En Uyir Kannamma
En Uyir Kannamma (transl. Kannamma, my life) is a 1988 Indian Tamil language film, the directorial debut of Sivachandran. The film stars Prabhu, Radha, Lakshmi and S. S. Chandran. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja, and was released on 15 January 1988.[1]
| En Uyir Kannamma | |
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| Directed by | Sivachandran |
| Screenplay by | Sivachandran Aaroor Dass (dialogue) |
| Story by | Sivachandran |
| Produced by | S. K. Shankaralingam |
| Starring | Prabhu Radha Lakshmi |
| Cinematography | Dinesh Baboo |
| Edited by | B. Lenin–V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | S.K.S. Film Creations |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Shanmuga, a lorry cleaner is in love with Kannamma; however unknown to him he had slept with a woman Ammu during a rainy night because he was drunk at that time. Ammu, who turns out to be pregnant, her chastity has been questioned by the village. She dies while giving birth to a girl child. Kannamma hates Shanmugam for committing this mistake. Shanmugam decides to walk on fire to prove his purity. Nallamuthu, Kannamma's fiancé misbehaves with her and she saves Shanmugam from dying of a plan orchestrated by lorry driver Madhavan who was in love with Kannamma wanted to avenge Shanmugam but turns out that both Madhavan and Nallamuthu plotted together to get them united.
Cast
- Prabhu as Shanmugam
- Radha as Kannamma
- Lakshmi as Ammu
- Sivachandran as Madhavan
- V. K. Ramasamy
- S. S. Chandran
- Pandu
- Santhana Bharathi
- Radha Ravi as Nallamuthu
- Delhi Ganesh as Kannamma's father
- Jai Ganesh
Production
En Uyir Kannamma marked the directorial debut of actor Sivachandran.[2]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[3][4]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Salangai Satham" | Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra | Vaali | 01:23 |
| 2 | "Naan Thedum" | Malaysia Vasudevan | 04:23 | |
| 3 | "Naadodi Paattukkal" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 03:48 | |
| 4 | "Mathalam Kotta" | Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra | 04:35 | |
| 5 | "Yaarai Keattu" | K. S. Chithra | 04:30 | |
| 6 | "Poombaaraiyil" | Ilaiyaraaja | 04:42 |
Reception
N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote "Sivachandran [..] turns director En Uyir Kannamma. His story for his own film builds up the dramatic tensions and conflicts gradually, and even in conceiving and staging the action he manages to lend a great deal of realism to some scenes".[2] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki appreciated Lakshmi's Malayalam-accented Tamil dialogue delivery, the cinematography and the climax.[5]
References
- "En Uyir Kannamma / என் உயிர் கண்ணம்மா (1988)". Screen4Screen (in English and Tamil). Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- Krishnaswamy, N. (29 January 1988). "Good debut". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- "En Uyir Kannamma". Gaana. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- "YEn Uyir Kannamma". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ஜெயமன்மதன் (21 February 1988). "என் உயிர் கண்ணம்மா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 63. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
