60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013)

60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013) at a glance:

The 60th Filmfare Awards South (2013) is a segment of the annual Filmfare Awards South. The ceremony was held in Hyderabad, Talangana, India, on 20th July 2013.

Actor Sudeep Kishan and singer Chinmayi Sripada hosted the show. Chinmay Sripada hosted the show for the 2nd consecutive year. She hosted the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012) along with singer Karthik.

Content:

1. Venue
2. About Filmfare Awards-South
3. Introduction of Filmfare Awards-South
4. List of Winners and Nominees-62nd Filmfare Awards-South (Main Awards)
   • Winners and Nominees of Tamil Cinema Awards
   • Winners and Nominees of Telugu Cinema Awards
   • Winners and Nominees of Malayalam Cinema Awards
   • Winners and Nominees of Kannada Cinema Awards
5. Most Awarded Films in 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013)
   • Most Awarded Tamil Films
   • Most Awarded Telugu Films
   • Most Awarded Malayalam Films
   • Most Awarded Kannada Films
6. Most Nominated films in 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013)
   • Most Nominated Tamil Films
   • Most Nominated Telugu Films
   • Most Nominated Malayalam Films
   • Most Nominated Kannada Films
7. Special Jury Award
8. Filmfare Awards for Best Female Debut-South
9. Filmfare Awards for Best Male Debut-South
10. Filmfare Awards for Best Cinematographer-South
11. Filmfare Awards for Best Choreographer-South
12. Filmfare Awards for Best Art Director-South
13. Lifetime Achievement Award
14. Critics Award for Best Actor
15. Technical Awards
16. Awards Highlights
    • Awards Highlights-Tamil
    • Awards Highlights-Telugu
    • Awards Highlights-Malayalam
    • Awards Highlights-Kannada

Venue

Initially, Filmfare Awards South was part of the Filmfare Awards (Hindi Cinema). Therefore, the award ceremonies were held in Bombay (now Mumbai) from 1964 to 1971 in a row.

Filmfare Awards South was held in Chennai for the first time in the year 1972. Moreover, it was the first time when the show was held outside Bombay.

However, the show was again held in Bombay in the years 1973 and 1974.

Thereafter since the 22nd Filmfare Awards South (1975), the ceremony started regularly in Chennai.

The 39th Filmfare Awards were also held in Bombay along with Filmfare Awards (Hindi Cinema) on 31 March 1993.

The 44th Filmfare South (1996) was held at the Ravindra Bharati Auditorium, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh on 30 August 1997.

This was the first time when Filmfare Awards South were held outside Bombay/Mumbai or Madras/Chennai.

The award function started to be held in Chennai and Hyderabad in alternate years since the 43rd Filmfare Awards South (1996).

The 60th Filmfare Awards South (2013) was held at the Hyderabad Indernational Convention Center, Hyderabad, Telangana; India on 7th July 2012.

About Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Awards South is a separate segment of the annual Filmfare Awards. The First Filmfare Awards were given on 21 March 1954.

Initially, only Hindi cinema personalities get nominated and awarded in various Filmfare Categories. Thereafter, Filmfare started new segments like Filmfare South, Filmfare Marathi, and Filmfare Bengali.

Filmfare Magazine presents Filmfare Awards. The Time Group publish the Filmfare magazine. Filmfare Awards acknowledge and honor the talent of Hindi Cinema. Whereas Filmfare Awards South aims to consider South Indian Films and related film personalities to honor and encourage them.

Introduction of Filmfare Awards South

South Film Industry makes films in mainly four languages namely Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Thus, Filmfare Magazine introduced the new segment of Filmfare Awards for South.

The First Filmfare Award was held in the year 1954 in Bombay (now Mumbai). Filmfare presented awards, for Hindi Cinema, in five categories only.

Thereafter, Filmfare introduced Filmfare Awards South in the year 1964. Meaning thereby, after ten (10) years of the First Filmfare Awards held in Bombay (now Mumbai).

In the meantime, Filmfare also introduced Filmfare Awards East and Filmfare Marathi Awards in 1963. Filmfare Awards East were initially meant for Bangla Cinema. However, Assamese and Odia cinema were also included in the year 2014.

