Englishkaran

Englishkaran
Directed by	Sakthi Chidambaram
Produced by	Amudha Durairaj
Starring	Sathyaraj Namitha Vadivelu Madhumitha Siva Balaji
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	Suresh Devan
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Seven Hills Film Factory & Deivanai Movies
Release date	24 June 2005 (2005-06-24)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Englishkaran (Tamil: இங்கிலிஷ்காரன்; English: English Man) is a 2005 Tamil comedy spoof film. It stars Sathyaraj and Namitha, while Vadivelu, Madhumitha Siva Balaji, and Santhanam play supporting roles. "Englishkaran" with the tagline "Tamizh Vazhga" is a film from the hit combo from Sathyaraj and Shakthi Chidambaram whose earlier ventures "Ennamma Kannu" and "Maha Nadigan" were hits. Englishkaran also has humour, glamour, many puns and is based on a strong theme paced with whimsy humour. The film opened to positive reviews and was commercially successful at the box office.

Plot

The film starts with Thamizharasan (Sathyaraj), a reformist who enters a village with the intention to unite a couple and help a young girl named Sandhya (Madhumitha), who aspires to be a singer. Bala (Siva Balaji) is in love with Sandhya. Thamizharasan faces the anger of Sandhya's father (Dhandapani), a strong believer of older ideologies. Sandhya hates Thamizharasan, and the reason for that is told in a flashback, which starts with Thamizharasan's wife Maheswari (Namitha) aspiring to be a sports champion. Theepori Thirumugam (Vadivelu) is Maheswari's uncle. Thamizharasan helps her. Due to some family problems, Maheswari kills herself after making her husband promise to help her sister to become a popular singer. The rest of the film is how Thamizharasan fulfills Maheshwari's promise and helps unite Bala and Sandhya.

Cast

• Sathyaraj as Thamizharasan
• Namitha as Maheswari
• Vadivelu as "Theeppori" Thirumugam
• Madhumitha as Sandhya
• Siva Balaji as Bala
• Santhanam as Bala's friend
• Jaya Murali as Maheshwari and Sandhya's mother
• Sathyapriya as Thamizharasan's mother
• Aishwarya as Angalaparameswari
• Dhandapani as Maheshwari and Sandhya's father
• K. S. G. Venkatesh as Doctor Dhamodharan
• Pawan as Angalaparameswari's son
• Singamuthu as "Neruppu" Neelamegam
• Bonda Mani as Thirumugam's friend
• Bava Lakshmanan as Thirumugam's friend
• Halwa Vasu as Thirumugam's friend
• Vijay Ganesh as Thirumugam's friend
• Krishnamoorthy as Thirumugam's friend
• Balu Anand as Villager
• Vengal Rao as Beggar
• Velmurugan as Bala's friend
• Ganeshkar as Bala's friend
• Chaplin Balu as Bala's friend
• Kili Ramachandran as Bala's friend
• Besant Ravi as Angalaparameswari's henchman
• Kovai Senthil as Priest
• Suruli Manohar as Kutty Samiyar
• Rajkrishna as Seth
• Deva as Himself (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

Englishkaran
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released	8 April 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	28:56
Label	Bayshore
Producer	Deva
Deva chronology
Maha Nadigan (2004) Englishkaran (2005) Nanbanin Kadhali (2005)

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and released on Bayshore.

Track-List

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Yaaradhu Yaaradhu"	Na. Muthukumar	Shreya Ghoshal	5:50
2.	"Englishkaran"	Na. Muthukumar	Suresh Peters	5:31
3.	"Englishkaran (Film Version)"	Na. Muthukumar	Manikka Vinayagam	5:31
4.	"Nanbanae Nanbanae"	Na. Muthukumar	K. S. Chithra	5:36
5.	"Yeh Thiruda"	Na. Muthukumar	Srikanth Deva, Sunitha Sarathy	5:49
6.	"Ghajini Mohammed"	Na. Muthukumar	Karthik, Suchitra	6:10
Total length:				28:56

Critical reception

The film received mainly positive reviews and was a commercial success grossing $1 million at the box office. Nowrunning commented that sparky script, great performances, directorial flare, and play's essential revelation made "Englishkaran" an admirable movie. The film got its humor from spoofing and parodying and offered wholesome entertainment value whatsoever. Indiaglitz commented that Sakthi Chidamabaram had tried to give a movie with a strong message with a convoluted mix of humour, romance and glamour.