Engamma Sapatham
{{short description|1974 film by S. P. Muthuraman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Engamma Sapatham.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = S. P. Muthuraman
| screenplay = Panchu Arunachalam
| story = R. Selvaraj
| producer = S. Baskar
| starring = R. Muthuraman
Sivakumar
Jayachitra
Vidhubala
| cinematography = Babu
| editing = R. Vittal
| music = Vijaya Bhaskar
| studio = Vijayabaskar Films
| released = {{Film date|1974|10|04|df=y|ref1=}}
| runtime = 128 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Engamma Sapatham ({{translation|My mother's vow}}) is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman. The film stars R. Muthuraman, Sivakumar, Jayachitra and Vidhubala. It was released on 4 October 1974.{{Cite web |title=எங்கம்மா சபதம் / Engamma Sabatham (1974) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/engamma-sabatham |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925073910/https://screen4screen.com/movies/engamma-sabatham |archive-date=25 September 2021 |access-date=25 September 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen}} The film was remade in Telugu as Ammayila Sapatham (1975) and in Kannada as Vasantha Lakshmi (1978).{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} The core plot of the 1994 Tamil film Vanaja Girija bore resemblance to the storyline of this film.{{Cite web |last=முத்துராமன் |first=எஸ்.பி. |author-link=S. P. Muthuraman |date=18 November 2015 |title=சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 34: காதல் பூக்கும் தருணம்! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/64876-34.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901060457/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/64876-34.html |archive-date=1 September 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}{{No plot|date=September 2021}}
Cast
{{cast listing|
- R. Muthuraman as Sundaram
- Sivakumar as Kumaran
- Jayachitra as Chithra
- Vidhubala as Geetha
- Major Sundarrajan in Guest appearance
- Thengai Srinivasan in Guest appearance
- Suruli Rajan
- Senthamarai
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy
- Usilai Mani
- Manorama
- M. N. Rajam in Guest appearance
- Sukumari
- S. A. Ashokan
- Vijaya Chandrika
- Shanti
- Master Sekhar
}}
Production
After Anbu Thangai, Muthuraman and Guhanathan were in search of a story for their next film. They listened to scripts from various screenwriters but none of them impressed them, they decided to approach Panchu Arunachalam who asked for two days time to complete the script. R. Selvaraj who was Arunachalam's assistant at that time suggested to handle revenge story in a lighter vein which impressed Arunachalam and wrote a screenplay which became Engamma Sapatham.{{Cite web |date=2 June 2016 |title=திரைத்தொண்டர் - 10 |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/119878-thiraiththondar-panchu-arunachalam |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231101112642/https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/119878-thiraiththondar-panchu-arunachalam |archive-date=1 November 2023 |access-date=1 November 2023 |website=Cinema Vikatan |language=Ta}} The film began production in April 1974.{{Cite news |date=5 April 1974 |title=எங்கம்மா சபதம் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_22_2_59/4.jp2/3530,2187,4890,3329/4890,3329/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/8JppL |archive-date=20 October 2024 |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=Navamani |pages=4 |via=Endangered Archives Programme}}
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.{{Cite web |title=Engamma Sabatham (1974) |url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/engamma-sabatham-T0002596 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210180923/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/engamma-sabatham-T0002596 |archive-date=10 December 2014 |access-date=2014-12-08 |website=Raaga.com}}{{Cite web |title=Engamma Sabatham Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Vijayabhaskar |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/engamma-sabatham-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-vijayabhaskar-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714103955/https://macsendisk.com/product/engamma-sabatham-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-vijayabhaskar-2/ |archive-date=14 July 2022 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Macsendisk}} Vijaya Bhaskar later reused the tune of the song "Anbu Megame" in the Telugu remake "Ammayila Sapatham" as "Neeli Meghamaa" and in the Kannada remake Vasantha Lakshmi (1978) as "Belli Modave".{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics | ||
| "Ennaiya Mulikare" | L. R. Eswari | Panchu Arunachalam |
| "Anbu Megame" 1 | Vani Jairam | rowspan=2|Kannadasan |
| "Anbu Megame" 2 | Vani Jairam, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| "Ilamai Azhaikindrathu" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela, Vani Jairam, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | rowspan=2|Panchu Arunachalam |
| "Unakkum Enakkum" | L. R. Anjali |
Reception
Kanthan of Kalki called it a film whose story structure seems to have vowed to lower the quality of the film world.{{Cite magazine |last=காந்தன் |date=3 November 1974 |title=எங்கம்மா சபதம் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1974/nov/03-11-1974/p51.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=Kalki |language=ta |page=51 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220727111125/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1974/nov/03-11-1974/p51.jpg |archive-date=27 July 2022 |access-date=28 July 2022}}
References
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