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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin2a.jpgAshok Aswani (63), an Ayurvedic doctor, is seen behind a cut-out picture of Charlie Chaplin outside his house in Adipur in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Aswani formed the Charlie Circle fan club after watching Chaplin's Gold Rush in 1973. Every year he celebrates the actor's birthday on April 16th by taking a walk along with a group of Chaplin impersonators through the city streets, followed by other cultural programmes dedicated to Chaplin. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin10a.jpgThe doctor gets dressed up in his house. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin7a.jpgAshok Aswani has his make-up applied. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin9a.jpgGetting some assistance from the barber. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin1a.jpgAshok Aswani watches as a member of his Chaplin club has his make-up applied before celebrations marking Charlie Chaplin's birthday in Adipur in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin3a.gifPosing with a cut-out picture of his hero. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin4a.jpgA member of the Charlie Circle fan club breaks a coconut to start celebrations marking the comic actor's birthday. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin5a.jpgMembers of the Charlie Circle dance during the April 16th birthday celebrations. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin6a.jpgA man talks on a phone as another holds a portrait of Charlie Chaplin as they carry it along a street in Adipur. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin8a.jpgAshok Aswani gestures as he walks on a road in Adipur. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Remembering Chaplin
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/chaplin11a.gifA combination of pictures shows members of the Charlie Circle posing inside a studio. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
