Endhiran story controversy

Author Amudha Tamilnaadan, who has claimed that the story of superstar Rajinikanth’s latest offering ‘Enthiran: The Robot’ was written by her a few years ago, met the police yesterday and submitted her evidence in support of claim that the story was hers.

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Authors Amudha and Arnica Nasser have separately filed a case with the police claiming that the story of ‘Enthiran’ was theirs. Amudha has also filed a suit with Chennai High Court claiming a compensation of Re.1 crore from the producers (read Sun Pictures) for ‘having used’ her script without seeking her prior permission.

Amudha has said that the story of ‘Enthiran’ has been ‘lifted’ from her story which was published in the journal ‘Iniya Udhayam’ way back in the year 1996 and has added that Shankar had ‘cleverly’ refurbished the story to suit the needs of celluloid. The crime branch has now taken over the investigations into the case.

Shankar had submitted a written explanation saying that the story was based on the novel ‘En Iniya Iyandhira’ penned by the late author Sujatha. Deposing before the anti-video piracy wing of the CB-CID at the Police Commissioner’s, Office, Amudha submitted copies of the journal ‘Iniya Udhayam’ published in 1996 which carried her story ‘Juguba’.

After verbally explaining her stance in the matter, Amudha left the COP’s office.

Vanitha raised a new issue against her family

Earlier Vijayakumar's son-in-law was arrested due to the complaint logged by Vijayakumar following a family dispute. The Chennai suburban police arrested Vanitha Vijayakumar's husband, Anandarajan at his office in Nungambakkam.

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Now, Vanitha Vijayakumar has raised a new issue regarding their family dispute. She has accused her father and step-brother for threatening her and her second husband Anandarajan. She has confessed to the media that the police have not reacted properly to her complaint. She also added that the Chennai police is moving the case in favour of her step-brother and her father Vijayakumar.

Moreover she said that  Arun Vijay, director Hari - husband of Preetha Vijaykumar, and father Vijaykumar are jealous of her growth as their company Vijay Kumar Video Entertainment is doing good business. Finally she threatened to commit suicide leaving behind a note holding Vijayakumar, Hari and Arun Vijay responsible for it.

Kaavalan caught in a fresh controversy

The much-awaited movie for Vijay's fans, Kaavalan, is caught in a fresh controversy. The movie is produced by Ramesh Babu, who had earlier sold the overseas distribution rights to Tantra, a company specializing in this. With the movie's release nearing, director Sakthi Chidambaram has bought the entire rights of the movie from the original production house. With the new agreement in place, Sakthi Chidambaram claims that the overseas distribution rights sold to Tantra is not valid.

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Upset with this development, Tantra has knocked the doors of the Court and has filed a case regarding this. A judgment was announced today which has stayed the release of Kaavalan for the next six weeks within which time, the producers and distributors may agree to a solution. Meanwhile, the music release date for Kaavalan is under consideration.

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Prabhu and Nayan case posted on January 21st, 2011

Prabhu Deva and Nayan did not heed to the court summons for the second consecutive time. The two were served the summons through the Nadigar Sangam after they failed to appear for the first summons.

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It was strongly expected that Prabhu and Nayan would make it to the family court yesterday, November 23rd, 2010 to counter the charges made by Ramlath Prabhu Deva. It may be recalled that Ramlath had filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rights and seeking a bar on Prabhu and Nayan from making public appearances together.

Several media persons who thronged the court complex had to return frustrated when the magistrate ordered the case to be posted on January 21st, 2011 and issue a third summon to Prabhu and Nayan as both of them failed to appear.

Ramlath’s advocate also submitted a medical certificate in court stating that his client is unwell and could not attend the hearing.

Suriya’s Rattha Charithram’ release postponed

The ardent buffs of Suriya are enthralled about the release of his next film ‘Rattha Charithram’. The film was supposedly scheduled for release on this Friday. On the spur of moment, the producers have postponed it again to December 3.

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The Tamil version was to release along with the second part of Telugu and Hindi on November 26. Due to more releases in Telugu and Hindi, the distributors and exhibitors are delaying the release as they want to spin more profit. It is worth mentioning that the first half has witnessed tremendous results in both Hindi and Telugu.

So the fans of Suriya will have wait for yet another week to catch up their star’s different film.

Dayanidhi Azhagiri and Vivek Karunakaran of Cloud Nine Productions are into full-fledged promotions of the film in all media networks. The teasers over the satellite channels are constantly appearing while the announcements and dialogues of Suriya are aired in radio channels.

