Rajinikanth, Kushboo and Sarath Babu in the lead roles with Radha Ravi, Nizhalgal Ravi and Manorama playing supporting roles. The film revolves around a poor milkman who befriends the son of the businessman. The latter's father who hates their friendship drives a wedge between them by bulldozing the house. Annamalai challenges his friend that he will become a successful businessman. Rest of the film shows whether they are united or not.
The production began with Vasanth being selected as director who later opted out due to personal reasons. Suresh Krishna replaced him to direct thus marked his first collaboration with Rajinikanth. Principal photography of the film began at AVM Studios and the filming held at various places. The score and soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics for all songs were written by Vairamuthu. The cinematography was handled by P. S. Prakash and editing was handled by the duo Ganesh Kumar. The dialogues for the film were written by Shanmugasundaram.
It was remade into Telugu in 1993 as Kondapalli Raja with Venkatesh, Suman and Nagma, and into Kannada in 2003 as Gokarna starring Upendra, Rakshita and Madhu Bangarappa. The film was released on 27 June 1992 became a blockbuster at box-office and was the highest-grossing film in Rajinikanth's career until 1995 when the record was broken by Baashha..
Annamalai is an Tamil Historical soap opera that aired on MediaCorp Vasantham. The series' first season was aired from 22 December 2014 to 31 March 2015 every Monday to Thursday at 10:00PM SST for 48 episodes.
The show starred James Kumar, Karthik Samasundram, Bharathi, Varman, Sri and Jemes Dorairaj among others. It was director by I. Sunder, S.s. Vikneshwaran, A. Mohamed Ali and Nagaraj Veerappan.
Annamalai 3 is an Tamil Historical soap opera that aired Monday through Thursday on MediaCorp Vasantham from 28 December 2015 to 31 March 2016 at 10:30PM SST for 52 episodes.
The show starred Sri Venkatarageaven, Karthik Samasundram, James Kumar, Gayathri Segaran, Indra Chandran and Balakumaran among others. It was director by A. Mohamed Ali, I. Sunder and S.S. Vikneshwaran.