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Chinna Mapillai
| Chinna Maaple | |
|---|---|
| File:Chinna Mapillai.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Santhana Bharathi |
| Produced by | T. Siva |
| Written by | Crazy Mohan (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Santhana Bharathi |
| Story by | P. Kalaimani |
| Starring | Prabhu Sukanya |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Ravishankar |
| Edited by | G. Jayachandran |
Production company | Amma Creations |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Chinna Maaple (transl. Younger Son-in-law) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed and co-written by Santhana Bharathi. The film stars Prabhu and Sukanya. It was released on 14 January 1993. The film was remade in Telugu as Chinna Alludu (1993), in Kannada as Coolie Raja (1999) and twice in Hindi as Coolie No.1 (in 1995 and 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 as Thangavel[1]
- Sukanya as Janaki[1]
- Sivaranjani as Mythili
- Radha Ravi as Aalavanthan / Periya Pannai
- Visu as Ambalavanan@ Marriage Broker[1]
- Anand as Vinod
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Anand's father
- Kavithalaya Krishnan
- Venniradai Moorthy
- S. N. Parvathi
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali and Gangai Amaran.[2] The song "Vennilavu Kothipathanu" is set in Madhyamavati raga,[3] and "Kadhorum Lolakku" is set in Natabhairavi.[4]
| S. No. | Songs | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Vaanam Vazhthida" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki | Vaali |
| 2 | "Vennilavu Kothipathanu" | Mano | Piraisoodan |
| 3 | "Kattu Kuyil Paatu" | Mano, Swarnalatha | Vaali |
| 4 | "Kadhorum Lolakku" | Mano, S. Janaki | |
| 5 | "Kanmanikkul Chinna" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Uma Ramanan, Minmini | Vaali |
| 6 | "Ada Mama Nee" | Mano | Gangai Amaran |
Release and reception
Chinna Mapillai was released on 14 January 1993.[5] The Indian Express wrote, "Chinna Maappille is a hilarious, racy comedy of the Wodehousian sort with engaging situations well directed by Santhana Bharathi".[6] At the 1994 Cinema Express Awards, Crazy Mohan won the Best Dialogue Writer award.[7]
Remakes
The film was remade in Telugu as Chinna Alludu (1993), in Kannada as Coolie Raja (1999),[8] and twice in Hindi with the title Coolie No. 1: in 1995 and in 2020.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Keramalu, Karthik (9 December 2020). "Prabhu, Venkatesh, Govinda, Shashi Kumar... Is Varun Dhawan Coolie No 1 or 5?". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ↑ "Chinna Mapillai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ Sundararaman 2007, p. 167.
- ↑ Sundararaman 2007, p. 134.
- ↑ Sundaram, Nandhu (27 June 2018). "From 'Gentleman' to 'Amaravathi' : Revisiting popular films which released 25 years ago". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ MM (17 January 1993). "Wodehousian". The Indian Express. p. 7. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Kizhakku Cheemayile adjudged best film". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 13 March 1994. p. 3.
- ↑ Shaiwala, Alifiya (30 November 2020). "Did you know original 'Coolie No.1' was a remake of Tamil movie 'Chinna Mapillai'?". Republic World. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ↑ "Remake of Coolie No. 1 a new film: David Dhawan". Outlook. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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.
Bibliography
- Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. OCLC 295034757.