Protest against Nayantara

Hindu Makkal Katchi Kanna has raised protest against Nayantara for playing the role of 'Sita' in an upcoming Tollywood flick 'Sri Rama Rajyam' in which Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing the lead roles.

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Chennai Family Court has also issued fresh summons to Nayantara & Prabhu Deva to appear in court in January 2011 as they failed to appear in court on Tuesday.

HMK objected to the actress playing the role of Sita in the Telugu flick is like insulting our morals, sentiments and the great epic. Describing that Ramayana is based on the principles of 'One man one woman' whereas Nayan has been stealing other woman`s husband in real life is not fit to play the role of Sita.

The Endhiran Complete 50 Days!

Endhiran was released on October 1, 2010 and has successfully completed 50 days in 145 Theaters.

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The movie which is touted to be the costliest film in Asian region is also the highest grosser in India.

Endhiran is said to have collected more than 350 crores of rupees so far and its distributor share alone stands at 120 crores, which by any yardstick is a mere magic. Bollywood movie ’3 Idiots’ is the only movie which comes close to the feat of Endhiran.

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Endhiran crosses 50 days in Andhra, Kerala, Malaysia & Singapore!

Endhiran completing 50 days in 160 theatres in tamilnadu is not a great news, say critics. But they too were awe struck about the feat the movie has done in other states like Kerala and Andhra.

As per the sources 50th day poster of any dubbed movie or original tamil version movie, other than native language movies, crossing 50 days and its poster being pasted on walls is happening after a long time.

Even in south asian countries like singapore and malaysia Endhiran has successfully completed its 50 day run. Though it is undeniable that a considerable amount of tamilians live in those countries, endhiran completing 50 days in many a theater is a matter for wonder.

In malaysia alone the movie is still running in 15 theatres while it runs in Rex and Golden theatres in singapore.

Canada and UK are two of the very prominent western countries where majority of the population consists of white people. Even in these countries endhiran has crossed 50 days. This is something which must be cherished by tamil people.

As rajini aptly pointed out that he would act only in those movies which will bring honour and pride to the tamil/indian people, the movie is just doing the same.

Manmadhan Ambu team to perform live in Singapore

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After the audio-launch of superstar Rajnikanth’sEnthiran: The Robot’ was held in Malaysia, it’s now the turn of the Kamal Haasan-Madhavan-Trisha starrer ‘Manmadhan Ambu’. Yes, the film’s music is all set to be launched in Malaysia’s rich neighbour Singapore  on  20th of November.

 

The hi-profile producer of the film, Udhayanidhi Stalin, has made elaborate plans to beam live the Singapore event at a five-star hotel (Royal Le Meridien) in Chennai where journalists can sit back in a relaxed manner and enjoy the event. After the audio-launch, arrangements have also been made for Kamal Haasan to be talking to the journos in Chennai through the ‘video-conferencing’ facility.

The film ‘Manmadhan Ambu’ has been directed by K.S Ravikumar and brings together Kamal Haasan and Trisha for the first time together. Madhavan & Sangeetha, who played the lead role in ‘Evano Oruvan’ a couple of years ago, also play significant roles in ‘Manmadhan Ambu’. The film has created huge excitement among Kamal Haasan and Trisha’s fans.

Kamal has also penned the story, dialogue and screenplay of the film besides singing a few songs of the film. The film has been shot widely and extensively in Rome, Venice, Paris, Barcelona and aboard a luxurious cruise which floats permanently in the waters of Mediterranean Sea. Devi Sri Prasad has scored the music of the film.

The music launch, to be held in Expo-Max Pavilion in Singapore which can seat 7,000 spectators, would last for 3 hours and might witness one of those rare occasions when Kamal might shake a leg or two on stage along with Trisha for the audience’s sake.

Besides the lead actors, K.S Ravikumar, Udhayanidhi Stalin and music director Devi Sri Prasad are expected to attend the event.

 

Mamta Mohandas suffering from cancer

Much of her fans in Mollywood really had a big shock when they realised from the media that their favourite actress Mamta Mohandas was suffering from cancer. The 25 year old actress, who celebrated her birthday on this 14th in a special way on a jumbo aircraft with 360 underprivileged kids, is but cheerful and confident about fighting the disease.

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She was diagnosed to be suffering from a rare type of cancer named Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, but fortunately for Mamta and her fans, the disease has been diagnosed at a very early stage and chances of Mamta recovering from it are 100 per cent.

