Enga Muthalali


Enga Muthalali is a 1993 Tamil drama film directed by Liaquat Ali Khan. The film features Vijayakanth and 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 Deepavali releases.

Plot

Vijaya Ragunadhan, a kind-hearted landlord and the village grams, lives with his younger brother Balu and his mother. He conflicts with his uncle since he sent his cousin Jayaraman to jail for killing a poor farmer. Vijaya Ragunadhan and his niece Kalyani 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. 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

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 and Panju Arunachalam.

Reception

The Indian Express wrote "Liyakat Ali Khan's treatment is fairly neat and he has tackled a subject that is different".