Enga Muthalali | |
Director: | Liaquat Ali Khan |
Producer: | Meena Panju Arunachalam |
Cinematography: | Rajarajan |
Editing: | Ashok Metha |
Music: | Ilaiyaraaja |
Studio: | P. A. Art Productions |
Runtime: | 150 minutes |
Country: | India |
Language: | Tamil |
Enga Muthalali is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Liaquat Ali Khan. The film stars Vijayakanth and Kasthuri. It was released on 13 November 1993.[1]
Vijaya Ragunadhan, a kind-hearted landlord and the village grams, lives with his younger brother Balu and his mother. He conflicts with his uncle since he sent his cousin Jayaraman to jail for killing a poor farmer. Vijaya Ragunadhan and his niece Kalyani are in love since their childhood.
Vijaya Ragunadhan's uncle encourages Sitharaman, Vijaya Ragunadhan's brother-in-law, to stand for their village association's election. Sitharaman and Vijaya Ragunadhan clash during the election, Sitharaman decides to arrange the marriage between his daughter Kalyani and 'Bambaram' Pandu. At the wedding, Vijaya Ragunadhan beats Sitharaman's henchmen and gets eventually married to Kalyani.
Balu and Kaveri, Kalyani's half-sister, fall in love with each other. Later, Balu clashes with his brother Vijaya Ragunadhan.
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[2]
Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Length | |
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"Bhoomikkum Saamikkum" | 5:05 | |||
"Kolli Malai" | 4:49 | |||
"Kungumam Manjalukku (Ragam: Rathnakanthi)" | 5:00 | |||
"Mahathaana Uravugalai" | 4:44 | |||
"Marumagale" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 5:01 |
Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "Liyakat Ali Khan's treatment is fairly neat and he has tackled a subject that is different".[3] Thulasi of Kalki found the film to be cliched and predictable.[4]