Silambattam being dubbed as Maavadu

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Tamil action hero Simbu's recent Tamil action extravaganza Silambattam, directed by Saravanan and produced by Muralidharan, will be dubbed in Telugu as Maavadu. Released on December 19, 2008 to packed houses in India, Silambattam was a super hit from its third week onwards. The Telugu audio release was held at the Four Frames theatre on Tuesday, 11 March 2009. The audio was released by Producer Council President Ramnarayan and received by producer R.B. Chowdry of Super Good Films. Producers Murlidharan, Venu Gopal and Swaminathan were present on the occasion.

“With the release of Silambattam in Telugu, Simbu will join the club of actors like Suriya and Vishal, whose films are routinely dubbed into Telugu”, producer Vasu said. Maavadu will hit theatres within the next couple of weeks.

The super box office hit’s main stars are Silambarasan (Simbu), Sneha, Sana Khan, Prabhu Ganesan, Santhanam, Kishore, Nirosha, Nedumudi Venu and Premji Amaren.