What is the real name of the serial killer that the film Pulan Visaranai is loosely based on?
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Pulan Visaranai Pulan Visaranai (English: Investigation ) is a 1990 Tamil language film directed by R. K. Selvamani. The film features Vijayakanth in lead role. The film, produced by R. Sundar Raj and S. Raveendran, had musical score by Illayaraja and was released on 14 January 1990. The film was a blockbuster and was considered to be one of the best crime thrillers of its time. It was remade in Hindi as "". The character of the antagonist Dharma (played by Anandaraj) is loosely based on the serial killer Auto Shankar. Telugu dubbed version "Police Adhikari" was also successful.
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Auto Shankar Auto Shankar (January 21, 1954 – April 27, 1995) is the nickname of Indian serial killer Gowri Shankar.
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Sethupathi IPS Sethupathi IPS is a 1994 Tamil movie starring Vijayakanth, Meena, and Nambiar. The movie deals the story of a police officer who fights against terrorism. The movie was shot in 180 days and entirely in Chennai. It is one of the biggest blockbusters of Vijayakanth's during 1990s. It was dubbed in Telugu as "Raghupathi IPS".
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Johannes Mashiane Johannes Mashiane AKA "The Beast of Atteridgeville" is a South African rapist and serial killer who accounted for 13 victims before committing suicide in 1989. Mashiane was being chased by police in the Pretoria suburb of Marabastad when he jumped underneath a bus.
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John Martin Scripps John Martin (born John Martin Scripps, 9 December 1959 – 19 April 1996) was an English spree killer who murdered three tourists—Gerard Lowe in Singapore, and Sheila and Darin Damude in Thailand—with another three unconfirmed victims. He posed as a tourist himself when committing the murders, for which British tabloids nicknamed him "the tourist from Hell". He cut up all his victims' bodies, using butchery skills he had acquired in prison, before disposing of them.
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Adam Leroy Lane Adam Leroy Lane is a convicted murderer and serial killer who was dubbed the "Highway Killer" because his crimes took place near the highway, which he frequently traveled due to his job as a trucker.
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Ali Kaya (serial killer) Ali Kaya (born 1980) is a Turkish serial killer. Nicknamed "The Babyface Killer", Kaya is responsible for ten murders.
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Vallikannan Vallikannan (Tamil: வல்லிக்கண்ணன் ), is the pseudonym of R. S. Krishnasamy (Tamil: ரா.சு. கிருஷ்ணசாமி ; 12 November 1920 – 9 November 2006), a Tamil, writer, journalist, critic, and translator from Tamil Nadu, India.
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&quot;Welding&quot; Kumar "Welding" Kumar was an Indian criminal from Chennai. He was notorious for an attack on advocate Shanmugasundaram for which he was sentenced to life in prison. He was later killed in Puzhal prison during a fight with his inmates.
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Kittu (Tamil militant) Sathasivam Krishnakumar (Tamil: சதாசிவம் கிருஸ்ணகுமார் ; 2 January 1960 – 16 January 1993; commonly known by the nom de guerre Kittu) was a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and leading member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.
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Sunil Rastogi Sunil Rastogi born 1979, a presumed paedophiliac is a serial rapist who was arrested on 15 January 2017, on charges of raping numerous minor girls. Rastogi, had been targeting girls walking home from school since 13 years. Rastogi, a tailor by profession, from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, used to allure minors school girls, when they would return from school. He used to give a falsified reference identity of being victim's father friend and alluring the victim with clothes and snacks. He had reportedly assaulted hundreds of school girls from 2004 onwards. Rastogi had superstitious beliefs of dressing in red and blue, before attempting the crime, and believed that he would not be caught by his beliefs. According to sources, Rastogi is married and, has five children. Rastogi, used to assault minor school girls, in pattern execution of crime. Rastogi used to catch the train Sampark Kranti Express only on odd dates and would reach Delhi in search of prey.
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Willem van Eijk Willem van Eijk (born in Korteraar, 13 August 1941) is a convicted Dutch serial killer known as "Het Beest van Harkstede" (The Beast of Harkstede). He was convicted twice for a total of five murders.
