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{{Infobox film
| image = En Bommukutty Ammavukku.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| writer = Fazil<br />[[Gokula Krishnan]] (dialogues)
| producer = R. D. Bhaskar
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sathyaraj]]|[[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]]|[[Raghuvaran]]|[[Rekha Harris|Rekha]]|[[Geetu Mohandas]]}}
| cinematography = Ananda Kuttan
| editing = T. R. Shekharr
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Pavalar Creations
| released = {{film date|1988|4|15|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''En Bommukutty Ammavuku''''' ({{translation|My doll is for mother}}) is a 1988 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by Fazil, starring [[Sathyaraj]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]], [[Raghuvaran]], [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] and [[Geetu Mohandas]]. It is a remake of Fazil's own [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku]]'' (1983).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1989 |title=Indian Cinema 1988 |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/136_IPCatalogue1988.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131153025/https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/136_IPCatalogue1988.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2020 |access-date=28 October 2021 |website=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |pages=75–76}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Litty |date=7 October 2018 |title=35 years of Baby Shalini's 'Ente Mamattykkuttiyammakku' |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2018/10/07/ente-mamattukkuttiyammakku-fazil-shalini-gopy-movie.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808105311/https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2018/10/07/ente-mamattukkuttiyammakku-fazil-shalini-gopy-movie.html |archive-date=8 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021 |website=[[Onmanorama]]}}</ref> The film was released on 15 April 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=என் பொம்முக்குட்டி அம்மாவுக்கு / En Bommukutty Ammavukku (1988) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/en-bommukutty-ammavukku |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119120935/https://screen4screen.com/movies/en-bommukutty-ammavukku |archive-date=19 November 2023 |access-date=28 October 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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Lakshmi and Vinod, a couple who lost their daughter in an accident, decide to adopt a girl from the local orphanage. But problems arise when the child's biological parents Mercy and Alex seek to find her.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Sathyaraj]] as Vinod
* [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]] as Lakshmi
* [[Raghuvaran]] as Alex
* [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] as Mercy<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pannerselvam |first=Kanimozhi |date=31 May 2020 |title="புன்னகை மன்னன்" ரேகாவின் மகளை பார்த்திருக்கீங்களா?... அழகில் அம்மாவையே ஓரங்கட்டும் க்யூட் போட்டோஸ்...! |url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/actress-rekha-daughter-photo-going-viral-qb75bk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620191033/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/actress-rekha-daughter-photo-going-viral-qb75bk |archive-date=20 June 2020 |access-date=28 October 2021 |website=[[Asianet News]] |language=ta}}</ref>
* [[M. S. Thripunithura]] as Fr Joseph Epstein
* [[Janagaraj]] as Lawyer
* [[Geetu Mohandas]] as Tinnu
}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=En Bommu Kutti Ammaavukku (1988) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002680 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130204756/http://raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002680 |archive-date=30 January 2013 |access-date=8 January 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=En Bommukkutti Ammavukku Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/en-bommukkutti-ammavukku-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808105311/https://mossymart.com/product/en-bommukkutti-ammavukku-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |archive-date=8 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Chitra Chittugal
| lyrics1 = [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]]
| extra1 = [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length1 = 4:32
| title2 = Uyire
| lyrics2 = [[Piraisoodan]]
| extra2 = [[K. J. Yesudas]], K. S. Chithra
| length2 = 4:33
| title3 = Kuyile
| note3 = duet
| lyrics3 = [[Gangai Amaran]]
| extra3 = K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = Patharamathu
| lyrics4 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaalee]]
| extra4 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
| length4 = 3:48
| title5 = Yaiyaiya Yaiyaiya
| lyrics5 =
| extra5 = [[Ilaiyaraaja]], K. S. Chithra, [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| length5 = 1:50
| title6 = Kuyile
| note6 = female
| lyrics6 = Gangai Amaran
| extra6 = K. S. Chithra, [[Bhavatharini]]
| length6 = 4:22
| title7 = Bommu Kutti
| lyrics7 = Vaalee
| extra7 = K. J. Yesudas
| length7 = 4:30
| title8 = Nallorgal Unnai
| lyrics8 = Gangai Amaran
| extra8 = K. S. Chithra
| length8 = 0:46
| title9 = Kuyile
| note9 = male
| lyrics9 = Gangai Amaran
| extra9 = K. J. Yesudas
| length9 = 4:17
| total_length = 33:03 
}}

== Reception ==

''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "The script moves ever so gracefully plumbing the depths of a bereaved couple's predicament." The reviewer went on to say, "Fazil seems to have given a great deal of thought to every scene. The only drawback of the film ironically contributed by music director Ilayaraja, whose brother Baskar is the film's producer. The one man who is allowed to indulge himself is Ilayaraja (too many songs). After all, it's as good as being his own film".<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 1988 |title=En Bommukutti Ammavukku |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880506&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=5 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0214666}}

{{Fazil (director)}}

[[Category:1988 Indian films]]
[[Category:1988 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1988 drama films]]
[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Films about adoption]]
[[Category:Films directed by Fazil]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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