''Chinnavar'' is a 1992

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directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars

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and Kasthuri. The film was released on 24 April 1992.

Plot

Muthu and Veerasamy are fishermen and they fish together in the same boat. Muthu lives with his mother. Veerasamy loves to drink a lot of alcohol and he has a sister, Meena who is in love with Muthu. Muthu decides to marry his carefree friend Veerasamy to Ponni. In a financial trouble, Veerasamy joins Kumar's boat, Kumar is a rich fishermen union leader. Veerasamy realises that Meena is in love with Muthu and he promises to Muthu his sister's hand. Meanwhile, Kumar asks Veerasamy to marry Meena, compelled by his wife, Veerasamy accepts. Hopeless, Meena tied to herself a

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. She then says to Veerasamy that Muthu marries her and Muthu confirms to save her honour. Veerasamy gets angry but when Muthu says the truth, he apologises to him. Kumar beats Muthu's mother and kidnaps Meena, he arranges a forced marriage between him and Meena. Muthu saves her and he finally marries her with his best friend's blessing.

Cast

as Muthu alias Chinnavar *

as Veerasamy * Kasthuri as Meena *

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as Ponni *

Radha Ravi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi (born 29 July 1952) is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Raadhika. He is a ...

as Kumar *

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* Senthil *

Kovai Sarala Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995), '' ...

as Sevattamma *

S. N. Lakshmi Sennalkudi Narayana Lakshmi (1927 – 20 February 2012) was an Indian actress, who appeared in supporting roles, often playing roles of a mother or grandmother in films. A recipient of the state government's Kalaimamani and Kalaiselvam awards, ...

as Muthu's mother *

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as item number

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by, the director himself, Gangai Amaran.

Reception

''The Indian Express'' wrote "Storytelling takes a backseat and charming cinematography and other fancy works rule the boost in ''Chinnavar''".

References

External links

* {{Gangai Amaran 1992 films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 1990s Tamil-language films Films directed by Gangai Amaran