I had to undergo a haircut when I was acting for a song sequence in the film 'Anwar' for chemotherapy. Many thought that I had cut my hair to look beautiful and enquired about that. But I think, I faced the cancer bravely. It is a tough thing to undergo such painful treatments like Chemotherapy and radiation. But one must realise that without struggle there is no victory. This is my life’s philosophy, and so I don’t look at anything with negativity.

The actress who had built a fan base in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu had also been successful as a playback singer which even won a Filmfare award. She suddenly has got plenty of projects including 4 Malayalam films under her sleeves. She had also recently tattooed lord Ganesha on her shoulder as she believes that her mental strength to face the issues of complexity and the power to face such issues is gifted to her by Lord Ganesha.

Vijay, Jiiva and Srikanth in ‘3 Idiots’

The 3 Idiots remake is sure to begin in December and the three main leads – Vijay, Jiiva and Srikanth have been booked already. But the scenario for the Telugu remake is not that promising as only Mahesh Babu has been finalized till date. He will play the role Vijay does in Tamil.

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The buzz we hear now is that director Shankar is contemplating with the idea of casting Jiiva and Srikanth in the Telugu version too.

The entire team, including Sathyaraj, Ileana, Vijay, Jiiva and Srikanth will leave for Delhi in December to participate in the shooting. An ideal location in Dehradun has been identified for shooting this film.

Prabhu Deva,Ramlath marriage was not registered!

Prabhu Deva and Nayanthara have been issued court summons through Nadigar Sangam to appear before the court on November 23rd, 2010 based on the complaint filed by Prabhu’s wife Ramlath.

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At a time when there is a strong anticipation if the two would appear before the court of law, Prabhu shocked everyone by claiming that the marriage between him and Ramlath is not legal as it was not registered. He is discussing with legal experts to proceed with the case filed by Ramlath seeking restitution of conjugal rights based on this claim.

His wife is gearing to counter this claim by collecting all the necessary documents like the ration card and her children’s birth certificates which indicates that Prabhu is her husband

Kamal Haasan denies the rumour

There were reports that after their super hit combo in around seven films, South Indian superstars Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth will join hands once again in master film maker Shankar's big budget project to be made by prestigious Sun Pictures with a whopping Rs. 500 crores budget in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi!

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But it proved to be a baseless rumour, when Kamal Haasan personally denied this rumour during a press conference held in Hyderabad on Thursday to announce the forthcoming Media and Entertainment Business Conclave (MEBC) 2010, commencing from December 1.

When asked, he said: "Am I doing a film with Rajinikanth? I don't know what you are talking about." He added that he came to Hyderabad with director Shankar in the same flight, but the director did not speak anything about the project.

Ileana whopping Rs. 1.5 crores 3 Idiots remake!

Sexy siren Ileana once again grabs headlines in terms of remuneration, after bagging a whopping Rs. 1.5 crores as total remuneration for the Tamil and Telugu remakes of Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots!

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The slim beauty has charged Rs. 30 lakhs for a single item number in a Kannada film titled Huduga Hudugi, a romantic comedy directed by Indrajit Lankesh. The song was shot in 3 days. The film was released recently. The moviegoers who watched Huduga Hudugi said Ileana looks stunning as ever in the special song.

The film revolves around Sachin (Dhyan) and Sonia (Lekha Washington), co-hosts of a popular TV show. Sonia's screen image fetches her a marriage proposal from a business family. Sonia agrees instantly but the guy rejects her due to her ordinary looks. Sachin, sensing her disappointment, steps in to help her undergo a makeover. What happens next forms the rest of the film.

Simbu’s 'Vettai Mannan' shooting started!

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Simbu's next film 'Vettai Mannan' has started off with the first phase of its shooting schedule. Vettai Mannan is said to be a high budget movie and is directed by debutant Nelson, who is a long time associate of Simbu. Nelson had worked with Simbu in movies like Manmadhan and Vallavan.

Nelson is said to have approached Simbu with the script during the shoots of 'Vaanam'. Simbu after hearing the script narration has immediately waved green signal to the project. One of the greatest strength for 'Vettai Mannan' is that, NIC Arts Chakravarthy is producing the film.

The movie is said to be a comedy thriller and actor Jai will be playing a pivotal role alongside Simbu, according to the sources. The script demands three heroines out which one will be roped in from Bollywood. After completing Poda Podi completely Simbu will enter Vettai Mannan in full swing. The actor also said that he has ideas of reviving his dropped out 'Kettavan' project. The music director and other casts have not yet been offcially confirmed.

