Chinna Mapillai

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{{Short description|1993 film by Santhana Bharathi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chinna Maaple
| image = Chinna Mapillai.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Santhana Bharathi]]
| writer = [[Crazy Mohan]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = Santhana Bharathi
| story = [[P. Kalaimani]]
| starring = [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]<br />[[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]
| producer = [[T. Siva]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Ravishankar
| editing = G. Jayachandran
| studio = Amma Creations
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1993|1|14|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Chinna Maaple''''' ({{trans|Younger Son-in-law}}) is a 1993 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed and co-written by [[Santhana Bharathi]]. The film stars [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] and [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]. It was released on 14 January 1993. The film was remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Chinna Alludu'' (1993), in [[Kannada]] as ''Coolie Raja'' (1999) and twice in [[Hindi]] as ''Coolie No.1'' ([[Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)|in 1995]] and [[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|in 2020]]).

== Plot ==
Thangavel is a [[coolie]] in a bus stand and a bachelor too. One day, When he went to look a bride for him in someone's house, there he had been insulted as a small wage worker in a bus stand. On that day night, he comes feeling sad to share about the bad experiences with marriage broker( Ambalavanan) whom he met and saved in some incidence from the gundas an other day. There the Ambalavanan, was also insulted by Periya pannai for bringing up the groom who is lower than the periya pannai status. After that incident, While he is sitting with sadly face in a bus stand, he thinks to make a lesson for the Periya pannai and his arrogance. For that, Broker joins with Thangavel to make a plan like pretending as a rich man from Singapore and marry Janaki to break the arrogance and her money-minded father Periya Pannai. Periya Pannai finds out that he is a coolie, but Thangavel brilliantly lies that it is his younger brother. How Thangavel reforms both of them forms the story.

== Cast ==
* [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Thangavel<ref name="film companion">{{Cite web |last=Keramalu |first=Karthik |date=2020-12-09 |title=Prabhu, Venkatesh, Govinda, Shashi Kumar... Is Varun Dhawan Coolie No 1 or 5? |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/prabhu-venkatesh-govinda-shashi-kumar-is-varun-dhawan-coolie-no-1-or-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109081127/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/prabhu-venkatesh-govinda-shashi-kumar-is-varun-dhawan-coolie-no-1-or-5/ |archive-date=9 January 2021 |access-date=2021-01-09 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref>
* [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] as Janaki<ref name="film companion" />
* [[Ooha|Sivaranjani]] as Mythili
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Aalavanthan / Periya Pannai
* [[Visu]] as Ambalavanan@ Marriage Broker<ref name="film companion" />
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Vinod
* [[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Anand's father
* [[Kavithalaya Krishnan]]
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]]
* [[S. N. Parvathy|S. N. Parvathi]]

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and [[Gangai Amaran]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinna Mapillai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/chinna-mapillai-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1237084174 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073424/https://music.apple.com/in/album/chinna-mapillai-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1237084174 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref> The song "Vennilavu Kothipathanu" is set in [[Madhyamavati]] raga,{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=167}} and "Kadhorum Lolakku" is set in [[Natabhairavi]].{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=134}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! S. No. !! Songs !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Vaanam Vazhthida" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|-
| 2 || "Vennilavu Kothipathanu" ||[[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || Piraisoodan
|-
| 3 || "Kattu Kuyil Paatu" || Mano, Swarnalatha || rowspan=2|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|-
| 4 || "Kadhorum Lolakku" || Mano, S. Janaki
|-
| 5 || "Kanmanikkul Chinna" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Uma Ramanan]], [[Minmini]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|-
| 6 || "Ada Mama Nee" || Mano||Gangai Amaran
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Chinna Mapillai'' was released on 14 January 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sundaram |first=Nandhu |date=27 June 2018 |title=From 'Gentleman' to 'Amaravathi' : Revisiting popular films which released 25 years ago |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/gentleman-amaravathi-revisiting-popular-films-which-released-25-years-ago-83756 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073451/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/gentleman-amaravathi-revisiting-popular-films-which-released-25-years-ago-83756 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "''Chinna Maappille'' is a hilarious, racy comedy of the [[P. G. Wodehouse|Wodehousian]] sort with engaging situations well directed by Santhana Bharathi".<ref>{{Cite news |last=MM |date=17 January 1993 |title=Wodehousian |page=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930117&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |url-status=live |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073450/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930117&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |archive-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> At the [[1994 Cinema Express Awards]], Crazy Mohan won the Best Dialogue Writer award.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 1994 |title=''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' adjudged best film |page=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=Express News Service |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v2FlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=339%2C511626}}</ref>

== Remakes ==
The film was remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Chinna Alludu'' (1993), in [[Kannada]] as ''Coolie Raja'' (1999),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaiwala |first=Alifiya |date=30 November 2020 |title=Did you know original 'Coolie No.1' was a remake of Tamil movie 'Chinna Mapillai'? |url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/did-you-know-original-coolie-no-dot-1-was-a-remake-of-tamil-movie-chinna-mapillai.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073424/https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/did-you-know-original-coolie-no-dot-1-was-a-remake-of-tamil-movie-chinna-mapillai.html |archive-date=28 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=[[Republic TV|Republic World]]}}</ref> and twice in [[Hindi]] with the title ''Coolie No. 1'': [[Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)|in 1995]] and [[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|in 2020]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 July 2019 |title=Remake of ''Coolie No. 1'' a new film: David Dhawan |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/remake-of-coolie-no-1-a-new-film-david-dhawan/1567078 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073426/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/remake-of-coolie-no-1-a-new-film-david-dhawan/1567078 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |access-date=29 November 2020 |website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |quote=Initially, he thought of me as a kid and one day, called me out of the blue to ask if I had seen the Tamil film ''Chinna Mapillai'', and that we should remake it.}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |oclc=295034757 |orig-year=2005}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0317239}}

[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Santhana Bharathi]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Crazy Mohan]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]

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