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Nellikkattu Mahadevan, popular tusker from Thuruppugulan movie, dies

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KOCHI: Nellikkattu Mahadevan, the tusker popular for appearing in Mammootty’s superhit movie ‘Thuruppugulan’, died on Friday. The tusker collapsed while being loaded into a lorry to attend a temple festival at 4 pm today.

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