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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Enga Amma Rani<br />
| image = Enga Amma Rani.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = S. Bani<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| producer = C. Muthukrishnan<br />
| writer = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Dhansika]]<br>Varnika<br>Varsha<br>[[Anil Murali]]<br>[[Namo Narayana]]<br>Shankar Srihari<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = A. Kumaran<br>SR Santhoshkumar<br />
| editing = [[A. L. Ramesh]]<br />
| studio = MK Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 5 May 2017<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
| gross = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--><br />
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'''''Enga Amma Rani''''' ({{trans|Our mother is a queen}}) is a 2017 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[horror film]] directed by S. Bani. The film stars [[Dhansika]], Yoganathan Maniam (Malaysia), Varnika, and Varsha, while Shankar Srihari, [[Anil Murali]], and [[Namo Narayana]] play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]],.<ref name=Bani>{{cite web|last1=Subramanian|first1=Anupama|title=Dhanshika in a female centric film, Rani|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/250616/dhanshika-in-a-female-centric-film-rani.html|publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|accessdate=13 October 2016|date=25 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Kabali' actress becomes the Queen|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/kabali-actress-sai-dhanshika-signs-new-film-rani-with-ilaiyaraja-music-tamil-news-161040.html|publisher=India Glitz|accessdate=13 October 2016|date=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Subhakeerthana|first1=S|title=Lucky to get performance-oriented roles, and not just be a decorative piece: Dhansika|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Lucky-to-get-performance-oriented-roles-and-not-just-be-a-decorative-piece-Dhansika/2016/10/01/article3632939.ece|accessdate=13 October 2016|date=1 October 2016}}</ref><ref name=Dhansika>{{cite web|title=Dhansika Starrer Rani - First Look Released|url=http://www.moviecrow.com/News/13678/dhansika-starrer-rani---first-look-released|publisher=Movie Crow|accessdate=13 October 2016|date=29 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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The film's tagline says ''Enga Amma'' (our mother), and [[Dhansika]] plays the mother of two daughters (Varnika and Varsha).<ref name=Dhansika/><br />
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==Plot==<br />
In [[Malaysia]], the single mother Thulasi ([[Dhansika]]) lives with her twin daughters Meera (Varnika) and Tara (Varsha). Her husband Sathya is missing, and she cannot return to India. Caught between financial issues and visa issues, Thulasi decides to work in a grocery store. One day, all of a sudden, Tara dies. Dr. Murali (Shankar Srihari) tells Thulasi that her daughter had [[Long QT syndrome]], and she learns that Meera is diagnosed with the same illness.<br />
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Thulasi takes Meera to a hill station, where she starts behaving mysteriously. Thulasi soon learns that Meera is possessed by a spirit. The spirit was of a girl who once resided in the hotel with her father. Once, her father gets a lump amount as he had a profit, but his friend gets to know, and he blackmails him by saying that he kidnapped his daughter. Her father unknowingly gives the blackmailer<br />
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the money and he doesn't know who the guy who was blackmailing is. He tells this to his friend without knowing he was the one who blackmailed him. He says to his friend that he is going to make a complaint. His friend suggests for him not to, but the father proceeds, while having lunch with his only daughter. Unknown to him and his daughter, the food is mixed with poison. His friend brings a local gang and makes the murder look like a suicide, and the spirit narrates to Thulasi in the midst.<br />
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Thulasi learns that if the spirit stays in her daughter's body, her daughter will survive, so she pleads for the spirit to stay, and even the spirit agrees. but the man learns of this. He goes to kill thulasi and her child but instead slips from the cliff. The spirit apologizes as this was her wish and thus leaves Thulasi's body. Thulasi wants to see her daughter live, so she calls Murali and requests him to take her daughter along with him to India and leave her daughter in her hometown. She says she will soon leave all and commits suicide so that as a spirit, she can enter her body in order to save her from her disease.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Dhansika]] as Thulasi<br />
*Yoganathan Maniam in Cameo role<br />
*Varnika as Meera<br />
*Varsha as Tara<br />
*Shankar Srihari as Dr. Murali<br />
*[[Namo Narayana]] as Chokkalingam<br />
*[[Anil Murali]] as Rajan<br />
*[[Manoj Kumar (film director)|Manoj Kumar]] as Sathya's father<br />
*Rindhu Ravi as Sathya's mother<br />
*[[Vaishali Thaniga]] as Durga Devi<br />
*Niteesh Veera<br />
*Meena Karthik<br />
*VIP Krishna<br />
*Sujatha Thanika<br />
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==Production==<br />
Director S. Bani had worked as an assistant to [[Samuthirakani]],<ref name=Bani/> and the location of the film is [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jyothsna|first1=J|title=I got Kabali because of Ranjit Sir|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/dhansika-talks-about-her-projects-which-include-kabali.html|publisher=Behindwoods|accessdate=13 October 2016|date=23 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
''[[Deccan Chronicle]]'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Overall, ''Enga Amma Rani'' is a sincere attempt by Bani. The defects can be overlooked as the team has clearly put in a lot of passion behind this project".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/060517/enga-amma-rani-movie-review-an-inspiring-tale-of-hardship.html|title=Enga Amma Rani movie review: An inspiring tale of hardship|first=Anupama|last=Subramanian|date=6 May 2017|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave the film the same rating and noted that " Instead, he gives us a very conventional ghost story that is lacking in both surprises and scares".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/enga-amma-rani/movie-review/58545349.cms|title=Enga Amma Rani Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Enga Amma Rani by Times of India|work=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDB title|6146894|Rani}}<br />
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