Chinna Madam
Chinna Madam (English: Younger Madam) is a 1994 Tamil drama film directed by Dilip Kumar, who had previously directed the film Abhirami (1992). The film features Ramki, Vineetha and Nadhiya in lead roles. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, had musical score by Sirpy and was released on 15 July 1994.[1]
| Chinna Madam | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Dilip Kumar |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Written by | Dilip Kumar |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Sirpy |
| Cinematography | R. Raja Ratnam |
| Edited by | B. Ramesh |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Super Good Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Gopal (Ramki) is sentenced to the death penalty for killing his wife Gayathri (Vineetha) and his last wish is meeting the feminist writer Tamilarasi (Nadhiya). When Gopal meets Tamilarasi, he tells her about his bitter past.
In the past, Gopal was from a middle-class family and lived with his mother Sharadha (C. R. Vijayakumari) and his mentally ill sister Chithra (Vinodhini). He fell in love with the rich city girl Gayathri and eventually married her. Gayathri and Gopal started to quarrel for small matters, and Gayathri didn't like the fact that he was not rich. Finally, Gayathri removed her thaali and applied for the divorce. Heartbroken, his mother Sharadha died of a heart attack. When Gopal proceeded for his mother's cremation, he became angry and he ran with a fire torch to Gayathri's house, where he discovered Gayathri being on fire at her house.
After hearing his version of events, Tamilarasi decides to save Gopal at any cost before his execution.
Cast
- Ramki as Gopal
- Vineetha as Gayathri
- Nadhiya as Tamilarasi
- Yuvarani as Meera
- Vinodhini as Chithra
- Livingston as a lawyer
- Raja Ravindra as a police officer
- C. R. Vijayakumari as Sharadha
- Senthil as Alexander
- R. Sundarrajan as Gayathri's father
- Sathyapriya as Gayathri's mother
- Ra. Sankaran as a judge
- Latha as Shanthi
- Thyagu as Thangarasu, a producer
- Pandu as a director
- Shanmugasundari
- Riyaz Khan as Gopal's friend (uncredited role)
- Raghava Lawrence as main dancer in a song (uncredited role)
Soundtrack
| Chinna Madam | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Recorded | 1994 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Lahari Music |
| Producer | Sirpy |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Sirpy. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Chinna Chinna Idangalai' | Sujatha Mohan, Mano | Vairamuthu | 4:48 |
| 2 | 'Chinna Chinna Idangalai' | Sujatha Mohan, Mano | 4:37 | |
| 3 | 'Kora Kizhangukku Kodi' | Malgudi Subha, Swarnalatha, Mano | 4:17 | |
| 4 | 'Muthu Muthu Pennoruthi' | Mano, K. S. Chithra | 4:12 | |
| 5 | 'Oru Pounnu Nenacha' | Sujatha Mohan | 4:25 | |
| 6 | 'Putham Puthu Oorukku' | Unni Menon | 4:25 |
Reception
The Indian Express wrote "The knot had potential but the script is insipid the treatment listless and the performances in general far from inspiring".[2]
References
- "Filmography of chinna medam". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940715&printsec=frontpage&hl=en