Gemini is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Saran. The film features Vikram (pictured) in the title role of a small- time criminal and aspiring crime boss who, after falling in love, gives up his life of crime; Kiran Rathod plays his love interest. Murali stars as Singaperumal, a police officer who inspires and guides Gemini. Based on gang wars in Chennai, the film delves into the lives of outlaws and the roles the police and society play in their rehabilitation and acceptance. Shot mainly at the AVM Studios in Chennai, the film was released in 2002 to praise from critics for Vikram's performance, but not for Saran's script. Made at an estimated cost of 40 million (US$630,000), the film earned 210 million (US$3.3 million) at the box office and became the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year. The film's success, largely attributed to the popularity of one of its songs, "O Podu", resurrected the Tamil film industry, which was experiencing difficulties after a series of box office failures. The film won three Filmfare Awards, three ITFA Awards and four Cinema Express Awards. Later that same year, Saran remade the film in Telugu.

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627:

King Edwin of Northumbria (stained glass depiction pictured) was converted to Christianity by Bishop Paulinus of York, who had previously saved his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_of_Northumbria

1204:

Alexios V Doukas fled Constantinople as forces under Boniface the Marquess of Montferrat and Enrico Dandolo the Doge of Venice entered and sacked the Byzantine capital, effectively ending the Fourth Crusade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1204)

1782:

American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeated a combined French–Spanish fleet in the Battle of the Saintes, forcing the latter to abandon a planned invasion of Jamaica. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Saintes

1910:

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Zr%C3%ADnyi

1990:

Jim Gary became the only sculptor to present a solo show at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., featuring his trademark dinosaur sculptures made of automobile parts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gary

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ungulate: Having hooves. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ungulate

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