Periyar

Periyar is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language biographical film, written and directed by Gnana Rajasekaran, about the life of the social reformer and rationalist Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, with Sathyaraj who plays the lead role. This movie was partly funded by the then Tamil Nadu government headed by Karunanidhi. The film was dubbed in Telugu and released as Periyar Ramaswamy Naicker.