Dhanush,Simbhu at ‘Social Network’ Premiere Show

Dhanush and Simbu who were assumed to follow the footsteps of Ajith Kumar and Vijay in film rivalries are proving it to be wrong. At the initial stages friction between the relationship of Simbu and Dhanush did exist. But in the recent times the youngsters are turning the story the other way round.

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Simbu and Dhanush were present at the preview show of 'The Social Network' movie at Satyam Cinemas, Chennai. Both the stars spotted each other and shared lighter moments. The actors posed patiently for the press and were discussing many things with a big smile in their faces.

Anushka in ‘Thalaivan Irukiran’!

 

The tall and hot babe Anushka Shetty will be romancing veteran actor Kamal Haasan in his next film ‘Thalaivan Irukiran’. Previously Trisha was in the talks for playing the female lead role with Kamal Haasan in this movie.

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However the project got delayed due to some reasons, but has been revived now. Kamal Haasan has now settled down with Anushka for his next movie. The actor had decided to opt for her as she is the only happening actress in Tamil and Telugu as of now.

According to the reports the shooting for ‘Thalaivan Irukiran’ will be started in two month's time. The story has been written by Kamal Haasan himself. Hollywood production house, Fox Studios have come forward to produce this movie.

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Prabhu Deva hails Jayam Ravi

Choreograher, actor, director Prabhu Deva is busy filming a song sequence for ‘Engeyum Kadhal’ in New Zealand. But the director hasn't forgot to appreciate the lead star Jayam Ravi and music director Harris Jeyaraj. On speaking about Jayam Ravi, Prabhu Deva said, “Ravi is an excellent actor and is a delight for every director. I can give full marks to him in all aspects. He is ready to go to any extent to make the director feel satisfied. He is such a hardworking artiste.

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The audio of ‘Engeyum Kadhal’ was released a few days back and is busy banging the FM adios and car stereos. The songs have come out well and for sure will complement the movie a lot. Harris's music has been the backbone of many hit movies like Vaaranam Aayiram, Kakka Kakka, Minnale, Aadhavan, Ayan etc.

Prabhu Deva on commenting about the music said that “His songs are the major strength of ‘Engeyum Kadhal’. There are seven songs and each one belongs to a different genre. Harris knows the pulse of youngsters well. The director also had praises for the producer Kalpathi S Aghoram and said that “the film has come out well and it is because of the support from Aghoram sir. He was always willing to spend for a quality end product.

Shankar’s '3 Rascals' to kickoff on December 6

According to the earlier reports, Shankar was about to start the Telugu remake of 3 idiots first. The latest buzz suggests that, Shankar will be apparently working on Tamil and Telugu remakes of '3 Idiots'. The bitter part is that only Vijay and Mahesh Babu have been confirmed for playing Aamir Khan's part in Tamil and Telugu versions respectively.

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The movie will be simultaneously shot in both Tamil and Telugu, as a bilingual, starring Mahesh Babu in Telugu and Vijay in Tamil. Vijay’s and Mahesh Babu’s portions only will be shot along with Ileana’s who plays Kareena Kapoor’s role of the Hindi version. This is because the other two actors are not finalized till now.


As many of the stars who were proposed with the offer have turned their hands down, Jeeva is likely to be signed for the movie. Sathyaraj will be apt for Professor Cherian’s role as in the book ‘Five Point Someone’.

Manmadhan Ambu movie stills

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Directed by : K. S. Ravikumar
Produced by : Udhayanidhi Stalin
Studio : Red Giant Movies
Written by : Kamal Haasan,Crazy Mohan
Starring : Kamal Haasan,R.Madhavan,Trisha Krishnan,Ramesh Arvind,Sangeetha,Manju Pillai
Music by : Devi Sri Prasad

Synopsis

Manmadhan Ambu is a forthcoming Tamil romantic comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar.Madhavan plays the role of Madhan and Trisha plays the role of Ambujam.Madhan who is deeply in love with the actress Ambujam wants to confirm whether she is also madly in love with him. So he appoints a private detective, a role played by kamal Hassan.

Kamal goes behind Trisha and befriends her during shooting in a cruise boat. This makes Kamal’s pair Sangeetha worry about his partner. Finally Madhavan explains the whole trauma to Sangeetha and everything ends well.

Director Shankar summoned by High court

In the recent past, Endhiran's story was claimed by two well-known writers, which followed their legal complaints to the government authorities. But there were no response from the Director and Producer's side regarding this issue.

