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En Mana Vaanil
En Mana Vaanil
	DVD cover
Directed by	Vinayan
Written by	Vinayan; Gokula Krishnan (dialogues)
Produced by	V. Ravichandran
Starring	Jayasurya; Kavya Madhavan
Cinematography	Utpal V. Nayanar
Edited by	G. Murali
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	Aascar Films
Release date	12 September 2002;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

En Mana Vaanil (transl. In my heart of sky) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vinayan. It is a remake of his Malayalam film Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan (2002).^[1] The film stars Jayasurya and Kavya Madhavan who were part of the original, making their debut in Tamil cinema with this film. Vadivelu and Vijayakumar appear in supporting roles.^[2]

Plot

A poor mute man Ganesh and a rich deaf-mute girl Thilaka fall in love. Their love is supported by Ganesh's family but is opposed with a vengeance by Thilaka's family. At the same time, Thilaka is pursued by other suitors who are only after her money. Ganesh and Thilaka flee their hometown together, pursued by Thilaka's uncle and suitor. What happens next is the crux of the Story.

Cast

Jayasurya as Ganesh
Kavya Madhavan as Thilaka
Vadivelu as Govindan
Chandrasekhar as Blind street singer^[3]
Mansoor Ali Khan as Gajendran
Vijayakumar as Rajarathnam, Thilaka's father
Manivannan as Annamalai
Rajeev as Parthasarathy
Charle as Paramasivam
Vaiyapuri as Azhagusundaram
Thadi Balaji as Vikram Singh
Sanjeev as Velu
Ajay Rathnam as Police inspector
Bava Lakshmanan as Nomad
Kovai Sarala as Parvathi
Sabitha Anand as Ganesh's mother
Ramya
Karthika Mathew as Sumathi, Ganesh's sister
Deepu as Nomad
Indrajith Sukumaran as Murali
Anu Anand as Mahesh
R. S. Shivaji
Beena Sabu
Vandar Kuzhazhi Smitha as Prostitute
Shirley Das as Prostitute

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[4] The song "Enna Solli" is set in Suddhadhanyasi raga.^[5]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Enna Solli Paduvatho"	Palani Bharathi	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	4:55
2.	"Kuthu Kuthu"	Muthulingam	Karthik, Mano, Sujatha, Surendhar, Harish Rahavendra	4:28
3.	"Roatoram"	Mu. Metha	K. J. Yesudas, Shruti Haasan	5:02
4.	"Unnai Kannum Pothu"	Palani Bharathi	Hariharan, Karthik	5:54
5.	"Unnai Thedi"	Palani Bharathi	Hariharan	5:04
6.	"Unnai Thedi" (reprise)	Palani Bharathi	Ilaiyaraaja	5:04
7.	"Vayasu Vantha"	Palani Bharathi	Napoleon, Biju, S. N. Surendar, Swarna Latha	4:47
8.	"Muthu Muthu"	Palani Bharathi	Karthik, Bhavatharini	5:07
Total length:				40:21

Reception

Sify called it "the most idiotic and lamebrain film made in recent times"; however the critic noted "The silver lining on the otherwise intolerable film is the melodious songs tuned by Illayaraja".^[6] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "Too much of mental and physical trauma on screen could only leave the viewer weary and exasperated".^[7] Visual Dasan of Kalki called it the age old story of lovers on the run but praised Ilaiyaraaja's background score and Jayasurya's acting.^[8] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "Just that the director has made his protagonists mutes, the girl being additionally deaf. So while one commends the director for his daring in making his lead players not utter a single word in the film, one cannot but notice that the rest is routine stuff".^[9]

References

^ "En Mana Vaanil". Sify. Archived from the original on 2 January 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ "Enmanavanil". BizHat.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ Mannath, Malini (22 September 2002). "En Mana Vaanile". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "En Mana Vaanill (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 20 May 2002. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ "Know your raga: Suddhadhanyasi – Hi-five". News Today. 13 December 2018. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "En Mana Vaanil". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
^ Rangarajan, Malathi (20 September 2002). "En Mana Vaanil ..." The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ தாசன், விசுவல் (13 October 2003). "என் மன வானில்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 38. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ Mannath, Malini (22 September 2002). "En Mana Vaanile". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 14 February 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2024.