In Popular Culture
- In the 1983 Bollywood film Coolie, the character Deepa Iyengar (Shoma Anand) – the love interest of Sunny (Rishi Kapoor), is shown as a Vadakalai Iyengar, as Deepa's father/Mr.Iyengar (Mukri) sports a Vadakalai Tilak.
- In the Hindi-Tamil bilingual film Hey Ram, the characters – Saket Ram (Kamal Haasan), Mythili Iyengar (Vasundhara Das), Uppili Iyengar (Girish Karnad), Ambujam Iyengar (Hema Malini)and a few others are shown as Vadakalai Iyengars, where Saket and Uppili Iyengar are seen sporting the Vadakalai Tilak.
- In the animated movie "Acharya Ramanuja", released by Mediateck in early 2006, the character Ramanuja is seen wearing the Vadakalai Tilak.
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