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1974 film by S. P. Muthuraman

Engamma Sapatham (transl. 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.^[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Ammayila Sapatham (1975) and in Kannada as Vasantha Lakshmi (1978).^{[citation needed]} The core plot of the 1994 Tamil film Vanaja Girija bore resemblance to the storyline of this film.^[2]

Cast

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.^[3] The film began production in 5 April 1974 at Karpagam Studios. Sivaji Ganesan clapped the shot while A. C. Thirulokachandar switched on the camera.^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.^[5]^[6] 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]}

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki called it a film whose story structure seems to have vowed to lower the quality of the film world.^[7]

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 ==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 (screenwriter)|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”.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The film began production in April 1974.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
 == Soundtrack ==