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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1993 film by Santhana Bharathi}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sinna Mapplai<br />
| image = Sinna Mapplai.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Santhana Bharathi]]<br />
| writer = [[Crazy Mohan]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = Santhana Bharathi<br />
| story = [[P. Kalaimani]]<br />
| starring = [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]<br />[[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]<br />
| producer = [[T. Siva]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = Ravishankar<br />
| editing = G. Jayachandran<br />
| studio = Amma Creations<br />
| distributor = <!-- don't add without source --><br />
| released = {{film date|1993|1|14|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <!-- don't add without source --><br />
| gross = <!-- don't add without source --><br />
}}<br />
'''''Sinna Mapplai''''' ({{Translation|Young son-in-law}}), also spelt '''''Chinna Mappillai''''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000 |title=Chinna Mappillai = Sinna Mapplai |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/chinna-mappillai-sinna-mapplai/oclc/857141852 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813063333/https://www.worldcat.org/title/chinna-mappillai-sinna-mapplai/oclc/857141852 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=[[WorldCat]] |publisher=[[Ayngaran International]]}}</ref> 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]], with [[Radha Ravi]], [[Anand (actor)|Anand]], [[Ooha|Sivaranjani]] and [[Visu]] in supporting rles. 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]]).<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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 the marriage broker Ambalavanan whom he met and saved in some incidence from the gundas an other day. There 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.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Thangavel<ref name="film companion" /><br />
* [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] as Janaki<ref name="film companion" /><br />
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Aalavandhan / Periya Pannai<ref name="IE review" /><br />
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Vinod<ref name="IE review" /><br />
* [[Ooha|Sivaranjani]] as Mythili<ref name="IE review" /><br />
* [[Visu]] as Ambalavanan<ref name="film companion" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], [[Gangai Amaran]] and [[Piraisoodan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinna Mappillai / Raakaye Koyil |url=https://avdigital.in/products/chinna-mappillai-raakaye-koyil |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227101917/https://avdigital.in/products/chinna-mappillai-raakaye-koyil |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=AVDigital}}</ref><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}}<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! S. No. !! Songs !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Vaanam Vazhthida" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Vennilavu Kothipathenna" || rowspan=2|[[Swarnalatha]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || [[Piraisoodan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Kattu Kuyil Paatu" || rowspan=3|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Kadhorum Lolakku" || Mano, S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Kanmanikkul Chinna" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Minmini]]<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Ada Mama Nee" || Mano || Gangai Amaran<br />
|}<br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Sinna Mapplai'' 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, "[''Sinna Mapplai''] is a hilarious, racy comedy of the [[P. G. Wodehouse|Wodehousian]] sort with engaging situations well directed by Santhana Bharathi".<ref name="IE review" /> At the [[14th 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><br />
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== Remakes ==<br />
The film was remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Chinna Alludu'' (1993), in [[Kannada]] as ''Coolie Raja'' (1999),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chauhan |first=Gaurang |date=18 December 2020 |title=Not just the Varun Dhawan starrer, Govinda's Coolie No 1 was a remake too |url=https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/bollywood/article/not-just-the-varun-dhawan-starrer-govindas-coolie-no-1-was-a-remake-too/696184 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813063358/https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/bollywood/article/not-just-the-varun-dhawan-starrer-govindas-coolie-no-1-was-a-remake-too/696184 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=[[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]]}}</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 news |date=3 July 2019 |title=Remake of ''Coolie No. 1'' a new film: David Dhawan |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/remake-of-coolie-no-1-a-new-film-david-dhawan/1567078 |url-status=live |access-date=29 November 2020 |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}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist|refs=<br />
<ref name="film companion">{{Cite web |last=Keramalu |first=Karthik |date=9 December 2020 |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=9 January 2021 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref><br />
<ref name="IE review">{{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}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{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}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0317239}}<br />
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