https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=En_Aasai_Thangachi
En Aasai Thangachi - Revision history
2026-07-31T19:13:20Z
Revision history for this page on the wiki
MediaWiki 1.45.4
https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=En_Aasai_Thangachi&diff=404593&oldid=prev
Ajay Kumar at 18:31, 9 August 2023
2023-08-09T18:31:06Z
<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2023}}<br />
{{No plot|date=July 2023}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
| name = En Aasai Thangachi<br />
| director = K. Shanmugamani<br />
| writer = K. Shanmugamani<br />
| producer = S. S. Ramasamy<br />
| starring = [[Ramki]]<br />Balambika<br />Mohana<br />
| editing = Chezhian<br />
| music = [[T. Rajendar]]<br />
| studio = Raams Movies<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1996|8|2}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''En Aasai Thangachi''''' ({{Translation|My dear younger sister}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by K. Shanmugamani, starring [[Ramki]], Balambika and Mohana. It was released on 2 August 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=En Aasai Thangachi (1996) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/en-aasai-thangachi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/HB2gb |archive-date=28 July 2023 |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=Screen4Screen}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Ramki]] as Dorai<br />
*Balambika<br />
*Mohana <br />
*A. R. Rajaram<br />
*[[Goundamani]]<br />
*[[Alex (actor)|Alex]]<br />
*Baby Priyanka<br />
*[[Shanmugasundaram]]<br />
*[[Samikannu]]<br />
*[[Suryakanth]]<br />
*[[Nalinikanth]]<br />
*[[Y. Vijaya]]<br />
*[[Loose Mohan]]<br />
*[[N. S. Krishnan]] (archive footage)<br />
*[[T. A. Mathuram]] (archive footage)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[T. Rajendar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 1994 |title=En Aasai Thangachi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/sg/album/en-aasai-thangachi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1047505707 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726181555/https://music.apple.com/sg/album/en-aasai-thangachi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1047505707 |archive-date=26 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |work=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref> A critic wrote that "Of his nine songs ‘Vararu Maapillai’ is the best where the contents of the song, through the soulful rendering of S. P. Balasubramaniam, find meaning and expression while ‘Ponnumani Kannumani’ (SPB and chorus), ‘Pachai Valai Eduthu’ (Sindhu and chorus) and ‘Ettu Patti Kedkum Varai’ (Malaysia Vasudevan and Chitra) are the other melodious numbers".<ref name="H">{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=D. S. |date=16 August 1996 |title=En Aasai Thangachi/Tamizhselvan/Krishna/Poovarasan |pages=33 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960817/03/1633a.html |url-status=dead |access-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961220091023/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/960817/03/1633a.html |archive-date=20 December 1996}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| total_length = 40:31<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Ettu Patti Kedkum Varai<br />
| extra1 = [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
| length1 = 5:24<br />
| title2 = Indhaa Idukaa<br />
| extra2 = [[Swarnalatha]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]<br />
| length2 = 4:53<br />
| title3 = Kaanangatu<br />
| extra3 = Sindhu<br />
| length3 = 1:22<br />
| title4 = Kandangi<br />
| extra4 = Sindhu<br />
| length4 = 4:41<br />
| title5 = Pachai Valai Eduthu<br />
| extra5 = Sindhu, chorus<br />
| length5 = 1:27<br />
| title6 = Pachai Kili<br />
| extra6 = Sindhu, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
| length6 = 5:12<br />
| title7 = Pillayar<br />
| extra7 = [[Shobana Vignesh|Shobana]]<br />
| length7 = 6:46<br />
| title8 = Ponnumani Kannumani<br />
| extra8 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, chorus<br />
| length8 = 5:13<br />
| title9 = Vaararu Maapillai<br />
| extra9 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
| length9 = 5:33<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Reception ==<br />
D. S. Ramanujam of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that "Despite the Censors punching out the dialogue in a couple of places the director manages to develop a fairly interesting pace, using the music as the best ally".<ref name="H"/><br />
== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1996 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by T. Rajendar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]</div>
Ajay Kumar