Cheran Pandian

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{{Infobox film
| name = Cheran Pandian
| image = Cheran Pandian.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[K. S. Ravikumar]]
| writer = K. S. Ravikumar (dialogues)
| story = [[Erode Soundar]]
| starring = [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]<br />[[Sarathkumar]]<br />[[Sreeja]]
| producer = [[R. B. Choudary]]
| music = [[Soundaryan]]
| editing = K. Thanikachalam
| studio = [[Super Good Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991|05|31}}
| runtime = 144 minutes
| cinematography = Ashok Rajan
| language = Tamil
| country = India
}}
'''''Cheran Pandian''''' is a 1991 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action drama film]] written and directed by [[K. S. Ravikumar]], from a story by [[Erode Soundar]]. The film stars [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Sarathkumar]], [[Anand Babu]] and [[Sreeja]]. The film proved to be successful at the box office, besides winning several [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 October 1992 |title=Chinnathambi bags six awards |page=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19921030&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Manicheran Gounder or Periya Gounder ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]), the rich head of the village with his wife Paarvathi ([[Manjula Vijayakumar]]) and beautiful daughter Vennila ([[Sreeja]]), is a person who strictly adheres to the caste system. Rajapaandi or Chinna Gounder ([[Sarathkumar]]) is Periya Gounder's half brother and also a rich landlord in the same village, and Parimalam ([[Chitra (actress)|Chitra]]) is his sister. Since Rajapaandi's mother was from a suppressed caste, Periya Gounder stays aloof from him and always ignores and berates Rajapaandi and Parimalam. Their father, before dying, had divided his entire property, including the house, equally between the two brothers, and they live on either side of the house, split by a wall. Yet, Periya Gounder's family gets first respect within the village and the local temple, and he refuses to yield any privilege to Rajapaandi.

Chandran ([[Anand Babu]]), a young man, who is a relative of Rajapaandi, comes to meet and work under him in the village and falls in love with Vennila. Periya Gounder is furious when he comes to know about this and tries to get Vennila married to his brother-in-law, and after being rebuked by him, he makes arrangements for Vennila's marriage with a womanizing thug ([[K.S. Ravikumar]]), son of a devious village elder ([[Nagesh]]), since he belongs to his own caste. After a serious turn of events, Periya Gounder has a change of heart with some heartfelt advice from Paarvathi, renounces his casteist mindset and accepts Rajapaandi as his equal sibling and Chandran and Vennila end up getting married.

== Cast ==
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Mani Cheran Gounder (Periya Gounder)
* [[Sarathkumar]] as Raja Pandian Gounder (Chinna Gounder)
* [[Sreeja]] as Vennila
* [[Nagesh]] as Maniyam
* [[Anand Babu]] as Chandran
* [[Manjula Vijayakumar]] as Parvathi
* [[Goundamani]] as Mechanic Manikkam (motor mechanic)
* Anuja as Sundari, Manikkam's wife
* [[Senthil]] as Thangam
* [[Chitra (actress)|Chitra]] as Parimalam
* [[K.S. Ravikumar]] as Sundaram
* [[Kumarimuthu]] as Mariappan
* [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]] as Bus conductor

== Production ==
After the film's success, Ravikumar regularly collaborated with actor Sarath Kumar, went on to do films like ''[[Nattamai]]'' (1994), ''[[Natpukkaga]]'' (1998), ''[[Paattali]]'' (1999) and ''[[Samudhiram]]'' (2001) after which he became a highly sought after film maker in the Tamil film industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/its-a-special-day-for-ksravikumar-tamil-news-108262|title=Its a special day for KSRavikumar |publisher=IndiaGlitz|website=indiaglitz.com |date=30 May 2014 |access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/time-for-a-flashback/article5559243.ece |title=Time for a flashback – Chennai |work=The Hindu |access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Cheran Pandiyan
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Soundaryan]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1991
| recorded = 1991
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 40: 22
| label = [[Lahari Music]]<br />[[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = Soundaryan
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Putham Pudhu Payanam]]
| next_year = 1991
}}
The music composed by Soundaryan while lyrics also written by himself.<ref>{{cite web|author=Raaga.com |url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Cheran-Pandiyan-songs-T0001971 |title=Songs, Download songs by . Raaga.com Tamil Songs |publisher=Play.raaga.com |access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> The song "Kadhal Kaditham" is set in Mohana raga.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2006-02-07|title=A Sunday vibrates with razzmatazz|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-sunday-vibrates-with-razzmatazz/article18395752.ece|access-date=2020-08-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Kangal Ondraga" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || || 04:49
|-
| 2 || "Kadhal Kaditham" || Mano, [[Swarnalatha]] || || 04:34
|-
| 3 || "Samba Naathu" || [[Swarnalatha]] || || 04:41
|-
| 4 || "Va Va Endhan" ||[[S. P. Balasubrahmaniam]] || || 04:43
|-
| 5 || "Kodiyum thoranamum" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[Sunandha]] || || 05:05
|-
| 6 || "Chinna Thangam" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || || 4:33
|-
| 7 || "Ethirveetu" || Arunmozhi, Chitra || || 5:22
|-
| 8 || "Ooru Vittu Ooru" || [[S. P. Sailaja]] || || 5:24
|-
|}

== Remakes ==
The film was remade in Telugu as ''[[Balaramakrishnulu]]'', and in Hindi in 1999 as ''[[Sautela]]''.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{K. S. Ravikumar}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1990s action drama films]]

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