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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Enga chinna thambi<br />
| image = Enga Thambi 1993.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy|S. D. Saba]]<br />
| producer = V. Thamilazhagan<br />V. Selvam<br />V. Thangaraj<br />
| writer = N. Prasannakumar (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = Rama Veerapan<br />
| story = Sathya Movies Story Department<br />
| starring = [[Prashanth]]<br />[[Subhashri]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = C. Maya<br />
| editing = K. R. Krishnan<br />
| studio = Sathya Movies<br />
| distributor = Sathya Movies<br />
| released = 9 April 1993<br />
| runtime = 138 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Enga Thambi''''' ({{trans|Our Younger Brother}}) is a 1993 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic action film]] directed by [[Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy]]. The film stars [[Prashanth]] and [[Subhashri]], with [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], [[Nagesh]] and [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] in supporting roles. [[Ilaiyaraaja]] composed the film's music.<ref>http://www.woodsdeck.com/movies/4796-enga-thambi-1993</ref> The film was also later dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Allari Prema''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Allari+Prema</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Pichumani is an orphan, and Muthu brings him up. Pichumani falls in love with Indu, but her uncle Dinakar, a police officer, opposes this. Nevertheless, Indu is determined to wed her first love. To avert this, Dinakar hatches a plan through which Pichumani is sent to jail. When Indu gives up hope, advocate Shanthi emerges to fight his case. It is revealed that Shanthi and Dinakar have been in a relationship earlier. Now, will their past work in the favor of the lovebirds or will it make matters worse is the rest of the story. In the end, Dinakar gets arrested and comes to know that Pichumani is his son and that Shanthi is his mother. The film ends with Pichumani and Indu getting married.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Prashanth]] as Pichumani<br />
* [[Subhashri]] as Indu<br />
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Shanthi<br />
* [[Nagesh]] as Muthu<br />
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Dinakar<br />
* [[Chinni Jayanth]] as Double Seven<br />
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as K.K<br />
* [[Madhan Bob]] as Sharma<br />
* [[Kullamani]]<br />
* [[V. S. Raghavan]]<br />
* [[Rocky Rajesh]] in a special appearance as Rocky Rajesh<br />
* [[Raju Sundaram]] in a special appearance<br />
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== Production ==<br />
[[Subhashri]], sister of Kannada actress Malasri, was recommended by [[Thiagarajan]] to be the heroine of the film. He had also recommended the actress to be a part of [[S. Shankar|Shankar]]'s ''[[Gentleman (1993 film)|Gentleman]]'', while the director had met with [[Prashanth (actor)|Prashanth]] and his father [[Thiagarajan]], while considering the casting for ''[[Kadhalan]]''.{{fact|date=June 2019}}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
The film opened to mixed reviews, with a critic from The New Straits Times noting that the film "makes best of a weak story", praising the performances of [[Prashanth (actor)|Prashanth]] and Nassar.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y85OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1236,1984792&dq=enga+thambi&hl=en</ref> The Indian Express wrote "S. D. Saba [..] handles the script and his artists with confidence and his narration is fairly neat."<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930409&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref><br />
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== Songs ==<br />
The music of the film was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and released by actor [[Rajinikanth]] at a launch event. The lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], [[Pulamaipithan]], Muthulingham and Ponnadiyan.<ref>https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/enga-thambi/2Q1a-KtgCGI_</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s)<br />
|-<br />
|1 || "Antha Utchi Malai" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]<br />
|-<br />
|2 || "Ithu Maanodum" || Arun Mozhi, [[Uma Ramanan]]<br />
|-<br />
|3 || "Malaiyoram Maankuruvi" || Mano, [[Minmini]]<br />
|-<br />
|4 || "Manil Vantha" || Mano<br />
|-<br />
|5 || "Maane Marghathamey" || Mano, [[S. Janaki]]<br />
|-<br />
|6 || "Usukko" || Minmini<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0317429}}<br />
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[[Category:1990s action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]<br />
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