''En Aasai Machan'' () is a 1994 Indian

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directed by R. Sundarrajan. The film stars

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

, Murali,

Revathi Asha Kelunni Nair (born 8 July 1966), better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil & Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu, Hindi & Kannada films. She has won several ...

and

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. The film, produced by Tamil Fathima, had musical score by

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and was released on 26 August 1994.

Plot

Subramani, the college leader, falls in love with Meenakshi, but she requests him to complete her challenges to accept his love. Subramani succeeds her challenges, and when she asks him to kiss her in public, he is arrested by a police officer. Aruchami, Subramani's brother, the respected village chief, lives with Thayamma. In the past, Subramani's mother died during Subramani's childbirth. Aruchami and Thayamma got engaged when they were children. They stayed unmarried to take care of Subramani. Subramani is later released from jail. Meenakshi's uncle Thangarasu wants to marry her, and he then beats up Aruchami. Later, Thayamma decides to work in Meenakshi's house to spy on her. Meenakshi admits to Thayamma that she is in love with Subramani. Thangarasu agrees for Meenakshi and Subramani's marriage. Finally, Subramani and Meenakshi get married, but they discover that Thayamma has died. It is revealed that on the day before, Thangarasu humiliated Aruchami to take revenge, and Aruchami accepted it for his brother's marriage. Unable to bear this torture, Thayamma dies watching him. The film ends with Aruchami marrying Thayamma before carrying her dead body off to perform her last rites.

Cast

as Aarusamy * Murali as Subramani *

as Thayamma (Maragadham) * Monica as Younger Thayamma *

as Meenakshi *

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as Thangarasu, Meenakshi's uncle *

Ganthimathi Ganthimathi (30 August 1940 – 9 September 2011) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She acted in over 500 films. Early life Kanthimathi was born in Manamadurai in the then Ramanathapuram district of India. She started acting in dramas and ...

as Kaveri *

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as Police Officer * R. Sundarrajan *

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as Dinesh *

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as Nachimuthu *

Kovai Senthil Kumarasamy, known by his stage name, Kovai Senthil, was a Tamil film character artist who appeared in Tamil films starting with Bhagyaraj's '' Oru Kai Osai''. He appeared in over 400 Tamil films. Career During his career, Kovai Senthil made ...

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*Selladurai *Kokila

Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The aw ...

1994 *Won – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Star – Monica

Cinema Express Awards Cinema Express Awards are presented annually by Indian Express Group on behalf of Cinema Express film magazine to honour artistic excellence of professionals in the south Indian film industry which comprises Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam ...

1994 *Won –

Cinema Express Award for Best Actress – Tamil The Cinema Express Best Film Award is given as a part of its annual Cinema Express Awards for Tamil (Kollywood Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Ta ...

–

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Gangai Amaran and Kalidasan.

Reception

''INDOlink'' wrote "A brilliant performance by Revathi notwithstanding, En Aasai Machaan, the come back vehicle of director R.Sunderrajan fails to grip the viewer with the narration slipping on many occasions". K. Vijiyin of '' New Straits Times'' wrote that while the film had a promising start, it "ends up being disappointing".

References

External links

* {{R. Sundarrajan (director) 1994 films Films scored by Deva (composer) 1990s Tamil-language films Films directed by R. Sundarrajan