Enga Thambi

Enga Thambi is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy. The film stars Prashanth and Subhashri, with Lakshmi, Nagesh and Nassar in supporting roles. It was released on 9 April 1993. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Allari Prema.

Plot
Pichumani is an orphan, and Muthu brings him up. Pichumani falls in love with Indu, but her uncle Dinakar, a police officer, opposes this. Nevertheless, Indu is determined to wed her first love. To avert this, Dinakar hatches a plan through which Pichumani is imprisoned. When Indu gives up hope, advocate Shanthi emerges to fight his case. It is revealed that Shanthi and Dinakar have been in a relationship earlier. In the end, Dinakar is arrested and discovers that Pichumani is his son and that Shanthi is his mother. The film ends with Pichumani and Indu getting married.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

The movie was dubbed into Telugu as Allari Prema and lyrics were written by Vennelakanti

Reception
K. Vijiyan from New Straits Times noted that the film "makes best of a weak story", praising the performances of Prashanth and Nassar. Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "S. D. Saba [..] handles the script and his artists with confidence and his narration is fairly neat." C. R. K. of Kalki praised the director, cinematographer and cast.