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Last updated: 21 april, 2010 - 12:30 GMT

India's Charlie Chaplin devotees

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The great silent movie star Charlie Chaplin still has fans all over the world. But one of the more surprising groups is based in Adipur, in the Indian state of Gujarat.

was set up by Dr Ashok Aswani in the 1970s and now has 250 members, with ages ranging from 72 right down to two-year-old toddlers.

Fans do not just study Charlie Chaplin's films, they also imitate his style and character, as our reporter Nivedita Pathak has been finding out.

Gallery: The Charlie Circle

  • Anjali Parmar as a female Charlie Chaplin
  • L.L. Chinyara sticking the Charlie Moustache on Ashok Aswani
  • 18-month-old Bhavishya is the youngest Charlie Chaplin
  • 10-year-old Talin getting ready for the act
  • Ashok Aswani's portrait as Charlie Chaplin in his living room
  • Charlie Chaplin, to some, is a God-like figure
  • Practising Charlie's moves
  • Does anyone know the collective noun for a group of Chaplins?

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