En Jeevan Paduthu

En Jeevan Paduthu
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Directed by	R. Sundarrajan
Produced by	Panju Arunachalam
Written by	R. Sundarrajan
Starring	Karthik Saranya Sudha Captain Raju Chinni Jayanth Jaishankar Kapil Dev Santhana Bharathi Pratap Pothan Thyagu Manorama
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Rajarajan
Edited by	Krishna Srinivas
Distributed by	Panchu Associates
Release dates	23 June 1988
Running time	110 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

En Jeevan Paduthu is a 1988 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by R. Sundarrajan starring Karthik and Saranya in lead roles, supported by Sudha, Captain Raju and Kapil Dev.

Summary

Narmada ( Saranya ) joins a new college as she feels so bored sitting alone in her house. Her father is a businessman. In college, she happens to see the paintings and books written by Surendran. She is very much fascinated by him, but unable to find him in college. She is shocked to know that, Surendran ( Karthik ) has already committed suicide. Narmada frequently visits his grave and now the ghost Surendran appears in front of Narmada and advice her to stop visiting his grave, but soon they become friends and people around Narmada suspects that, she is having mental issues as Narmada only can see Surendran. He tells his story to her. He was duped to love by his colleague Philomina ( Sudha ). He loved her genuinely and even gets converted to Christianity and his shocked father died. Philomina cheats Surendran and marry Dr.Vijay ( Prathap Pothen ). So Surendran committed suicide. Later it has been revealed that, Philomina dies during delivery. Anand ( Kapil ), a rich businessman gets attracted to Narmada and wanted to marry her. Father's of Narmada and Anand approves this marriage proposal, but Narmada is against this alliance as she loves Ghost Surendran. Narmada's father forcefully announces the marriage, but she escapes from marriage hall and commits suicide to join with Ghost Surendran.

Cast

• Karthik
• Saranya
• Kapil Dev
• Sudha
• Captain Raju
• Chinni Jayanth
• Jaishankar
• Santhana Bharathi
• Pratap Pothan
• Manorama
• Thyagu

Soundtrack

The music for this film was composed by Illayaraja. The Lyrics are written by Ilaiyaraaja and Panju Arunachalam.

Song	Singers	Duration
Aan Pillai Enraal Meesai	Chorus, S. Janaki, Mano	4:43
Engirundho Azhaikkum	Lata Mangeshkar	4:34
Engirundho Azhaikkum	Ilayaraja	4:37
Engirundho Azhaikkum	Mano, Lata Mangeshkar	2:57
Kaadhal Vaanile	S. Janaki	4:35
Katti Vechukko Enthan Anbu Manasu	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki	4:42
Mounam Yen Mounamey Vasantha Kaalama	Mano	4:37
Ore Murai Un Dharisanam	S. Janaki	4:37