''En Kelvikku Enna Bathil'' () is a 1978 Indian

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directed by

P. Madhavan Palakrishnan Madhavan (1 January 1928 – 6 December 2003) was an Indian film director and producer in Tamil cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. Madhavan has directed 49 films and produced 39 films under the banner ''Arun Prasad Movies''. Career ...

and written by Balamurugan. The film stars

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...

, Vijayakumar,

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and

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

. It revolves around a man seeking to get revenge on his uncle for duping his father. The film was released on 9 December 1978.

Plot

Saravana and Muruga are brothers whose father was duped by their uncle Sivaraman, who borrowed a large sum of money but failed to return it after his business flourished. Their father is left in a miserable condition and the brothers are separated with Muruga growing up to become a coward and Saravana, a criminal who is arrested. When Saravana is released after some years, he is determined to avenge his father's dignity and reunite with his brother.

Cast

as Saravana * Vijayakumar as Muruga *

as Rosy and Alamelu *

as Sivaraman * Manorama as Chinthamani *

Y. G. Mahendran Y G Mahendran (born 9 January 1950) is an Indian Actor, dramatist, actor, singer, playwright and comedian from the state of Tamil Nadu. He has acted in a number of plays and films. He is the son of Y. G. Parthasarathy, one of the pioneers of mo ...

as servant of Sivaraman *

C. K. Saraswathi C. K. Saraswathi (died 1998) was an Indian actress who featured mainly in Tamil films. She was active in the field from 1945 till 1998. During the early days she featured in character roles and in comedy tracks. Later she became famous for her a ...

as Muruga's aunt *T. M . Samikannu as Samikannu *Peelisivam as Nallasivam * V. S. Raghavan as Muruga's uncle * Suruli Rajan as Chinthamani's love interest * Cylone Manohar as Raja *Veeraraghavan as Alamelu's stepfather *Vijayachandrika as school headmistress

Production

''En Kelvikku Enna Bathil'' was directed by

, written by Balamurugan and produced by T. K. Gopinath under Arun Prasad Movies. Cinematography was handled by

P. N. Sundaram P. N. Sundaram (18 March 1934 – 22 March 2010) was an Indian cinematographer and director who worked in over 250 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi film industries. Hailing from a lower middle class family, he struggled in hi ...

, and the editing by R. Devarajan.

Themes

''En Kelvikku Enna Bathil'', like many Rajinikanth films of the late 1970s and 1980s, had metamorphosis and vengeance as its dominant narrative.

Soundtrack

All songs were written by Kannadasan and Muthulingam. The soundtrack was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

Release and reception

''En Kelvikku Enna Bathil'' was released on 9 December 1978. The film was a commercial success, and with that Rajinikanth "carved out for himself a niche in vendetta roles".

References

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External links

* {{P. Madhavan 1970s action drama films 1970s Tamil-language films Films directed by P. Madhavan Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian action drama films Indian films about revenge