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{{Infobox film
| name = Thotta Chinungi
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[K. S. Adhiyaman]]
| producer = Span Vision
| writer = K. S. Adhiyaman (dialogues)
| screenplay = K. S. Adhiyaman
| story = K. S. Adhiyaman
| starring = [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] [[Raghuvaran]] [[Revathi]] [[Nagendra Prasad]] [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] [[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]] [[Senthil]]
| music = Philip Jerry
| cinematography = Nagendran
| editing = Gokula Chezhan
| studio = Span Vision
| distributor = Span Vision
| released = 15 December 1995
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Thotta Chinungi''''' is a [[1995 in film|1995]] Indian Tamil-language film starring [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]], [[Raghuvaran]], [[Revathi]], [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] and [[Nagendra Prasad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=thotta+chinungi|title=டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!|website=டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.music.indian.misc/hindu$20tamil/rec.music.indian.misc/FDQB0jgIPMc/NtiuVJMJMpkJ|title=Google Groups|website=groups.google.com|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> The movie was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam]]'' (2002) starring [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], and [[Madhuri Dixit]] by the same director.

== Plot ==
Gopal ([[Raghuvaran]]) is in love with Bhuvana ([[Revathi]]) ever since they were kids. As adults, they get married.

There are two things Gopal disapproves of, after their marriage:
Bhuvana's unemployed younger brother Prasad ([[Nagendra Prasad]]) who lives with them, and Mano ([[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]]), Bhuvana's childhood friend.

Mano is quite handsome and a very famous singer and Bhuvana who is very fond of him, talks to him quite often on the phone.
The hardworking Gopal, who loves his wife dearly, wants complete attention from her, when he feels Bhuvana gives undue attention to her friend Mano, he grows gradually very suspicious and believes that Bhuvana and Mano are secretly seeing each other, resulting in throwing Bhuvana out of the house after his jealousy completely overwhelms him.

Bhuvana who equally loves her husband and never fully understood the turmoil he was going through, receives a note of divorce from him and is devastated. Prasad and Mano try to talk to Gopal, but Bhuvana forbids it. Finally, Mano arranges a meeting with Gopal, but the situation fails.

Mano is taken aback upon finding that his platonic relationship with his best friend Bhuvana has caused Gopal with such misconstruings. They argue and Gopal finally leaves. Mano talks to Bhuvana, she thinks it is entirely her fault: If she had understood that Gopal disapproved of her close relationship to Mano, she would have never seen Mano again.

Mano leaves her and promises to never see her again. He talks to his blind girlfriend Amlu ([[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]]) about what happened and Amlu finally talks reason into Gopal. Gopal arrives the moment Bhuvana is giving birth, Gopal therefore realises his misapprehensions and the purity of Bhuvana's heart and they make up.

== Cast ==
* [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]] as Mano
* [[Raghuvaran]] as Gopal
* [[Revathi]] as Bhuvana
* [[Nagendra Prasad]] as Prasad
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as Gopal's Grandfather
* [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] as Ramya
* [[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]] as Amlu
* [[Senthil]] as Pinky
* [[Padmapriya (actress)|Padmapriya]] as Lakshmi, Buvana's and Prasad's mother
* Praveen Gajendran as Young Gopal
* [[Vichithra]] as Monica

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by music director Philip Jerry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mio.to/album/Thotta+Chinungi+(1995)|title=Thotta Chinungi (1995) - Philip Jerry|publisher=|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/tamil/Thotta-Chinungi-1995/-CHBM84ZNiU_|title=- - Download or Listen Free - Saavn|publisher=|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref>
* "Maname Thotta Chinungi" -[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
* "Ramya Ramya" -
* "Rajni Vara Bhavani" -Vaali
* "Malarea Maunamaa" -
* "Illanthendral Veesum" -
* "Nammoda thalaivar ennalum" - Vaali

==Reception==
''[[New Straits Times]]'' said the film "proved easy to watch despite running two hours and 45 minutes".<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3HpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Oh8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2781%2C222130</ref>

==Remake==
Adhiyaman chose to direct his first Hindi film and began remaking ''Thotta Chinungi'' in Hindi as ''Aap Mere Hai Sanam'' in early 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/after-successive-flops-and-press-obits-madhuri-dixit-returns-to-the-top/1/263531.html|title=After successive flops and press obits, Madhuri Dixit returns to the top|website=India Today|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> Notably, the film featured an ensemble cast of several leading actors including [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], [[Madhuri Dixit]] and [[Aishwarya Rai]] while several music composers also worked on the film. The film languished in [[development hell]] and was eventually released in 2002 as ''[[Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam]]'' earning some negative reviews with a critic noting Adhiyaman's "simplistic direction and creativity holds film right to hell",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/05/31/hum_tumhare_hain_sanam_2002_review.shtml|title=BBC - Films - review - Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/may/24hum.htm|title=rediff.com: Movies: The Rediff Review: Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> but the film got into "3rd Highest grossing bollywood film of the year 2002".

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:1995 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. S. Adhiyaman]]
[[Category:1995 drama films]]

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