Shenbagamae Shenbagamae

Shenbagamae Shenbagamae
Shenbagamae Shenbagamae
	Poster
Directed by	Gangai Amaran
Written by	Gangai Amaran
Produced by	S. Mohan ; T. K. T. Dhakshina Moorthy ; K. Raj Mohan
Starring	Ramarajan ; Rekha
Cinematography	P. S. Nivas
Edited by	B. Lenin ; V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	Sri Lakshmana Films
Release date	15 January 1988;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Shenbagamae Shenbagamae (transl. Oh Shenbagam! Oh Shenbagam!) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan and Rekha, with Silk Smitha, Vagai Chandrasekar, K. Shanmugasundaram, R. P. Vishwam, Senthil, S.S.Chandran and Vennira Aadai Moorthy. It was released on 15 January 1988,^[1] delayed from November 1987.^[2] The film's title is derived from a song from a previous Amaran directorial, Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987).^[3]

Plot

The film follows the conflict between two families over their plantations.

Cast

Ramarajan as Thangarasu
Rekha as Shenbagam
Silk Smitha as Mayilu
Vagai Chandrasekhar as Muthaiah
Shanmugasundaram as Surulivelu
R. P. Viswam as Sivanandi
Senthil as Thavil performer
S. S. Chandran as Thavil performer
Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Nadaswaram performer
A. Veerappan as Deaf villager
Kallapetti Singaram as Singaram
Varalakshmi as Shenbagam's mother
S. N. Parvathy as Thangarasu's mother
Kumarimuthu as Amavasai
Sathya as groom's mother
Pasi Narayanan as Palayapattu Kadhasamy
T. S. Raghavendra as Villager
Gangai Amaran in a cameo appearance as Villager
Usilai Mani in a cameo appearance as Himself
Pakiri Samy

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[4]^[5] The song "Manja Podi" is a slower version of the song "Mata Rani Mounamidi" from the Telugu film Maharshi (1987).^[6] It is set to the raga Keeravani.^[7]


Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Length
"Manja Podi"	Mano	Gangai Amaran	04:43
"Pathinaaru Vayasu"	Malaysia Vasudevan		04:18
"Vasalile Poosani Poo"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki		04:37
"Then Pazhani Aandavane"	S. Janaki, Malaysia Vasudevan		07:59
"Vezhuthu Kattikida"	Ilaiyaraaja	Ilaiyaraaja	04:31
"Saami En Thaali"	K. S. Chithra	Gangai Amaran	04:33

Reception

N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote that Gangai Amaran "has paced the film well and the drama keeps building up".^[8] Jayamanmadhan (a duo) of Kalki praised the performances of Chandrasekhar and Silk Smitha, and Ilaiyaraaja's music but panned the humour of Senthil, S. S. Chandran and Moorthy and concluded saying Gangai Amaran has mastered the trick of making a film neatly without spending too much and without pomp but a little more knitting would have taken a little more.^[9]

References

^ "செண்பகமே செண்பகமே / Shenbagamae Shenbagamae (1988)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "செண்பகமே... செண்பகமே...". Pesum Padam (in Tamil). October 1987. p. 1.
^ "What's in a name?". The Times of India. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
^ "Shenbagame Shenbagame (1988)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Shenbagame Shenbagame Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraaja". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ Karthik (14 October 2014). "Time-traveling with Ilayaraja across his Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam songs!". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 142. OCLC 295034757.
^ Krishnaswamy, N. (15 January 1988). "Lovers unite". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 27 March 2019 – via Google News Archive.
^ ஜெயமன்மதன் (6 March 1988). "செண்பகமே... செண்பகமே..." Kalki (in Tamil). p. 16. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

External links

Shenbagamae Shenbagamae at IMDb

[1] "செண்பகமே செண்பகமே / Shenbagamae Shenbagamae (1988)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[2] "செண்பகமே... செண்பகமே...". Pesum Padam (in Tamil). October 1987. p. 1.

[3] "What's in a name?". The Times of India. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2024.

[4] "Shenbagame Shenbagame (1988)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[5] "Shenbagame Shenbagame Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraaja". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

[6] Karthik (14 October 2014). "Time-traveling with Ilayaraja across his Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam songs!". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[7] Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 142. OCLC 295034757.

[8] Krishnaswamy, N. (15 January 1988). "Lovers unite". The Indian Express. p. 5. Retrieved 27 March 2019 – via Google News Archive.

[9] ஜெயமன்மதன் (6 March 1988). "செண்பகமே... செண்பகமே..." Kalki (in Tamil). p. 16. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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