Chinna
DVD cover
Directed bySundar C.
Written bySundar C.
Produced bySreenivasa Raju
StarringArjun
Sneha
CinematographyPrasad Murella
Edited byKasi Viswanathan
Music byD. Imman
Production
company
Sri Sri Chitra
Release date
  • 15 July 2005 (2005-07-15)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Chinna (transl. Little) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Sundar C. It stars Arjun and Sneha in lead roles.

Plot

The film begins with Gayathri (Sneha) marrying an irrigation engineer (Vikramaditya) against her wishes. As she conducts her marriage with mechanical unconsciousness, her sunken heart reflects her past. Gayathri, a marine student, goes to Rameswaram to study coral reefs and marine ecosystems while staying with her uncle and cousin in a fisherman hamlet. There, she witnesses Chinna (Arjun) and his assistants – local mobsters working for a gang – committing pitiless and violent crimes. Though she wanted to report these crimes to the local SP, her uncle and cousin dissuade her. Meanwhile, she asks her uncle for a guide to take her to locations rich in marine life. Her uncle asks Chinna to help Gayathri in her pursuit. After a couple of close encounters with Chinna, Gayathri understands his soft, childlike nature and vows to reform him as a socially acceptable man. Later, love blossoms between them. Even as Chinna tries to make his life straight, a violent feud ensues between him and the local gang. Trying to save Gayathri, Chinna kills the gang leader and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Taking advantage of Chinna's absence, Gayathri's parents marry her to the irrigation engineer. As the story ploughs through in the second half, Chinna, characterised by the obsession with "Gayathri", kills people working against his goal to attain his ladylove. At the end, after much drama, when Chinna almost killed Gayathri's husband, Gayathri shot him in order to save her husband. Chinna asked Gayathri if she had feelings for him before this, at least for a second. Just after she shakes her head saying yes, he jumps off the building. The movie ends there, indicating his death.

Cast

Music

The music was composed by D. Imman.[1]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Bailare Bailare"Pa. VijaySunitha Sarathy 
2."Kaalangathala"Palani BharathiKK, Anuradha Sriram 
3."Osthara Pilusthunara"Ceylon ManoharKarthik, Devan, Ranjith 
4."Tholaidhoora Nilave"Pa. VijayD. Imman 
5."Yaar Yaaro"Palani BharathiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam 

Reception

Indiaglitz wrote "Sundar C has a penchant for comedy capers that are low on logic but high on entertainment. Chinna is unlike Sundar C's film, which is not just very serious but also lacks his trademark humour. However thanks to a fast narration and good performance by Sneha, Chinna manages to leave an impression with the audience."[2] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "Arjun, expectedly, does his fights and stunts with flair, his intense grim look suiting the role well. It's when the story moves into the second half that the director falters".[3] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "The first aspect that strikes one as odd is the number of climaxes that stretch the length of the film beyond a point of endurance. With better control over the script, the narration would have been more interesting".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Chinna (2005)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Chinna Review". IndiaGlitz.com. 18 July 2005. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Mannath, Malini (22 July 2005). "Chinna". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (22 July 2005). "A long winding narration". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 November 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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