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Enga Muthalali
Enga Muthalali
	Poster
Directed by	Liaquat Ali Khan
Written by	Panchu Arunachalam
Produced by	Meena Panju Arunachalam
Starring	Vijayakanth; Kasthuri;
Cinematography	Rajarajan
Edited by	Ashok Metha
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	P. A. Art Productions
Release date	13 November 1993;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Enga Muthalali (transl. Our Boss) 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]

Plot

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 have been in love since their childhood.

Vijaya Ragunadhan's uncle encourages Sitharaman, Vijaya Ragunadhan's brother-in-law, to vie 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. Later, Balu clashes with his brother Vijaya Ragunadhan.

Cast

Vijayakanth as Vijayaragunathan Reddy
Kasthuri as Kalyani
Radha Ravi as Seetharaman Reddy
Raja as Balu (Balakrishnan Reddy)
R. Sundarrajan as Narayanan Reddy (Enemy role)
Napoleon as Jayaraman Reddy (Narayanan Reddy Son, Enemy role)
Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Godhandaraman Reddy (Pandurangan Father)
Vivek as Pandurangan ('Bambaram' Pandu)
Thiyagu as Nanjappan
Junior Balaiah
Nalinikanth
Sumithra as Parvathi
Vichithra as Kaveri
Dubbing Janaki as Vijaya Ragunathan Reddy's mother
Thalapathi Dinesh
C. R. Saraswathi as Vani Nayar (Seetharaman Reddy Kife, Kaveri Mother)
John Amirtharaj as Krishna Reddy
Krishnamoorthy
Vellai Subbaiah as Marriage Broker
Karuppu Subbiah as Karuppusamy
Pasi Narayanan

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[2]

Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Length
"Bhoomikkum Saamikkum"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	Vaali	5:05
"Kolli Malai"	Mano, Swarnalatha		4:49
"Kungumam Manjalukku (Ragam: Rathnakanthi)"	K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki		5:00
"Mahathaana Uravugalai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam		4:44
"Marumagale"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	Panchu Arunachalam	5:01

Reception

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]

References

^ "நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல்". Cinema Express (in Tamil). 1 December 2002. pp. 41–43. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Chinna Jamin / Thai Manasu / Enga Muthalali". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^ Mannath, Malini (19 November 1993). "Ingratitude of a brother". The Indian Express. p. 6. Retrieved 6 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
^ துளசி (5 December 1993). "எங்க முதலாளி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 43. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.

External links

Enga Muthalali at IMDb

[1] "நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல்". Cinema Express (in Tamil). 1 December 2002. pp. 41–43. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[2] "Chinna Jamin / Thai Manasu / Enga Muthalali". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

[3] Mannath, Malini (19 November 1993). "Ingratitude of a brother". The Indian Express. p. 6. Retrieved 6 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.

[4] துளசி (5 December 1993). "எங்க முதலாளி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 43. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.

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