Enakkul Oruvan (1984 film)
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Directed by | S. P. Muthuraman |
Written by | A. L. Narayanan |
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Cinematography | Babu |
Edited by | R. Vittal |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
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Running time | 149 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Enakkul Oruvan (transl. A man within me) is a 1984 Indian
Plot
Madan (Kamal Haasan) is a dancer by profession who is a dream boy of all young girls. Kalpana (Shobana), a young woman, is irritated by Madan's fame and she badly criticises his performances which attracts attention of Madan on her. He challenges that he would make her long for him and his love, but he falls in love with her. He tries to win her love in several ways but eventually fails. One night he gets into her house with a face mask which makes Kalpana to misunderstand that he is a thief and screams and alerts her home. Madan is trapped and handed over to the police. Madan, who is a son of pickle businessman Ooruga Ulaganathan (V. K. Ramasamy) rescues him from police custody and finds the reason for incident to be his love for Kalpana. Kalpana's father, who is a psychiatrist, finds that Madan is the son of his old friend Ulaganathan. Madan-Kalpana's marriage is approved and fixed then.
Kalpana who is an aspiring BharathaNatyam dancer performs on her first stage. Madan who watches her performance is disturbed by some illusion of a woman performing Bharathanatyam. He could not resist the disturbance and leaves the place. Kalpana's father considers it as a normal disturbance and asks him to go for a vacation to some place. While choosing for a place, he sees some visuals of Darjeeling and understands that some places are very familiar to him with the fact that he has not visited the place before in his lifetime. He opts to go there and leaves with his friend and fiancée Kalpana. In Darjeeling, he feels everything is familiar to him. At a point he stops in front of a monument, where he gets illusions of some Karate competition and a man participating in it. He feels as if he was that man who participated in the competition and won the trophy. Madan screams "Upendra could not be defeated" several times which alarms his friend and Kalpana. Kalpana narrates the incident to her dad. Kalpana's dad advises her to take care of him and make him sleep when his acts go wrong and unresistible.
One day Madan looks at a passerby woman on the road where he could feel some familiarity with her. The woman resembles the illusion he got early and he feels that she must be Devi (
Madan promises to get back all the property they have lost. In the struggle, Rajadurai kills Upendra's mother. Madan could not bear the death and he performs all the final rituals as her son. Madan understands all the illusions and feelings are because he is the reincarnation of Upendra. Rajadurai falls from the cable car and dies. With all the legal constraints are settled down, Devi gets back all the lost property of her husband. Devi who understands that Madan is her reincarnated husband, feels for a moment but unites Kalpana with Madan.
Cast
- Kamal Haasan as Madan/Upendra
- Sripriya as Devi
- Shobana as Kalpana
- Sathyaraj as Rajadurai
- V. K. Ramasamy as Madan's dad Ulaganath
- Calcutta Viswanathan as Kalpana's father
- Pandari Bai as Sharada (Upendra's mother)
- Manorama as Madan's mother
- Charle as Madan's friend
- Mrinal Kanti Chakraborty As A Guest
Production
Enakkul Oruvan was a reimagining of the Hindi film Karz (1980), itself based on the American film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975).[2]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vairamuthu.[3] The song "Ther Kondu" is set in Hamsadhvani raga.[4][5] The song "Engey Endhan Kadhali" is set in a mix of Abheri and Kharaharapriya, along with Sankarabharanam in the later stanzas.[citation needed] The highlight of the album was the disco song "Megam Kottatum".[6]
Song | Singers | Length |
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"Enakkul Oruvan" | Malaysia Vasudevan | 04:35 |
"Engey Endhan Kadhali" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 07:15 |
"Megam Kottatum" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:32 |
"Megam Kottatum" | S. P. Balasubramaniam |
05:32 |
"Mutham Pothaathey" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 04:24 |
"Ther Kondu Sendravan" | P. Susheela | 04:30 |
Reception
Kalki's critic said the film left them confused.[7]
References
- ^ "Reincarnation: Enroute to box office success since 1963". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ Ayaz, Shaikh (8 November 2021). "Kamal Haasan turns 67: Meet the actor as a dancer, one of his dasavatharam". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Enakul Oruvan (1984)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ ராமானுஜன், டாக்டர் ஆர். (13 July 2018). "ராகயாத்திரை 13: 'தேர் கொண்டு சென்றவன் யாரென்று சொல்லடி'". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Mani, Charulatha (1 March 2013). "A bright start". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Top 20 songs sung by Kamal Haasan! 3". Sify. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "எனக்குள் ஒருவன்". Kalki (in Tamil). 25 November 1984. p. 29. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
External links
- Enakkul Oruvan at IMDb