En Thamizh En Makkal
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{{Infobox film
| image = En Thamizh En Makkal.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Santhana Bharathi
| screenplay = Vaali
| story = Ananthu
| producer = Sivaji Ganesan
| starring = {{ubl|Sivaji Ganesan|Vadivukkarasi|Nizhalgal Ravi|Chinni Jayanth|Major Sundarrajan}}
| cinematography = A. Suresh Kumar
| music = Gangai Amaran
| studio = Sivaji Productions
| released = {{Film date|1988|09|02|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
En Thamizh En Makkal ({{Translation|My Tamil, My People}}) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by Santhana Bharathi and produced by Sivaji Ganesan. The film stars Ganesan, Vadivukkarasi, Nizhalgal Ravi Chinni Jayanth and Major Sundarrajan. It was released on 2 September 1988.{{Cite news |date=2 September 1988 |title=En Tamizh En Makkal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880902&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=20 September 2020 |work=The Indian Express |pages=3 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}
Plot
{{No plot|date=February 2022}}
Cast
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran.{{Cite web |title=En Tamizh En Makkal Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Gangai Amaren |url=https://mossymart.com/product/en-tamizh-en-makkal-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-gangai-amaren/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217075253/https://mossymart.com/product/en-tamizh-en-makkal-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-gangai-amaren/ |archive-date=17 February 2022 |access-date=17 February 2022 |website=Mossymart}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Aarambichu
| extra1 = Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra
| title2 = Vaangiya Sudhanthiram
| extra2 = Malaysia Vasudevan
| title3 = Papparappa
| extra3 = Vani Jairam
| title4 = Kurinji Malar
| extra4 = Malaysia Vasudevan
}}
Reception
N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote, "care has been taken to see that narrative does not lose its dramatic interest and go against the narrative grain of Tamil cinema".{{Cite news |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N. |date=16 September 1988 |title=En Thamizh En Makkal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880916&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=16 January 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=5 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}} Jayamanmadhan of Kalki dismissed the film as Ganesan seeking publicity for his political party.{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=2 October 1988 |title=என் தமிழ் என் மக்கள் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/oct/02-10-1988/p62.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220730050342/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1988/oct/02-10-1988/p62.jpg |archive-date=30 July 2022 |access-date=23 September 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=62 |language=Ta}}
References
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