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Sinna Mapplai
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanthana Bharathi
Screenplay byCrazy Mohan
Santhana Bharathi
Story byP. Kalaimani
Produced byT. Siva
StarringPrabhu
Sukanya
CinematographyRavishankar
Edited byG. Jayachandran
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Amma Creations
Release date
  • 14 January 1993 (1993-01-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Sinna Mapplai (transl. Younger son-in-law), also spelt Chinna Mappillai,[1] is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed and co-written by Santhana Bharathi. The film, released on 14 January 1993, stars Prabhu and Sukanya, with Radha Ravi, Anand, Sivaranjani and Visu in supporting roles. It has been remade in Telugu, Kannada, and twice in Hindi.

Plot[edit]

Thangavel is a bachelor working as a coolie in a bus stand. One day, he goes to look for a bride for himself at someone's house. There, he is insulted as a porter by someone, who works for small wages. On that day, With upsetting face, he is being at the bus stand and unexpectedly he meets the marriage broker Ambalavanan over there, who he had helped a few days earlier. The conversation starts in between them and says everything how was he insulted. At the same time, Ambalavan was also insulted by Aalavandhan(@)Periya Pannai for the reason of bringing a low status groom for his elder daughter (Janaki) at Periya pannai's house. So, Ambalavanan intends to teach Aalavandhan a vital lesson about controlling his arrogance. Ambalavanan and Thangavel made a deal in each other to cheat Periya pannai. In this drama, Thangavel pretends as a rich man and the professional of engineer who is called Singapore returns, and deciding to visit with the planning of construction builds up in the Periya pannai's village. For that, he comes to the village to find out the site.

While he is on the way to the village, Thangavel luckily meets Janaki driving a bullock cart.so, He makes a bet with her to join in a race between his car and her cart. As the race begins,at one stage his car breaks down in somewhere on his way, so Janaki takes an easy win. By meeting her, Thangavel falls in love with Janaki and plans to marry her, fulfilling his plan with Ambalavanan and his desires for social status and a bride. The marriage goes through as planned, and time passes.

One day, the Periya pannai comes to the city and getting off from the bus. Suddenly, he meets his son-in-law working at the bus stand and also feels like being deceived by Thangavel. Later, he murmurs and let her daughter to know everything about what was happened in bus stand. Then, when Thangavel comes back to house and he is stopped by janaki. Suddenly he makes a new plan to tell his father-in-law that the person he met was his younger brother. All of them trusted his words. Moreover, Periya pannai decided to let his second daughter to marry him. Without Ambalavanan's knowledge, he made a plan and let him to know that later on days. Whether Thangavel and Ambalavanan how takes this cheating plans to carry forward to remaining of the film with some interesting factors.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[4][5] The song "Vennilavu Kothipathanu" is set in Madhyamavati raga,[6] and "Kadhorum Lolakku" is set in Natabhairavi.[7]

Song Singer(s) Lyricist
"Vaanam Vazhthida" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki Vaali
"Vennilavu Kothipathenna" Swarnalatha, Mano Piraisoodan
"Kattu Kuyil Paatu" Vaali
"Kadhorum Lolakku" Mano, S. Janaki
"Kanmanikkul Chinna" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Minmini
"Ada Mama Nee" Mano Gangai Amaran

Release and reception[edit]

Sinna Mapplai was released on 14 January 1993.[8] The Indian Express wrote, "[Sinna Mapplai] is a hilarious, racy comedy of the Wodehousian sort with engaging situations, well directed by Santhana Bharathi." [3] Kalki's critic advised not to ask about the story or logic but to put aside the old films that come to mind. The critic praised the comedy, adding that Prabhu, Visu, Radha Ravi and others would make the audience laugh for two hours.[9] Crazy Mohan won Best Dialogue Writer for the film at the 14th Cinema Express Awards.[10]

Remakes[edit]

The film was remade in Telugu as Chinna Alludu (1993), in Kannada as Coolie Raja (1999),[11] and twice in Hindi, directed by David Dhawan as Coolie No. 1 (1995 and 2020).[12]

See Also[edit]

Santhana Bharathi

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chinna Mappillai = Sinna Mapplai. Ayngaran International. 2000. OCLC 857141852. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021 – via WorldCat.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ a b c d MM (17 January 1993). "Wodehousian". The Indian Express. p. 7. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Chinna Mappillai / Raakaye Koyil". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Chinna Mapillai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. January 1993. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. ^ Sundararaman 2007, p. 167.
  7. ^ Sundararaman 2007, p. 134.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "சின்ன மாப்ளே". Kalki (in Tamil). 31 January 1993. p. 33. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ "Kizhakku Cheemayile adjudged best film". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 13 March 1994. p. 3. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  11. ^ Chauhan, Gaurang (18 December 2020). "Not just the Varun Dhawan starrer, Govinda's Coolie No 1 was a remake too". Zoom. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Remake of Coolie No. 1 a new film: David Dhawan". Outlook. IANS. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. OCLC 295034757.

External links[edit]

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