Jun 18, 2022
Enga Muthalali (transl. Our Boss) is a 1993 Tamil-language drama film directed by Liaquat Ali Khan. The film stars Vijayakanth and Kasthuri. The film, produced by Meena Panju Arunachalam, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 13 November 1993... as one among Diwali releases.[1][2]


Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 Reception
5 References
Plot
Vijaya Ragunadhan (Vijayakanth), a kind-hearted landlord and the village grams, lives with his younger brother Balu (Raja) and his mother (Janaki). He conflicts with his uncle (R. Sundarrajan) since he sent his cousin Jayaraman (Napoleon) to jail for killing a poor farmer. Vijaya Ragunadhan and his niece Kalyani (Kasthuri) are in love since their childhood.

Vijaya Ragunadhan's uncle encourages Sitharaman, Vijaya Ragunadhan's brother-in-law, to stand 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 (Vivek). 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 with each other. 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)
Venniradai 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
Enga Muthalali
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released 1993
Recorded 1993
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 24:39
Producer Ilaiyaraaja
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1993, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali and Panchu Arunachalam.[3]

Track Song Singer(s) Lyrics Duration
1 "Bhoomikkum Saamikkum" Mano, K. S. Chithra Vaali 5:05
2 "Kolli Malli" Mano, Swarnalatha 4:49
3 "Kungumam Manjalukku (Ragam: Rathnakanthi)" K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki 5:00
4 "Mahathaana Uravugalai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:44
5 "Marumagale" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra Panchu Arunachalam 5:01
Reception
The Indian Express wrote "Liyakat Ali Khan's treatment is fairly neat and he has tackled a subject that is different".[4]

References
"Enga Muthalali". entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
"Enga Muthalali". en.600024.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
"Enga Muthalali - Illayaraja". thiraipaadal.com. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
"The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search".
Categories: 1993 filmsTamil-language filmsIndian filmsIndian drama filmsFilms scored by Ilaiyaraaja1990s Tamil-language filmsFilms with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam
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