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While commenting on this issue, Aarur Tamil Nadan says, “I wrote a novel named 'Jugiba' which is published in the year1996 and 2007 in a magazine with my consent. The director and producer had made this film based on the story written by me”.

The second one to lodge a complaint against Endhiran's makers was Arnika Nasar who is well known for science fiction novels. In regard with this issue writer Arnika Nasar lodged a complaint at the Chennai city Police Commissioner’s Office.

The Chennai high court on Tuesday issued summons to the director and the producer of ‘Endhiran’ on receiving a complaint from the writer who claimed that the story was illegally taken from his book.
The civil suit was present for admission before Justice S Rajeswaran and he asked the production house Sun Pictures and Shankar to answer the file by November 18. The film is already released and doing a good business. Sun Pictures also opposed any temporary order to see that the film will continue its screening.

Ileana meets Shankar!

The only official confirmation about the casts in '3 Rascals' remake is Ileana. The Telugu glam doll will be apparently working with the Vijay and Mahesh Babu for both the remake versions. To begin with Shankar will be directing the sequences of Ileana with Vijay and Mahesh Babu.

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Ileana took her flight to Chennai on Tuesday for the script discussion with Shankar. The actress is very much impressed with the script and her character in the film. She is paid a whopping amount of Rs 1.50 Crore for both the versions. The film is produced by Gemini Film Circuit.

In the meanwhile the male cast confusions have not come to an end. Shankar approached Siddharth, for Sharman Joshy’s character but the actor rejected to do. Now the director is seriously hunting for the other two idiots. There is a chance of Jiiva doing the role of Madhavan in the original.

Shankar also tried for Aarya but as he can’t adjust his dates he refused to do. The latest buzz is that Srikanth is in lead while the director rejected the offer to Ganesh Venkatram and Nakul who are in the race.

Suriya dub with his own voice in Hindi

Actor Suriya had earlier reported of dropping the idea to dub with his own voice in Hindi as he lacked perfection. But he has successfully completed dubbing with Ram Gopal Varma’s support. Closer sources have added that initially Suriya was reluctant over rendering his voice. Off the late, Ram Gopal Varma insisted the actor to perform couple of scenes in Hindi.

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Impressed with his excellent command over the language, Ram Gopal Varma gave ‘Green Signal’ and now everything is done with perfection.

The Hindi versions ‘Raktha Charithra-2’ will release on December 3 while the Telugu and Tamil on November 26.

Shriya denies the rumors!

There was news that Shriya Charan has fallen in love with Rana who is the grandson of the Telugu producer T Rama Naidu and both are getting ready for marriage. '

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When Shriya Charan was asked about this she got wild and said,” I never expected this question. I am busy acting in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam and English films. Where is the time for me to love? Apart from this I have not seen the films of Rana. I have not seen him at all. When this is the situation, I don’t know how these kinds of rumors are being spread by some vagabonds. It is normal for a rumor if I had acted with a person in a film or gone out with him for a function. I cannot take it ordinarily if rumors are spread when I have not even seen Rana.”

But on the contrary, reports were that Rana and Shriya Charan are pairing together for a Hindi film ‘Dum Maro Dum’ that has Bollywood’s leading actors Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu in lead roles as well.

Vijay-Vikram film starts in Ooty

The latest update on Vijay-Vikram's project: Reportedly Vikram's next project went on floors in Ooty last week. The crew will be in Ooty till December to shoot some important sequences.

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The film stars Anushka and Amala Paul (Sindhu Samaveli and Mynaa fame) in prominent roles. There are also reports that Anushka will play the role of a lawyer in the film.

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GV Prakash,Saindhavi are tying the knot

GV Prakash Kumar the young talented music director and nephew of AR Rahman  and singer Saindhavi are tying the knot next year. 

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The soft spoken GV as he is known among friends, announced that he will get married by December 2011 after his Bollywood debut. 

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He also added that they had fallen in love during school days and has now decided to make it official with the blessings of their respective parents.

GV had made his debut with Veyil followed by films like Kireedam, Pollathavan, Aayirathil Oruvan, Angadi Theru, Madhrasapattinam and many other hits. Chennai based Saindhavi is a trained classical singer and her claim to fame is AR Rahman's  Anniyan number Andankakka.

On why Saindhavi has not sung under him, GV is quick to respond with a smile:  "She had not sung for me but  L.Vijay director of Madharasapattinam suggested her name and she sang for the hit number .. Aaruyire in the film.  She is also singing for Vijay’s next film under my baton"

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