En Mana Vaanil

En Mana Vaanil (transl. In my heart of sky) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vinayan and is a remake of his own Malayalam film Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan (2002).^[1] The film stars Jayasurya, Kavya Madhavan who were part of original film, making their debut in Tamil cinema with this film. Vadivelu and Vijayakumar appear in supporting roles.^[2]

En Mana Vaanil
Title card
Directed by	Vinayan
Written by	Vinayan Gokula Krishnan (dialogues)
Produced by	V. Ravichandran
Starring	Jayasurya Kavya Madhavan
Cinematography	Utpal V. Nayanar
Edited by	G. Murali
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Aascar Films
Release date	12 September 2002 (2002-09-12)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

A poor mute man Ganesh and a rich deaf-mute girl Thilaka fall in love. Their love is supported by Ganesh's family but is opposed with a vengeance by Thilaka's family. At the same time, Thilaka is pursued by other suitors who are only after her money. Ganesh and Thilaka flee their hometown together, pursued by Thilaka's uncle and suitor. What happens next is the crux of the Story.

Cast

• Jayasurya as Ganesh
• Kavya Madhavan as Thilaka
• Vadivelu as Govindan
• Chandrasekhar as Blind street singer^[3]
• Mansoor Ali Khan as Gajendran
• Vijayakumar as Rajarathnam, Thilaka's father
• Manivannan as Annamalai
• Rajeev as Parthasarathy
• Charle as Paramasivam
• Vaiyapuri as Azhagusundaram
• Thadi Balaji as Vikram Singh
• Sanjeev as Velu
• Ajay Rathnam as Police inspector
• Bava Lakshmanan as Nomad
• Kovai Sarala as Parvathi
• Sabitha Anand as Ganesh's mother
• Ramya
• Karthika Mathew as Sumathi, Ganesh's sister
• Deepu as Nomad
• Indrajith Sukumaran as Murali
• Anu Anand as Mahesh
• R. S. Shivaji
• Beena Sabu
• Vandar Kuzhazhi Smitha as Prostitute
• Shirley Das as Prostitute

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Enna Solli Paduvatho"	Palani Bharathi	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	4:55
2.	"Kuthu Kuthu"	Muthulingam	Karthik, Mano, Sujatha, Surendhar, Harish Rahavendra	4:28
3.	"Roatoram"	Mu. Metha	K. J. Yesudas, Shruti Haasan	5:02
4.	"Unnai Kannum Pothu"	Palani Bharathi	Hariharan, Karthik	5:54
5.	"Unnai Thedi"	Palani Bharathi	Hariharan	5:04
6.	"Unnai Thedi" (reprise)	Palani Bharathi	Ilaiyaraaja	5:04
7.	"Vayasu Vantha"	Palani Bharathi	Napoleon, Biju, S. N. Surendar, Swarna Latha	4:47
8.	"Muthu Muthu"	Palani Bharathi	Karthik, Bhavatharini	5:07
Total length:				40:21

Reception

Sify called it "the most idiotic and lamebrain film made in recent times"; however the critic noted "The silver lining on the otherwise intolerable film is the melodious songs tuned by Illayaraja".^[5] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Too much of mental and physical trauma on screen could only leave the viewer weary and exasperated".^[6] Visual Dasan of Kalki called it the age old story of lovers on the run but praised Ilaiyaraaja's background score and Jayasurya's acting.^[7]

References

1. . Sify. Archived from the original on 2 January 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. . BizHat.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
3. Mannath, Malini (22 September 2002). . Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
4. "En Mana Vaanill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 20 May 2002. from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
5. . Sify. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
6. Rangarajan, Malathi (20 September 2002). The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
7. தாசன், விசுவல் (13 October 2003). "என் மன வானில்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 38. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• En Mana Vaanil at IMDb