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{{short description|Indian Telugu-language action drama film}}
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| director = [[Dasari Narayana Rao]]
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*[[Dasari Arun Kumar]]
*[[Shilpa Shinde]]
*Dasari Narayana Rao
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| cinematography = Gadiraju Srinivasa Rao
| editing = B. Krishnamraju
| music = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
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'''''Chinna''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Telugu-language|Telugu]]-language [[action drama film]] directed by [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] starring [[Dasari Arun Kumar]], [[Shilpa Shinde]] (credited as Akanksha) and himself.

==Plot==
Chinna is a jobless graduate, who works inside his van selling food and drinks alongside his friends. He is influenced by his bus driver father Ramachandra and often takes the law into his own hands. Mini visits his shop and an argument ensues, which results in her spilling the Pepsi on his face. Mini's friends throw away a large quantity of the food of Chinna's shop's, which results in him summoning Mini to court. Chinna and Mini eventually fall in love, but little does he know that Mini, belongs to a politician family headed by her father Appa Rao.

Chinna's van is set on fire by Appa Rao's men and Chinna and his friends go to Appa Rao's residence to protest. The collector orders Appa Rao's son to go to jail but is eventually released with the police inspector twisting the case that the van exploded due to electric shock. His other son sets Ramachandra's bus on fire. As the press media is present, Appa Rao orders his son that set fire to the bus to go to jail. Appa Rao uses his influence in court to make the judge say that Ramachandra is mentally ill. A deeply saddened Ramachandra eventually dies.

Chinna eventually becomes a police officer. He takes the law in his own hands and fights back Appa Rao's men in revenge for his father's death and justice for the nation.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Dasari Arun Kumar]] as Chinna
*[[Shilpa Shinde]] as Mini
*[[Dasari Narayana Rao]] as Ramachandra, Chinna's father
*[[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] as Chinna's mother
*[[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]] as Mini's mother
*[[K. Viswanath]] as Governor
*[[Kantha Rao]] as Judge
*[[Raza Murad]] as Public Prosecutor
*[[Murali Mohan]] as a police inspector
*[[Narra Venkateswara Rao]] as Lawyer
*Sivakrishna as a police inspector
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Appa Rao
*[[Brahmanandam]] as the army soldier
*[[AVS (actor)|AVS]] as the army soldier's photographer
*[[Sudhakar (Telugu actor)|Sudhakar]]
*[[L. B. Sriram]]
*[[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Chinna's friend
*[[Uttej]] as Chinna's friend
*[[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]] as Chinna's friend
*[[Tirupathi Prakash]] as Chinna's friend
*[[Kazan Khan]] as Appa Rao's son
*[[G. V. Sudhakar Naidu]] as Appa Rao's son
*[[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Police Inspector
*[[Madhusudhan Rao (actor)|Madhusudhan Rao]] as a henchman (uncredited)
*[[Besant Ravi]] as an army officer in Appa Rao's camp (uncredited)
*Kotesh Manava as a government employee (uncredited)
}}

== Production ==
This film marked the debut of [[Shilpa Shinde]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/11/stories/2002071101000300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030630180757/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/11/stories/2002071101000300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2003 |title=An artiste set to dazzle |date=11 July 2002 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref> After the failure of ''Greeku Veerudu'' (1998), Dasari Narayana Rao decided to focus on this film fully and postponed the shooting of ''[[Kondaveeti Simhasanam]]'' (2002).<ref name="I"/> This film also marked the first time that [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] shot abroad for his films with two of songs being canned in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news37.html|title=Dasari to shoot his songs in abroad for the first time|work=Idlebrain.com|date=4 September 2000|access-date=12 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="I">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news41.html|title=Viswanath doing a guest role in Chinna|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|date=13 September 2000|access-date=12 September 2025}}</ref> As of January 2001, the film was in post-production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news98.html|title=Chinna to be released in Srilanka|work=Idlebrain.com|date=22 January 2001|access-date=12 September 2025}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sri |date= |title=Reviews of 2001 Released Movies - Chinna|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/movies/reviews/2001.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=[[Telugucinema.com]] |archive-date=10 February 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020210063024/http://www.telugucinema.com/movies/reviews/2001.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
*"Abba Hairabba" - [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Swarnalatha]]
*"Chiranjeevi Inti Kada" - [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
*"Guvva Guvva" - Dr. Narayana
*"Ne Raasaanu" - [[Rajesh Krishnan|Rajesh]], Sujatha
*"Oka Chitramana Sanghtana" - P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha

== Release ==
The film was scheduled to release in December 2000 but kept getting delayed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news131.html|title=Dasari's Rifles|work=Idlebrain.com|date=7 May 2001|access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0263199}}

{{Dasari Narayana Rao}}
[[Category:2001 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar]]
[[Category:2001 Indian films]]
[[Category:2001 action drama films]]

Chinna (2001 film) - Revision history

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