South Indian Films (Tamil and Telugu only) were considered in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Filmfare Awards South. Malayalam Films were added to the 14th Filmfare Awards South (1967). Thereafter, Kannada Films were also added to the 17th Filmfare Awards South. Thus, all four languages of South Indian Films or four film industries were considered for awards since the 17th Filmfare Awards South (1970).

Introduction of New Categories

Filmfare Awards South presented awards in the category of Best Film only from 1964 to 1972.

Filmfare introduced new categories of awards in the 20th Filmfare Awards (1973). These new categories were Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

Thus, the number of award categories became four (4) since the 20th Filmfare Awards South (1973). Now onward, all four awards were presented in all four main categories as such Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress belong to four film industries of South Indian Cinema.

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Best Music Director Award South was introduced in the 38th Filmfare Awards South (1991).

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Three new categories were introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards South (1998).

• Filmfare Award South for Best Cinematography.
• Filmfare Award South for Best Choreography.
• Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut South.

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Two new categories were introduced in the 46th Filmfare Awards South (1999).

• Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer-South
• Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South.

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Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South was introduced in the 48th Filmfare Awards South (2001). Earlier the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South was introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).

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Four new award categories were introduced in the 50th Filmfare Awards South for Tamil and Telugu Cinema. These categories were Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Villain, and Best Comedian.

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Three new award categories were introduced in the 53rd Filmfare Awards-South.

• Best Lyricist
• Best Editor
• Best Action Director

• Further, Best Female Playback Singer and Best Male Playback Singer were introduced in the 53rd Filmfare Awards-South (2006) both Male and Female awards were made separated.
• Earlier a common award for available both Male and Female Singers since 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).

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• Filmfare Best Costume Design-South was introduced in the 58th Filmfare Awards-South (2011).
• Manish Malhotra received the award for Best Costume Design-South for the Tamil language Science Fiction Enthiran.

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• Critics Award was introduced in the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012).
• Best Actor-Critics (Tamil) was awarded in the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012).
• Vikram won the award for the film Deiva Thirumagal (Tamil).

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List of Winners-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)

Nominees and Winners of Tamil Cinema Awards

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Nominees and Winners of Telugu Cinema Awards

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Nominees and Winners of Malayalam Cinema Awards

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Nominees and Winners of Kannada Cinema Awards

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Special Jury Award-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)

The Special Award was not presented in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013) for the 2nd consecutive year.

Lifetime Achievement Award-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)

Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).
  • Simran became the first winner of the award.
  • She won the award for the Tamil language films Nerukku Ner, Once More, and VIP.
• Lakshmi Menon and Shwetha Srivatsav won the award for Best Female Debut in the 60th Filmfare Awards South (2013).
  • Lakshmi Menon won the award for Best Female Debut for the Tamil language Comedy film Sundarapandian.
  • Shwetha Srivatsav won the award for the Drama film Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam.

Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South was first introduced in the 48th Filmfare Awards-South (2001).
  • R. Madhavan became the first winner of the award.
  • He won the award for the Tamil language film Alaipayuthey.
• Dulquer Salmaan and Udhayanidhi Stalin won the award for Best Male Debut in the 60th Filmfare Awards South (2013).
  • Dulquer Salmaan won the award for the Malayalam language Drama film Ustad Hotel.
  • Udhayanidhi Stalin won the award for the Tamil language Romantic film Oru Kal Oru Kannadi.

Filmfare Critics Awards for Best Actor

• Critics Award was introduced in the 59th Filmfare Awards-South (2012).
  • Vikram won the award for the film Deiva Thirumagal (Tamil).
• The award for Best Actor-Critics was not awarded in 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).

Technical Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer-South

• Filmfare Best Cinematographer-South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).
• Santosh Sivan became the first winner of the Award.
  • He won the award for the Tamil language film Iruvar.
• Chota K. Naidu won the award for Filmfare Best Cinematographer-South in the 60th Filmfare Awards South (2013).
  • He won the award for the Telugu language Fantasy film Damarukam.

Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998).
  • Brinda Master became the first person to received the award.
  • She won the award for the Telugu language film Preminchukundam Raa.
• Jani won the Filmfare Best Choreographer-South in the 60th Filmfare Awards South (2013).
  • He won the award for the song Dillaku Dillaku from Telugu language Action film Racha.

Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South

• Filmfare Award for Best Art Director South was first introduced in the 46th Filmfare Awards-South (1999).
  • Thotta Tharani won the award for the Telugu language film Choodalani Vundi.
• Sabu Cyril won the award for Best Production Designer-South(Best Art Director) in the 58th Filmfare Awards South (2011).
  • He won the award for the Tamil language Science Fiction film Enthiran.
    • The name of the award was changed from Best Art Director-South to Best Production Designer-South from 58th Filmfare Awards South (2011) onward. This was done by keeping in mind that Art Direction is itself a part of Production Design.
• Award for Best Art Director-South or Best Production Designer-South was not awarded in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013) for the 2nd consecutive year.

There are several occasions when the Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South was not awarded. Here is the list of Filmfare Awards South in which the Best Director Award was not given:

1. 47th Filmfare Awards South (2000) to 52nd Filmfare Awards South (2005); for six (6) consecutive years.
2. 54th Filmfare Awards South (2007).
3. 56th Filmfare Awards South (2009) and 57th Filmfare Awards South (2010); for two (2) consecutive years.
4. 59th Filmfare Awards South (2012) to 64th Filmfare Awards South (2017); for another six consecutive years.

Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design-South

• Manish Malhotra received the newly introduced award for Best Costume Design-South in the 58th Filmfare Awards-South (2011).
  • He won the award for the Tamil language Science Fiction Enthiran.
• The award was not given in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).

Most Nominations and Most Awards-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)

Several films received multiple nominations and multiple awards in various categories. The following films received and won multiple nominations and multiple awards including the Most Awards and the Most Nominations in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013):

Tamil Cinema

• Film Kumki became the most awarded Tamil film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
  • The film won three (3) awards out of eight (8) nominations.
• By receiving eight (8) nominations, Kumki became the most nominated Tamil Film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South.
  • Kumki also became the Most Nominated Film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South along with Kannada film Sidlingu that too received eight (8) nominations.

Telugu Cinema

• Eega became the most awarded Telugu film in the Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
  • The film won five (5) awards out of six (6) nominations.
  • By winning five (5) awards Eega also became the Most Awarded Film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
• By receiving seven (7) nominations, Krishnam Vande Jagadgrurm became the most nominated Telugu Film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South.
  • However, the film did not win any awards.

Malayalam Cinema

• Film Spirit became the most awarded Malayalam film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
  • The film won two (2) awards out of seven (7) nominations.
• By receiving seven (7) nominations, Sprit and Ustad Hotel became the most nominated Malayalam Films in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South.
  • Sprit won two awards whereas Hotel Ustad won only one award.

Kannada Cinema

• Film Sindlingu became the most awarded Kannada film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
  • The film won three (3) awards each. out of Eight (8) nominations.
• By receiving eight (8) nominations, Sindlingu became the most nominated Kannada Film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South.
  • Sindlingu also became the Most Nominated Film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013) along with Tamil film Kumki that too received eight (8) nominations.

Most Awards Winners (Film)-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)

Most Nominations (Film)-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)

Most Nominations and Most Awards-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)-Tamil Cinema

Most Award Winners (Film)-Tamil Cinema

Most Nominations-Tamil Cinema

Highlights-Tamil Cinema Awards-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)

1. Film Kumki received eight (8) nominations won five (3) awards.
   • By winning three (3) awards, Kumki became the most awarded film in the 60th Filmare Awards-South (2013) in Tamil Cinema Category.
     • Kannda film Sidlingu also received eight (8) nominations and became the most nominated films in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South.
   • Thambi Ramaiah won the award for Best Supporting Role (Male).
   • D. Imman won the award for Best Music Director.
   • Yugabharathi won the award for Best Lyricist.
     • He won the award for the song Solitately from Kumki.
   • By receiving 8 (eight) nominations, Kumki became the most nominated film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
2. Film Neerparavai and Thuppakki received the second most nominations in the Tamil Cinema category.
   • Film Neerparavai won one award out of seven (7) nominations.
     • Saranya Ponvannan won the award for Best Supporting Actress.
   • Fill Thuppakki did not win any awards in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
3. Film “3” received six (6) nominations and won two (2) of them.
   • Actor Dhanush won the award for Best Male Playback Singer-Tamil for the song “Kolaveri D”.
   • Dhanush won the award for Best Actor-Tamil too.
4. Film Neethane En Ponvasantham received six (6) nominations and won two of them.
   • Samantha Ruth Prabhu won the award for Best Actress-Tamil.
   • Ramya NSK won the award for Best Female Playback Singer-Tamil for the song Satru Munbu.
5. Film Sundarapandian and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi received three (3) nominations each. Both Films also won one (1) award each.
   • Lakshmi Menon won the award for Best Female Debut-Tamil for the film Sundarapandian.
   • Udhayanidhi Stalin won the award for Best Male Debut-Tamil for the film Oru Kal Oru Kannadi.
6. Film Thandavam received three nominations in the category of Best Actor-Tamil, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Music Director-Tamil.
   • However, the film did not receive any awards.
7. Film Vazhakku Enn 18/9 received two nominations and won both of them.
   • The film won awards for Best Film-Tamil and Best Director-Tamil.
   • Balaji Sakthivel won the award for Best Director-Tamil.
8. Film Nanban received two nominations.
   • However, the film did not win any awards.

