''Enga Thambi'' () is a 1993 Indian

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-language

romantic action film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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, with

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and Nassar in supporting roles. It was released on 9 April 1993.

Plot

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

as Pichumani *

as Indu *

as Shanthi *

as Muthu * Nassar as Dinakar *

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as Double Seven * Thyagu as K.K *

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as Sharma *

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* V. S. Raghavan * Rocky Rajesh in a special appearance as Rocky Rajesh *

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in a special appearance

Production

, sister of Kannada actress Malasri, was recommended by

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to be the heroine of the film. He had also recommended the actress to be a part of Shankar's ''

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'', while the director had met with

and his father

, while considering the casting for ''

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''.

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

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and released by actor

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at a launch event. The lyrics were written by Vaali,

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, Muthulingam and Ponnadiyan.

Reception

K. Vijiyin from ''

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'' noting that the film "makes best of a weak story", praising the performances of

and Nassar. Malini Mannath of ''

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'' wrote, "S. D. Saba .handles the script and his artists with confidence and his narration is fairly neat." C. R. K. of ''

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'' praised the director, cinematographer and cast.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0317429 1990s romantic action films 1990s Tamil-language films 1993 films Films directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romantic action films