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{{distinguish|Engirundho Vandhaal}}
{{short description|1995 film by Santhana Bharathi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Engirundho Vandhan
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Santhana Bharathi]]
| producer = V. Sundaran
| writer = [[Crazy Mohan]] (dialogue)
| screenplay = Santhana Bharathi
| story = [[Priyadarshan]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sathyaraj]]|[[Roja (actress)|Roja]]|[[Aamani]]}}
| music = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| cinematography = [[M. S. Prabhu]]
| editing = N. P. Sathish
| distributor =
| studio = VSR Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1995|01|15}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Engirundho Vandhan''''' ({{trans|He came from nowhere}}) is a [[Tamil films of 1995|1995]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Santhana Bharathi]]. The film features [[Sathyaraj]], [[Roja (actress)|Roja]] and [[Aamani]] in the lead roles, with [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Janagaraj]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Vinu Chakravarthy]], [[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]], [[Bhanu Chander]] and [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] playing supporting roles. The film, produced by V. Sundaran, had musical score by the duo [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]] and was released on 15 January 1995. Viswanathan and Ramamoorthy collaborated after 30 years and it eventually became their last collaboration. The film was a remake of the [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Chithram]]'' (1988).<ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/veteran-music-composer-ms-viswanathan-dead/article7420180.ece|title=Veteran musician M.S. Viswanathan passes away|date=14 July 2015|access-date=4 June 2018|author=B. Kolappan|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/34110/cinema/Kollywood/Mohanlal-movies-and-their-remakes.htm|title=மோகன்லாலும், பின்னே தமிழ் ரீமேக்கும்...|date=5 July 2015|work=Dinamalar|access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
Radha ([[Roja (actress)|Roja]]) is the daughter of the wealthy [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] Viswanathan ([[Kalyan Kumar]]) who resides in the United States. Radha brought up in [[Chennai]] by her father's friend Manikandan ([[Janagaraj]]). Radha is in love with another man Gautham ([[Bhanu Chander]]). Her father finds a groom in the USA for her and wants his daughter to marry him, but Radha decides to marry her lover Gautham against the wishes of her father. Manikandan supports her will and helps them to get married. When her boyfriend finds out that she will be disinherited, he ditches her at the marriage registrar office.

Shortly after her father decides to retract his disapproval and to spend a fortnight's vacation with his daughter and his new son-in-law in his estate near a tribal community where Sundaram ([[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]]) is the chief. Because her father is already ill and because this may be his last vacation, Radha and Manikandan want to make it as happy for him as possible. They decide to conceal the fact that her boyfriend dumped her.

Manikandan hires the small-time crook Kannan ([[Sathyaraj]]) to play the part of the husband for a fortnight. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Kannan
*[[Roja (actress)|Roja]] as Radha
*[[Aamani]] as Janaki
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Police Commissioner
*[[Janagaraj]] as Manikandan
*[[Kalyan Kumar]] as Viswanathan
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Tribal Chief
*[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]] as Sundaram
*[[Bhanu Chander]] as Gautham
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Sundaram's son
*[[R. S. Shivaji]]
*Kambar Jayaraman as Pandian, Janaki's father
*[[Kavithalaya Krishnan]] as Shiva
*S. V. Shanmugam
*[[Mohan Raman]]
*Bharani as Sundaram's daughter
*C. R. Saraswathi as Meenakshi, Sundaram's wife
*[[Ponvannan]] in a guest appearance
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Engirundho Vandhan
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1995
| recorded = 1994
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 34:07
| label =
| producer = Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
| prev_title =
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}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by the duo [[Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]. The soundtrack, released in 1995, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Engirundho-Vandhan-songs-T0004059|title=Engirundho Vandhan Songs|access-date=4 June 2018|publisher=play.raaga.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Engirundho-Vandhan-2010/Q0J7iFEWoOU_|title=Engirundho Vandhan Songs|access-date=4 June 2018|publisher=saavn.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Nilave Vaa" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 4:46
|-
|2 || "Nandhavana" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || 5:25
|-
|3 || "Oru Kootil" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra || 5:28
|-
|4 || "Andha Sriraman" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Swarnalatha]] || 5:09
|-
|5 || "Engirundho Vandhan" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 8:21
|-
|6 || "Mounam Enbadhu" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[S. Janaki]] || 4:56
|}

==Release==
T. K. Balaji of ''indolink.com'' said, "Crazy Mohan's dialogue barely pass muster as does Santhaana Bharathi's direction. Satyaraj looks out of place in this movie. Roja comes out good, but Janakaraj and R.Sunderrajan manage to irritate you out of your senses. The less said about the music, the better".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/Film/engiVand.html|title=INDOlink Film Review: Engirundho Vandhaan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970607043302/http://www.indolink.com/Film/engiVand.html|archive-date=7 June 1997|access-date=4 June 2018|publisher=indolink.com}}</ref> The film flopped at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://silverscreen.in/tamil/features/music-composer-ms-viswanathan-dead-obituary/|title=Music Composer MS Viswanathan Dead|date=14 July 2015|access-date=4 June 2018|author=Vandhana|publisher=silverscreen.in}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1995 films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Crazy Mohan]]
[[Category:Films directed by Santhana Bharathi]]
[[Category:1995 comedy films]]

Engirundho Vandhan - Revision history

152.208.8.180 at 02:02, 19 June 2021