In the cramped, dust-filled back office of Shakthi Video Paradise in Chennai, old Mani pressed a bootleg VCD into a customer’s hand. The cover showed a muscular man in torn jeans, but the title was written in garlanded Tamil: Ullasa Kuthirai (The Joyous Horse).
“ Oru naal unakku theriyum da… naan dhaan andha Hollywood star. Illa, naan dhaan andha star-ai Tamil panni paakuravan. ” hollywood movies in tamil dubbed
And that, perhaps, is the greatest action hero of them all. In the cramped, dust-filled back office of Shakthi