Most Nominations and Most Awards-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)-Telugu Cinema

Most Award Winners (Film)-Telugu Cinema

Most Nominations-Telugu Cinema

Highlights-Most Awards and Most Nominations (Telugu)-60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013)

1. Telugu Language film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum received seven (7) nominations in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
   • By received seven (7) nominations Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum became the most nominated Telugu film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
   • However, the film did not win any awards.
2. Telugu language film Eega received six (6) nominations and won five (5) of them.
   • By receiving six (6), Eega became the second most nominated film in the Telugu Cinema category.
   • By winning five (5) awards, Eaga became the most awarded film in the South Filmfare Awards-2013.
3. Eega won in the category of Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best VFX.
   • S S Rajamouli won the award for Best Directr-Telugu.
   • Samantha Ruth Prabhu won the award for Best Actress-Telugu.
   • Sudeep won the award for Best Supporting Actor-Telugu.
   • Eega won the award in the category of the Best VFX too.
4. Samantha Ruth Prabhu won the award for Best Actress in Tamil and Telugu categories.
   • She won the award in the Tamil category for the film Neethane En Ponvasantham and the Telugu category for the film Eaga.
   • By winning the award for Best Actress, Samantha Ruth Prabhu became the 5th Indian Actress to win the award for Best Actress in more than one category, in the same year.
   • Earlier Jayalalithaa won Best Actress (Tamil) and Best Actress (Telugu) in the 20th Filmfare Awards South (1973).
     • Thus, Jayalalithaa became the first Actor (Male or Female) to win the Best Actress Award for different language films in a single year, in Filmfare Awards-South.
   • Thereafter, Lakshmi won Best Actress (Tamil) and Best Actress (Malayalam) in the 22nd Filmfare Awards South (1975).
     • Thus, Lakshmi became the 2nd Actress to win the Best Actress Award for different language films in a single year.
   • Poornima Bhagyaraj also won the Best Actress Award (Malayalam) for the film Olangal in the 30th Filmfare Awards South (1983).
     • Poornima Bhagyaraj became the 3rd Actress to win the Best Actress Award for different language films in a single year.
   • Revathi won the Best Actress (Tamil) for the film Thevar Magan and Best Actress (Telugu) for the film Ankuram in the 40th Filmfare Awards South (1993).
     • Revathi became the 4th Actress to win the Best Actress Award for different language films in a single year.
   • And finally, Samantha Ruth Prabhu achieved the milestone in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
5. Film Gabbar Singh received six (6) nominations and won two (2) of them.
   • Pawan Kalyan won the award for Best Actor-Telugu.
   • Devi Sri Prasad won the award for Best Music Director-Telugu.
   • Vaddepalli Srinivas won the award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Gannaulanti Kannulunna from Gabbar Singh.
6. Film Damarukam also received six (6) nominations.
   • The film won only one (1) award.
   • Chota K. Naidu won the award for Best Cinematographer-South for the film.
7. Film Julayi received five (5) nominations.
   • However, the film did not win any awards.
8. Film Life is Beautiful received three (3) nominations.
   • The film won one (1) award.
   • Amala won the award for Best Actress-Telugu.