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A. C. Murali Mohan A. C. Murali Mohan (1960-June 25, 2014), also known as Bala Murali Mohan, was a Tamil film actor who appeared in Tamil-language films. He acted in movies as well as several advertisements.He is notable for a popular commercial for Horlicks and was popularly called Horlicks Mama and for his role as Laxman in the Popular serial Thendral.
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Peter Dupas Peter Norris Dupas (born 6 July 1953) is an Australian serial killer, currently serving three consecutive life sentences for murder. His violent criminal history spans more than three decades, and with every release from prison has been known to commit further crimes against women with increasing levels of violence. His criminal signature is to remove the breasts of his female victims.
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P. Kalimuthu P. Kalimuthu (born Kalimuthu s/o Pakirisamy; January 22, 1961 – June 29, 1993) or popularly known as Bentong Kali was a notorious Malaysian gangster who attained national fame in the 1990s. He was implicated in 17 different murders; terrorized the capital through violence, extortion and heroin smuggling. He also made headlines when he challenged the police to arrest him. He was gunned down, finally, by the Royal Malaysian Police's Special Operations Command from Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur.
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Pedro Rodrigues Filho Pedro Rodrigues Filho (born 17 June 1954 in Santa Rita do Sapucaí) is a Brazilian serial killer. Nicknamed Pedrinho Matador (Killer Petey) and arrested in 1973, in 2003 he was convicted of murdering at least 71 people and sentenced to 128 years in prison.
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Ravichandran (Tamil actor) Ravichandran (died 25 July 2011) was a Malaysian Indian actor who played lead hero roles in Tamil films from 1964–1979. He has also acted in supporting roles from 1986, and directed a few films. He was given the title of Kalaingnar Thilagham in many of the on-screen credits of films starring him in the lead role. He was, also, called "Puratchi Kalaignar" (Refer: Anandha Bairavi Tamil Movie Title Scene). Before entering cine-field, during his studies in Trichy, he has acted in two dramas, namely, "AanaiyidungalAnna" and "Udhaya Suriyan". After entering cine-field, he has acted in two dramas, namely, "Mapplley Yen Magalaik Kadhali" and "That Man from Poonthamallee". In the drama "That man from Poonthamallee", he performed in double role and Thirumuruga Kirupanandha Variyar, who presided over the drama in Vellore, has appreciated and awarded a title "Nadaga Sigamani". He has, also, acted in a TV Serial namely., GEE boom ba in 1986. During his tenure of acting, his fans, journalists, movie-directors/producers have given many titles, viz., Kalai Ulaga Ilavarasar, Kalai Nilavu, Romantic Hero, Velli Vizha kathanayagan, Vannap Pada Nayagan, Evergreen Hero, Chennai MGR, Kalaignar Thilagam, Style King, Stunt Man an, Bhagdath Perazhagan, Kalai chelvan, Pudhumai Thilagam etc. He was much affectionate with his fans.
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M. Jaishankar M. Jaishankar, nicknamed Psycho Shankar, is an Indian criminal notorious for a series of rapes and murders during 2008-11. He is believed to have been involved in about 30 rape, murder, and robbery cases across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. He has been accused of killing at least nineteen women. He is currently imprisoned in Bangalore, and has been diagnosed as mentally ill.
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Serial killer (disambiguation) A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, usually in service of abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant break (i.e., a "cooling off period") between them.
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Bahrun Naim Muhammad Bahrun Naim Anggih Tamtomo (better known as Bahrun Naim), is allegedly the mastermind of 2016 Jakarta attacks.
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Leslie Irvin (serial killer) Leslie "Joe Goebbels" Irvin (April 2, 1924 – November 9, 1983) was an American serial killer whose killing spree in the early 1950s terrorized residents of southwestern Indiana and whose Supreme Court case set a precedent for ensuring a fair trial for defendants even in the wake of a great deal of pretrial publicity.
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Mohan Kumar (serial killer) Mohan Kumar (born 1963), also known as Cyanide Mohan, is a serial killer who preyed on women looking for marriage. A Mangalore fast track court tried and convicted him for the murder of 20 women.