Englishkaran
Official DVD
Directed by	Sakthi Chidambaram
Produced by	Amudha Durairaj
Starring	Sathyaraj Namitha Vadivelu Madhumitha Siva Balaji
Cinematography	Suresh Devan
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Deva
Production company	Seven Hills Film Factory & Deivanai Movies
Release date	24 June 2005 (2005-06-24)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Englishkaran (transl. Englishman) is a 2005 Tamil-language comedy film. It stars Sathyaraj and Namitha, while Vadivelu, Madhumitha Siva Balaji, and Santhanam play supporting roles.^[1] "Englishkaran" with the tagline "Tamizh Vazhga" is a film from the hit combo from Sathyaraj and Shakthi Chidambaram whose earlier ventures Ennamma Kannu and Maha Nadigan were hits. Englishkaran also has humour, glamour, many puns and is based on a strong theme paced with whimsy humour. The film opened to positive reviews.^[2][3]

Plot

The film starts with Thamizharasan (Sathyaraj), a reformist who enters a village with the intention to unite a couple and help a young girl named Sandhya (Madhumitha), who aspires to be a singer. Bala (Siva Balaji) is in love with Sandhya. Thamizharasan faces the anger of Sandhya's father (Dhandapani), a strong believer of older ideologies. Sandhya hates Thamizharasan, and the reason for that is told in a flashback, which starts with Thamizharasan's wife Maheswari (Namitha) aspiring to be a sports champion. Theepori Thirumugam (Vadivelu) is Maheswari's uncle. Thamizharasan helps her. Due to some family problems, Maheswari kills herself after making her husband promise to help her sister to become a popular singer. The rest of the film is how Thamizharasan fulfills Maheshwari's promise and helps unite Bala and Sandhya.

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and released on Bayshore.

Critical reception

Indiaglitz commented that Sakthi Chidamabaram had tried to give a movie with a strong message with a convoluted mix of humour, romance and glamour.^[5]