Enga Chinna Rasa
| Enga Chinna Rasa | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. Bhagyaraj |
| Written by | K. Bhagyaraj |
| Produced by | S. A. Rajkannu |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | K. Rajpreeth |
| Edited by | T. Thirunavukarasu A. P. Manivannan |
| Music by | Sankar Ganesh |
Production company | Sree Amman Creations |
| Distributed by | Sree Amman Creations |
Release date | 17 June 1987 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Enga Chinna Rasa (English : Our little King) was a 1987 Tamil film written and directed and starred by K. Bhagyaraj.[1][2]
The story is inspired by the Kannada novel Mallammana Pavada by B. Puttaswamayya which incidentally went on to be adapted into a 1969 Kannada movie Mallammana Pavaada.The screenplay of the Kannada movie was written by Telugu director P. Pullaiah based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story titled Ardhangi which itself was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of Bengali novel Swayamsidda written by Manilal Banerjee. Swayamsiddha went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of same name.[3] Ardhangi was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai and in Hindi twice as Bahurani in 1963 and as Jyoti in 1981. This movie went on to be remade in Telugu as Abbaigaru, in Hindi as Beta , in Kannada as Annayya and in Oriya as Santan (1998).
Cast
- K. Bhagyaraj
- Radha
- Jaiganesh
- C. R. Saraswathy
Soundtrack
The music composed by Sankar Ganesh.[4]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Eduda Melam | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Vaali | 04:19 |
| 2 | Enn Raathukkam | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:23 | |
| 3 | Kondai Seval Koovum | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 04:03 | |
| 4 | Mama Unakku Oru | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 04:10 | |
| 5 | Naan Thandhana | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:14 | |
| 6 | Then Pandi Cheemai | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | 04:32 |
Other versions
The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.
| Year | Title | Language | Director | Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step-mother | Son | Wife | ||||
| 1955 | Ardhangi | Telugu | P. Pullaiah | Santha Kumari | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Savitri |
| 1956 | Pennin Perumai | Tamil | P. Pullaiah | Santha Kumari | Sivaji Ganesan | Savitri |
| 1963 | Bahurani | Hindi | T. Prakash Rao | Lalita Pawar | Guru Dutt | Mala Sinha |
| 1969 | Mallammana Pavaada | Kannada | Puttanna Kanagal | Advani Lakshmi Devi | Rajkumar | B Sarojadevi |
| 1975 | Swayamsiddha | Bengali | Sushil Mukherjee | Ranjit Mallick | Mithu Mukherjee | |
| 1981 | Jyothi | Hindi | Pramod Chakravorty | Shashikala | Jeetendra | Hema Malini |
| 1987 | Enga Chinna Rasa | Tamil | K. Bhagyaraj | C. R. Saraswathy | K. Bhagyaraj | Radha |
| 1992 | Beta | Hindi | Indra Kumar | Aruna Irani | Anil Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit |
| 1993 | Abbaigaru | Telugu | E. V. V. Satyanarayana | Jayachitra | Venkatesh | Meena |
| 1993 | Annayya | Kannada | D. Rajendra Babu | Aruna Irani | V. Ravichandran | Madhoo |
| 1998 | Santan | Oriya | Snigdha Mohanty | Siddhanta Mahapatra | Rachana Banerjee | |
References
- ^ "Film List Of Director Barathiraja". Lakshman Shruthi. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Bhagyaraj Profile". Jointscene. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ardhangi-1955/article6086551.ece
- ^ "Enga Chinna Rasa Songs". raaga. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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