Charlie Chaplin (film)

Charlie Chaplin is a 2002 Tamil comedy film directed by Sakthi Chidambaram,This is the remake of telugu movie Mee Aaayana Jagartha. starring Prabhu Ganesan and Prabhu Deva. The films commercial success led to remakes into Telugu Pellam Oorelithe, Hindi No Entry, Malayalam Happy Husbands , Kannada Kalla Malla Sulla. and Marathi No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey. Prabhu won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for his performance in the film.

Sakthi Chidambaram revealed that the story was based on a real life incident that had happened to his friend, but altered the happenings to present it in a comedy format. The film was initially called Uthama Purushan, but was later changed to Charlie Chaplin. The initial choices for the two leading female roles had been Gayatri Jayaraman and Sanghavi, but the two were replaced due to date issues.

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