Amma Enge

Amma Enge (transl. Where is mother?) is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language film directed by G. Viswanathan. The film stars Muthuraman, R. S. Manohar, Chandrakantha and Rajasri. It was released on 27 November 1964.^[1]

Amma Enge
Directed by	G. Viswanathan
Screenplay by	A. L. Narayanan Seehampatti Rajagopal
Produced by	T. R. Sundaram
Starring	R. S. Manohar Muthuraman Chandrakantha Rajasri
Cinematography	H. S. Venu
Music by	Vedha
Production company	Modern Theatres
Release date	27 November 1964 (1964-11-27)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Ranjitham is accused of stealing a diamond ring and she runs out of town with her father. Her father dies heartbroken. Ranjitham joins a family as a nanny for a young girl, Amutha. The girl's mother has left her family with whereabouts unknown. The girl's father falls in love with Ranjitham and desires to marry her. He clears her name as the thief. The ring is found and is given as a gift to Ranjitham.

The young girl Amutha runs away and is later found safe in a forest by her father and Ranjitham.

Ranjitham agrees to marry Amutha's father who then goes to Madras to prepare for the wedding. Ranjitham goes to temple with the girl's aunt and is secretly followed by Amutha. Aunt locks off Ranjitham in the temple and asks her goons to kill Amutha. It is revealed aunt had killed Amutha's mother so her daughter could marry the girl's father. Father goes back home at the right time and rescues Amutha and later Ranjitham from the temple. Aunt runs away and commits suicide. Ranjitham gets married and sees off Amutha to school.

Cast

The list is adapted from the book Thiraikalanjiyam^[2]

Male R. S. Manohar Muthuraman Veerappan Vairam Krishnamoorthy Pazhaniyappan Ali

Female Chandrakantha Rajasree Baby Shakeela Madhavi B. V. Radha Saraswathi

Production

The film was produced by T. R. Sundaram under the banner Modern Theatres and was directed by G. Viswanathan. Screenplay and dialogues were written by A. L. Narayanan and Seehampatti Rajagopal. H. M. Venu was the director of Cinematography.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vedha and the lyrics were penned by Kannadasan, Panchu Arunachalam, Vaali and Nallathambi.^[2]

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist
"Pappa Pappa Kathai Kelu"	A. L. Raghavan	Vaali
"Nilavu Pirantha Nerathile"	P. Susheela with group
"Thottup Paar Thodumpothu Inbam"
"Come Come Rosie"	A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari
"Akka Magalukku Sadai Neelam"	S. V. Ponnusamy, L. R. Eswari
"Aakaasa Pandalile Ayiram Poo"	P. Susheela
"Nenjukku Theriyum"		Kannadasan
"Mayakkam Mayakkam Iravile"		Nallathambi
"Naan Vanangum Deivame"	P. Susheela, P. B. Srinivas
"Amma Amma Enge Pone"	M. S. Rajeswari	Panju Arunasalam

Reception

Writing for Kalki, S. Neelakantan said viewers needed three things before watching the film: patience, a liniment for headaches, and a pillow.^[3]