''Mythili Ennai Kaathali'' () is a 1986 Indian

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-language film written, directed and scored by

T. Rajendar Thesingu Rajendar (born 9 May 1960), also known as Vijaya T. Rajendar or T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker, musician, cinematographer and distributor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He is also a politician in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ...

. The film stars Rajendar,

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and Amala in her feature debut. It was released on 4 February 1986.

Plot

Manikkam loves Mythili but it turns out to be a one-sided love. He admires a story writer whose name is also Mythili. She falls in love with him after knowing about his personal tragedies.

Cast

as Manickam *

* Amala as Mythili *

Y. Vijaya Yenigandla Vijaya (born 8 February 1957) is an Indian actress and classical dancer. She has appeared in more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Early life and education Y. Vijaya was born on 8 February 1957 in Ku ...

as Kanaka *

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* S. S. Chandran * Senthamarai in Guest Appearance *

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*Sivaraman *Nagaraja Chozhan *

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* Suresh Chakravarthy *

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

Production

''Mythili Ennai Kaathali'' is the feature film debut of Amala. She was cast as Rajendar wanted a trained classical dancer in that role.

Soundtrack

The flm's music was composed by T. Rajendar who also wrote the songs. The songs attained popularity especially "En Aasai Mythiliye" which was later remixed in '' Manmadhan'' (2004) starring Rajendar's son

Release and reception

''Mythili Ennai Kaathali'' was released on 4 February 1986. Jayamanmadhan of ''

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'' criticised the editing, dances and art direction, feeling that if the multitasking Rajendar handled them too the film may have come better. Rajendar won the Cinema Express Award for Best Music Director – Tamil.

References

External links

* {{T. Rajendar 1980s Tamil-language films 1986 films Films directed by T. Rajendar Films scored by T. Rajendar Films with screenplays by T. Rajendar