Enga Veetu Pillai

Movie :Enga Veettu Pillai
Written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy
Starring M. G. Ramachandran
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Release date(s) 1965
Language Tamil


Enga Veettu Pillai (English: The Child of our Home) is a Tamil language film starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role. The film was released in the 1965. This movie was a major box office success. This was a remake of the Telugu movie Ramudu Bheemudu released in 1964 with N. T. Rama Rao in the lead role. Normally no movie is considered for national award if it is remake of movie from other language. But this movie was selected for award because of its hit in commercial value (Janaranjakam ulla padam) [1] 'Enga Veetu Pillai' was an out of the ordinary film which increased the fan base of MGR to numerous folds. It is a commercial film of all times which is so popular even now. Parasakthi had changed the trend of Tamil movies by reducing the songs(average to 8) and with good dialogues and with good family and classical movies. After Engaveetu pillai the movies had to go to the side of commercial and lost its real classical value. Even movie of sivaji genesan at times had some commercial standard. But the 16 vaithinela came and broke the commercial formulas(fighting dream scenes etc.,)This trend was not so continued for longer period.(This was publlished in famous weekly edition in tamail) Again the Tamil movies fell into the commercial formula and facing maximum loss.