Chinna Vathiyar
Chinna Vathiyar (transl. Young Teacher) is a 1995 Tamil-language science fiction comedy film, directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. The film stars Prabhu in a dual role, Kushboo, Ranjitha, Goundamani, Senthil and Nizhalgal Ravi. Music was by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were by Vaali. This film is based on Crazy Mohan's play Madhu+2. The film was successful at the box office.[1][2]
Chinna Vathiyar | |
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Directed by | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao |
Produced by | Alamelu Subramaniam |
Written by | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Crazy Mohan (Dialogues ) |
Starring | Prabhu Kushboo Ranjitha Goundamani Senthil Nizhalgal Ravi |
Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Cinematography | R. Raghunatha Reddy |
Edited by | Ganesh Kumar |
Production company | Swathi Chithra International |
Distributed by | Swathi Chithra International |
Release date | 11 May 1995 |
Running time | 132 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
The story revolves around a professor named Chandramouli, who experiments on transferring the soul from one body to another. Professor Chandramouli is married to Janaki. He got help from a student Aravind, who is a bright student and a star in the school. The story begins when the two souls of professor and Aravind are transferred and it makes it uncomfortable to both parties and their girls. Meanwhile, a wealthy girl-abuser Baba took professor's favorite student and sold her to a gang. However, soul-changed professor and Aravind came to rescue her, where Baba flees from the police. Baba comes to know about the miracle medicine produced by the professor to change souls and when the soul changed professor and Aravind came to correct their souls at a cemetery. Professor gets changed, but Aravind's soul went on to a cat. Baba came quickly and hit professor and Baba changed his soul to Aravind's body. The cat with Aravind's soul is put into a nearby well and he flees with the miracle medicine. The new Aravind behaves very differently and engages in many bad activities. Finally, the professor get to know about the change that happened. He finally found the miracle medicine which was hidden in the worshipped anthill. At last after a series of events, Aravind's soul was released from the cat and Baba's soul was trapped within a chicken. In between these scenes, there are some comedy scenes between Josiyar, who is married to two wives and his friend Senthil.
Cast
- Prabhu as Professor Chandramouli / Aravind
- Kushboo as Janaki
- Ranjitha as Mythili
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Baba
- Goundamani as Josiyar
- Senthil
- Kovai Sarala as Vimala
- Delhi Ganesh as Aravind's father
- Bhagyalakshmi as Bhagyasri
- Chinni Jayanth as Chinni
- C. R. Parthiban as Sr. Doctor
- Crazy Mohan as Doctor
- S. N. Lakshmi
- Dharani as Josiyar's wife
- Idichapuli Selvaraj as K. Sethuraman
- Pasi Sathya
Soundtrack
Chinna Vathiyar | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 1995 |
Recorded | 1995 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Producer | Ilaiyaraaja |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1995, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.[3]
Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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1 | "Vatta Pandhu" | Mano, K. S. Chithra | |
2 | "Intha Padukaiyile" | K. S. Chithra | |
3 | "Kanmaniye Kanmaniye" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Rohini | |
4 | "Love Pannidathan" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | |
5 | "Atha Maga Rathiname" | Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan |
Production
The film was initially titled Professor, and the team subsequently chose to change title hoping to appeal to the Tamil speaking audience.[4] It was inspired by Crazy Mohan's play Madhu +2.[5]
Legacy
Chinna Vathiyar attained cult status in Tamil cinema for the Senthil-Goundamani comedy track.[5]
References
- "Chinna Vathiyar". cinesouth. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- "Tamil Movie News--1995 Review(Cont.)". groups.google.com. 9 January 1996. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- "Chinna Vathiyar Songs". youtube.com.
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.culture.tamil/tamil$20movie$20news/soc.culture.tamil/X_3KQ2yl6cE/byePwmRXyc8J
- Sunder, Gautam; Srivatsan, S. (10 June 2019). "Best of 'Crazy' Mohan in Tamil cinema". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2019.