''Enippadigal'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film directed by

P. Madhavan Palakrishnan Madhavan (1 January 1928 – 6 December 2003) was an Indian film director and producer in Tamil cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. Madhavan has directed 49 films and produced 39 films under the banner ''Arun Prasad Movies''. Career ...

and produced by

K. S. Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan (15 May 1931 – 24 December 2021) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He also directed films in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Since the early 1960s, he directed over 60 mov ...

. It is a remake of the 1978

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

film '' Seetamalakshmi''. The film stars

Sivakumar Palaniswamy, better known by his stage name Sivakumar (born 27 October 1941), is an Indian visual artist and former actor who has portrayed a wide range of leading and supporting roles onscreen in Tamil cinema and television. He made his actin ...

and Shoba. It was released on 16 February 1979.

Plot

Chella Kannu, a young sweeper becomes a popular movie star known as Kamala Devi. Her lover and fellow sweeper Manickam is the ladder of her success, but the villainy of her brother separates them.

Cast

as Manickam * Shoba as Chella Kannu (Kamala Devi) *

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

as Muthu (Chella Kannu's brother) * Manorama as Jayanthi * Vadivukkarasi as Rani * T. M. Sami Kannu as Samykannu * A. Sakunthala as Chokkamma (Muthu's wife) * P. T. Sivam as Ramalingam * G. Srinivasan as Chella Kannu's father * Mohan Sharma (cameo appearance) ;Cameo appearances * V. S. Raghavan as himself * Kannan as Sambath * V. Gopalakrishnan as himself * S. Rama Rao as Singaram

Production

''Ennaipadigal'', a remake of the

film '' Seetamalakshmi'' (1978), was directed by

and produced by

under Ramya Chitra. The story was written by K. Viswanath, and the dialogues by Mahendran. Cinematography was handled by A. Somasundaram, and the editing by T. R. Srinivasalu. N. Seshadri worked as sound engineer.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician known for his works in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Kann ...

, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan. The song "Kannizhantha" is set in the

Carnatic raga Carnatic raga refers to ''ragas'' used in Carnatic music. A Carnatic raga has several components - primordial sound (''nāda''), tonal system (''swara''), pitch (''śruti''), scale, ornaments ('' gamaka'') and important tones. Origins and histo ...

known as Hamir Kalyani.

Release and reception

''Enippadigal'' was released on 16 February 1979. Koushikan of ''Kalki'' appreciated the film for various aspects, including the cinematography and direction. The film became a commercial success, and a milestone in Shoba's career. Sujatha Narayanan, writing for '' The New Indian Express'', named ''Enippadigal'' as one of her favourite films starring Sivakumar. S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' said that Shoba set "a new trend in realistic portrayals" through her performances in films like ''Enippadigal''.

References

Bibliography

* *

External links

* {{P. Madhavan 1970s Tamil-language films 1979 films Films about actors Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Tamil remakes of Telugu films Films directed by P. Madhavan