Enga Thambi (transl. Our Younger Brother) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy. The film stars Prashanth and Subhashri, with Lakshmi, Nagesh and Nassar in supporting roles. It was released on 9 April 1993. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Allari Prema.[1]
| Enga Thambi | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | S. D. Saba |
| Screenplay by | R. M. Veerappan |
| Story by | Sathya Movies Story Department |
| Produced by | V. Thamilazhagan V. Selvam V. Thangaraj |
| Starring | Prashanth Subhashri |
| Cinematography | C. Maya |
| Edited by | K. R. Krishnan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Sathya Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
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Pichumani is an orphan, and Muthu brings him up. Pichumani falls in love with Indu, but her uncle Dinakar, a police officer, opposes this. Nevertheless, Indu is determined to wed her first love. To avert this, Dinakar hatches a plan through which Pichumani is imprisoned. When Indu gives up hope, advocate Shanthi emerges to fight his case. It is revealed that Shanthi and Dinakar have been in a relationship earlier. In the end, Dinakar is arrested and discovers that Pichumani is his son and that Shanthi is his mother. The film ends with Pichumani and Indu getting married.
Cast
edit- Prashanth as Pichumani
- Subhashri as Indu
- Lakshmi as Shanthi
- Nagesh as Muthu
- Nassar as Dinakar
- Chinni Jayanth as Double Seven
- Thyagu as K.K
- Madhan Bob as Sharma
- Kullamani
- V. S. Raghavan
- Rocky Rajesh in a special appearance as Rocky Rajesh
- Raju Sundaram in a special appearance
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[2]
| Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Antha Utchi Malai" | Mano | Ponnadiyan |
| "Ithu Maanodum" | Arunmozhi, Uma Ramanan | Vaali |
| "Manil Vanthu" | Mano | |
| "Malaiyoram Maankuruvi" | Mano, Minmini | Muthulingam |
| "Maane Marghathamey" | Mano, S. Janaki | Pulamaipithan |
| "Usukko" | Minmini |
The movie was dubbed into Telugu as Allari Prema and lyrics were written by Vennelakanti
| No. | Title | Singer (s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Madilona Mata" | S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chitra | |
| 2. | "Edo Jariginadi" | S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. P. Sailaja | |
| 3. | "Idhi Mohale" | S. P. Balasubramanyam, S. P. Sailaja | |
| 4. | "Ee Buchi Babu" | S. P. Balasubramanyam | |
| 5. | "Akasanni Elea" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 6. | "Usuko Usuko" | K. S. Chitra |
Reception
editK. Vijiyan from New Straits Times noted that the film "makes best of a weak story", praising the performances of Prashanth and Nassar.[3] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "S. D. Saba [..] handles the script and his artists with confidence and his narration is fairly neat."[4] C. R. K. of Kalki praised the director, cinematographer and cast.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Prasanth". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Enga Thambi". JioSaavn. 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ Vijiyan, K. (8 May 1993). "Making the best of a weak story". New Straits Times. p. 24. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2022 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (9 April 1993). "Fairly Neat". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 5 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ சி.ஆர்.கே. (25 April 1993). "எங்க தம்பி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 5. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.
External links
edit- Enga Thambi at IMDb