Enga Muthalali

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{{Infobox film
| name = Enga Muthalali
| image = Enga Muthalali.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Liaquat Ali Khan (director)|Liaquat Ali Khan]]
| producer = Meena Panju Arunachalam
| writer = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]
| screenplay =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vijayakanth]]|[[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]}}
| narrator =
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Rajarajan
| editing = Ashok Metha
| distributor =
| studio = P.A Art Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1993|11|13}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Enga Muthalali''''' ({{Translation|Our Boss}}) is a 1993 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Liaquat Ali Khan (director)|Liaquat Ali Khan]]. The film features [[Vijayakanth]] and [[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]] in lead roles. The film, produced by Meena Panju Arunachalam, had musical score by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and was released on 13 November 1993 as one among [[Diwali]] releases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/movies/enga-muthalali.html|title=Enga Muthalali|accessdate=2013-01-03|publisher=entertainment.oneindia.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.600024.com/movie/enga-muthalali/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410043009/http://en.600024.com/movie/enga-muthalali/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-10 |title=Enga Muthalali |accessdate=2013-01-03 |publisher=en.600024.com }}</ref>

==Plot==

Vijaya Ragunadhan ([[Vijayakanth]]), a kind-hearted landlord and the village [[Gram panchayat|grams]], lives with his younger brother Balu ([[Raja (Tamil actor)|Raja]]) and his mother (Janaki). He conflicts with his uncle ([[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]]) since he sent his cousin Jayaraman ([[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]]) to jail for killing a poor farmer. Vijaya Ragunadhan and his niece Kalyani ([[Kasthuri (actress)|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 (actor)|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==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Vijayakanth]] as Vijayaragunathan Reddy
*[[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]] as Kalyani
*[[Radha Ravi]] as Seetharaman Reddy
*[[Raja (Tamil actor)|Raja]] as Balu (Balakrishnan Reddy)
*[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]] as Narayanan Reddy (Enemy role)
*[[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] as Jayaraman (Narayanan Reddy Son, Enemy role)
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Godhandaraman Reddy (Pandurangan Father)
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Pandurangan ('Bambaram' Pandu)
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thiyagu]] as Nanjappan
*[[Junior Balaiah]]
*[[Nalinikanth (actor) |Nalinikanth]]
*[[Sumithra (actress)|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]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

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| name = Enga Muthalali
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
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| released = 1993
| recorded = 1993
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 24:39
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| producer = Ilaiyaraaja
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The soundtrack, released in 1993, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and Panju Arunachalam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.php?ALBID=ALBIRR00147|title=Enga Muthalali - Illayaraja|accessdate=2013-01-03|publisher=thiraipaadal.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Bhoomikkum Saamikkum" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 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 || 5:01
|}

==Reception==
''The Indian Express'' wrote "Liyakat Ali Khan's treatment is fairly neat and he has tackled a subject that is different".<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19931119&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam]]

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