En Iniya Pon Nilavae

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En Iniye Ponnilave
Directed by Balu Mahendra
Written byBalu Mahendra
Produced byR. Prabhavati
Starring Pandiarajan
Mounika
CinematographyBalu Mahendra
Edited byHarichandra
Music by Illayaraja
M. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
SDR Movies
Release date
  • 11 May 2001 (2001-05-11)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

En Iniye Ponnilave is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Balu Mahendra, starring Pandiarajan and Mounika. [1]

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and Ilaiyaraaja. [2]

SongSingersLyrics
"Thalirkalil Pookkal" K. J. Yesudas Vairamuthu
"Kadhal Ninaive"
"Sillendra Malare" K. S. Chithra
"Poo Vendume" Vani Jairam, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Pudhu Kadalai" L. R. Eswari

Production

The film was initially titled Amma Appa Vilaiyaatu and was completed in the 1990s but remained unreleased. In 2001, the makers of the film re-emerged and chose to release it under a new title En Iniya Ponnilave, taken from the song from Balu Mahendra's 1981 film Moodu Pani . [3] [4] The film's supporting cast included Vichithra and Suresh Chakravarthy. [5]

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