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''Enga Amma Rani'' () is a 2017 Indian
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directed by S. Bani. The film stars Dhansika, Yoganathan Maniam (Malaysia), Varnika, and Varsha, while Shankar Srihari,
Anil Murali Anil Murali ( – 30 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. He started out in the film industry as a villain before later taking on character roles. He died on 30 July 2020, as a result of liver ...
, and
Namo Narayana Namo Narayana is an Indian actor who primarily works in Tamil films. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in ''Naadodigal'' (2009) and '' Komban'' (2015). Career Narayana was a software engineer before he chose to star in a ...
play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by
Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...
,. The film's tagline says ''Enga Amma'' (our mother), and Dhansika plays the mother of two daughters (Varnika and Varsha).


Plot

In
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, the single mother Thulasi ( Dhansika) lives with her twin daughters Meera (Varnika) and Tara (Varsha). Her husband Sathya is missing, and she cannot return to India. Caught between financial issues and visa issues, Thulasi decides to work in a grocery store. One day, all of a sudden, Tara dies. Dr. Murali (Shankar Srihari) tells Thulasi that her daughter had
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, and she learns that Meera is diagnosed with the same illness. Thulasi takes Meera to a hill station, where she starts behaving mysteriously. Thulasi soon learns that Meera is possessed by a spirit. The spirit was of a girl who once resided in the hotel with her father. Once, her father gets a lump amount as he had a profit, but his friend gets to know, and he blackmails him by saying that he kidnapped his daughter. Her father unknowingly gives the blackmailer the money and he doesn't know who the guy who was blackmailing is. He tells this to his friend without knowing he was the one who blackmailed him. He says to his friend that he is going to make a complaint. His friend suggests for him not to, but the father proceeds, while having lunch with his only daughter. Unknown to him and his daughter, the food is mixed with poison. His friend brings a local gang and makes the murder look like a suicide, and the spirit narrates to Thulasi in the midst. Thulasi learns that if the spirit stays in her daughter's body, her daughter will survive, so she pleads for the spirit to stay, and even the spirit agrees. but the man learns of this. He goes to kill Thulasi and Meera but instead slips from the cliff. The spirit apologizes as this was her wish and thus leaves Thulasi's body. Thulasi wants to see her daughter live, so she calls Murali and requests him to take Meera along with him to India and leave Meera in her hometown. She says she will soon leave all and commits suicide so that as a spirit, she can enter her body in order to save her from her disease.


Cast

* Dhansika as Thulasi *Varnika as Meera *Varsha as Tara *Shankar Srihari as Dr. Murali *
Namo Narayana Namo Narayana is an Indian actor who primarily works in Tamil films. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in ''Naadodigal'' (2009) and '' Komban'' (2015). Career Narayana was a software engineer before he chose to star in a ...
as Chokkalingam *
Anil Murali Anil Murali ( – 30 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 200 films. He started out in the film industry as a villain before later taking on character roles. He died on 30 July 2020, as a result of liver ...
as Rajan *
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as Sathya's father *Rindhu Ravi as Sathya's mother *Vaishali Thaniga as Durga Devi *
Nitish Veera Nitish Veera (1975/6 – 17 May 2021) was an Indian actor who worked in Tamil-language films. Career Veera portrayed small roles in several of them including '' Pudhupettai'' (2006) and '' Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009). He contacted Pa. Ranj ...
*Meena Karthik *VIP Krishna *Sujatha Thanika *Yoganathan Maniam in Cameo role


Production

Director S. Bani had worked as an assistant to
Samuthirakani P. Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in '' Paarthale Paravasam''. He won the National F ...
, and the location of the film is
Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
.


Soundtrack

Lyrics written by Palani Bharathi. #"Amma Endru" - Anitha Karthikeyan, Aala #"Va Va Magale" - Rajashree Pathak


Reception

''
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'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Overall, ''Enga Amma Rani'' is a sincere attempt by Bani. The defects can be overlooked as the team has clearly put in a lot of passion behind this project". ''
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'' gave the film the same rating and noted that " Instead, he gives us a very conventional ghost story that is lacking in both surprises and scares".


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, 6146894, Rani Films shot in Malaysia 2017 films 2017 horror films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films shot in Tirunelveli 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films