Most Nominations and Most Awards-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)-Malayalam Cinema

Most Award Winners (Film)-Malayalam Cinema

Most Nominations-Malayalam Cinema

Highlights-Most Awards and Most Nominations (Malayalam Cinema)-60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013)

1. Film Spirit received seven (7) nominations and two (2) awards in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South.
   • By receiving seven (7) nominations, Spirit became the most nominated film in Malayalam Cinema Category, in the 60th Filmfare Awards.
2. Film Sprit, Diamond Necklace, and 22 Female Kottayam won two awards each.
   • Film Sprit won in the category of Best Lyricist-Malyalama and Best Male Playback Singer-Malayalam.
   • Vijay Yesudas won the award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Mazhakondu Mathram.
   • Rafeeq Ahmed won the award for Best Lyricist-Malayalam for the song Maranamethunna Nerathu from the film Spirit.
     • He received another nomination for Best Lyricist for the song Ee Chillayil from the film Sprit.
     • Rafeeq Ahmed also received a third nomination for Best Lyricist for the song Nilamalare Nilamalare from the film Diamond Necklace.
     • Rafeeq Ahmed was the first person who received three (3) nominations for a single category in Filmfare Awards South.
3. Film Dimond Necklace won in the category of Best Supporting Actress and Best Music Director.
   • Gauthami Nair won the award for Best Supporting Actress-Malayalam.
     • Samvrutha Sunil received a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress for the film.
   • Vidyasagar won the award for Best Music Director-Malayalam.
4. Film 22 Female Kottayam won two awards in the category of Best Actor-Malayalam and Best Actress-Malayalam.
   • Fahadh Faasil won the award for Best Actor-Malayalam for the film.
   • Rima Kallingal won the award for Best Actor-Malayalam for the Film.
5. Film Ayalum Njanum Thammil received four (4) nominations and won two (2) of them.
   • The film won in the category of Best Film-Malayalam and Best Director-Malayalam.
     • Lal Jose won the award for Best Director-Malayalam.
6. Films Ozhimuri and Ivan Megharoopan received four (4) nominations each.
   • Both the films did not win any awards.
7. Films Dhenikaina Reddy, Bavuttiyude Namathil, and Thattathin Marayathu received two (2) nominations each.
   • However, no film could win any awards in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).

Most Nominations and Most Awards-60th Filmfare Awards South (2013)-Kannada Cinema

Most Award Winners (Film)-Kannada Cinema

Most Nominations-Kannada Cinema

Highlights-Most Awards and Most Nominations (Kannada Cinema)

• Kannada film Sidlingu received eight (8) nominations and won three (3) awards.
  • By receiving eight (8) nominations film Sidlingu became the most nominated film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
    • Tamil language film Kumki also received eight (8) nominations and shared the most nominated film in the Filmfare Awards 2013.
  • By winning three (3) awards, the film Sidlingu became the most awarded film Sidlingu became the most nominated film in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
    •  Vijaya Prasad won the award for Best Director-Kannada.
    • Siman Ranganathan won the award for Best Supporting Actress-Kannada.
    • Avinash Chebbi won the award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Ellello Oduva Manase from Sidlingu. 
• Film Drama received six (6) nominations and won two (2).
  • The film won in the category of Best Music Director-Kannada and Best Lyricist-Kannada,
    • V. Harikrishna won the award for Best Music Director-Kannada.
    • Yogaraj Bhat won the award for Best Lyricist for the song Bombe Aadsonu from Drama.
• Film Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna received five (5) nominations in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South (2013).
  • The film won two awards in the category of Best Film-Kannada and Best Actor-Kannada.
    • Darshan won the award for the Best Actor-Kannada.
• Film Addhuri received five (5) nominations but did not win any awards in the 60th Filmfare Awards-South.
• Film Edegarike and Govindaya Namaha received four (4) nominations each and won only one (1) award each too.
  • Atul Kulkarni won the award for Best Supporting Actor in the film.
• Film Alemari and Anna Bond both received four awards each.
  • However, none of the films won any awards.
• Film Sundarapandian received three (3) nominations and won one of them.
  • Lakshmi Menon won the award for Best Female Debut for the film Sundarapandian.
• Film Ee Adutha Kalathu, Dandupalya, and Aalochane received two (2) nominations each.
  • However, none of the films won any awards.

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