En Uyir Kannamma
En Uyir Kannamma () is a 1988 Indian Tamil language film, the directorial debut of Sivachandran. The film stars Prabhu, Radha, Lakshmi and S. S. Chandran. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja, and was released on 15 January 1988. Plot. Shanmuga, a lorry cleaner is in love with Kannamma; however unknown to him he had slept with a woman Ammu during a rainy night because he was drunk at that time. Ammu, who turns out to be pregnant, her chastity has been questioned by the village. She dies while giving birth to a girl child. Kannamma hates  Shanmugam for committing this mistake. Shanmugam decides to walk on fire to prove his purity. Nallamuthu, Kannamma's fiancé misbehaves with her and she saves Shanmugam from dying of a plan orchestrated by lorry driver Madhavan who was in love with Kannamma wanted to avenge Shanmugam but turns out that both Madhavan and Nallamuthu plotted together to get them united. Production. "En Uyir Kannamma" marked the directorial debut of actor Sivachandran. Soundtrack. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Reception. N. Krishnaswamy of "The Indian Express" wrote "Sivachandran [..] turns director "En Uyir Kannamma". His story for his own film builds up  the dramatic tensions and conflicts gradually, and even in conceiving and staging the action he manages to lend a great deal of realism to some scenes". Jayamanmadhan of "Kalki" appreciated Lakshmi's Malayalam-accented Tamil dialogue delivery, the cinematography and the climax.