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{{Infobox film
| name = Vandicholai Chinraasu
| image = Album_vandicholaichinraasu_cover.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = {{film name|Tamil|வண்டிச்சோலை சின்ராசு}}
| director = [[Manoj Kumar (Tamil film director)|Manoj Kumar]]
| producer = Thirupur Mani
| writer = Manoj Kumar Sivaram Gandhi '''(Dialogues)'''
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]] [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] [[Goundamani]]
| narrator =
| music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cinematography = Lakshmi Balan
| editing = M. N. Raja
| studio = [[Vivekananda Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Vivekananda Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1994|04|15|ref1=<ref>http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=vandicholai chinrasu</ref>|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| budget =
| gross =
| image_size =
}}

'''''Vandicholai Chinraasu''''' is a 1994 Tamil [[Masala (film genre)|masala]] film directed by [[Manoj Kumar (Tamil film director)|Manoj Kumar]]. This remains the only [[Sathyaraj]] movie as hero where [[A. R. Rahman]] composed the music. It was released on Tamil New Year Day. The film received mixed response at the box office.

==Plot==
The title of the story is the name of the hero Chinnrasu ([[Sathyaraj]]) and Vandicholai, the name of the town where he lives with his father Rathnasamy ([[Delhi Ganesh]]) and sister. Rathnasamy works in the forest office as a driver. Chinnrasu has an aim to become a district forest officer. Due to some problem, Rathnasamy gets a transfer order, and the family shifts in Vandicholai town. The first plot of the movie showcases the current situation of Chinnrasu. The movie starts from a scene where Chinnrasu is in the jail and will be hanged till death in a couple of month. Hearing this, Chinnrasu remembers his past life and how he gets such a punishment.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Chinraasu
*[[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] as Parvathi
*[[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]] as Kalyani
*[[Anandaraj]] as Santhanapandian
*[[Goundamani]] as Kittu
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Rathnasamy
*[[S. S. Chandran]]
*[[Thalapathy Dinesh]]
*[[Vichithra]]
*[[Bhavani (actress)|Bhavani]]
*Hariraj as Sankar
*[[Vijay Krishnaraj]] as Jailer
*Baby Sridevi as Lakshmi
*Chitti
*Yuvasri
*Premi
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Vandicholai Chinraasu
| type = film
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = [[1994 in music|1994]]
| recorded = [[Panchathan Record Inn]]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[AVM Productions|AVM Audio]] [[Pyramid Saimira|Pyramid]] [[Aditya Music]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Thiruda Thiruda]]
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [[Super Police]]
| next_year = 1994
}}

The soundtrack was composed by [[A. R. Rahman]] and the lyrics were written by [[Vairamuthu]], [[Pulamaipithan]] and Na.Kamarasan.

=== Tamil version ===

{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing<ref>{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/7AAGlKCTzXNZgGUUX2npau | website = [[Spotify]] | title = Vandicholai Chinnarasu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | access-date = 17 December 2020}}</ref>
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 23:17

| title1 = Senthamizh Naatu Thamizhachiye
| extra1 = [[Shahul Hameed]]
| length1 = 4:17
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]

| title2 = Chitthirai Nilavu
| extra2 = [[P. Jayachandran|Jayachandran]], [[Minmini]]
| length2 = 4:51
| lyrics2 = [[Pulamaipithan]]

| title3 = Ye Muthu Pappa
| extra3 = [[Swarnalatha]] & [[Malgudi Subha]]
| length3 = 5:01
| lyrics3 = Vairamuthu

| title4 = Edhu Sugam Sugam Adhu Veendum Veendum
| extra4 = [[Vani Jairam]] & [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| length4 = 4:25
| lyrics4 = Vairamuthu

| title5 = Barota Barota
| extra5 = [[S. Janaki]] & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length5 = 4:34
| lyrics5 = Na. Kamarasan

| title6 = Chinna Mayile
| extra6 = [[Shahul Hameed]]
| length6 = 2:17
| lyrics6 = Title Song
}}

=== Telugu version ===

The soundtrack was also released in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Bobbili Paparayudu''. Lyrics were by [[Vennelakanti]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/37nJLGcfTP8fzwQq3422n5 | website = [[Spotify]] | title = Bobbili Paparayudu | access-date = 17 December 2020}}</ref>

{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 22:59

| title1 = Achu Telugu
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| length1 = 4:12

| title2 = Muddu Mama
| extra2 = [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
| length2 = 4:55

| title3 = Singarayya Konda
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Malgudi Subha]]
| length3 = 4:32

| title4 = Tholi Sukham Sukham
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha
| length4 = 4:34

| title5 = Tharaka Cheluvu
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Swarnalatha]]
| length5 = 4:46
}}

==Critical reception==
The film received mixed reviews from the critics and had a below average run at the box office. ''The Indian Express'' wrote "There is nothing new in the story-line. Nor in the scenes. The performance are quite listless."<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref> ''New Straits Times'' wrote that film "is for die-hard Sathyaraj fans".<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19940521&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0432176|title=Vandicholai Chinraasu}}
{{A. R. Rahman}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by A. R. Rahman]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Films set in forests]]
[[Category:1994 action films]]

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