Chinna Thambi

Chinna Thambi
Cover of Chinna Thambi Video Tape
Directed by	P. Vasu
Produced by	K Balu
Written by	P. Vasu
Starring	Prabhu Ganesan Kushboo Sundar Manorama Goundamani Radha Ravi
Music by	Ilayaraaja
Release date(s)	1991
Running time	2.5 Hrs
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Chinna Thambi is a 1991 Indian Tamil language film starring Prabhu Ganesan and Kushboo Sundar. Chinna Thambi starring Prabhu in the role of Chinna Thambi an uneducated village simpleton and Kushboo as Nandini who is a home tutored wealthy girl, is a story of love, family bonds and typical south Indian village sentiments.

Plot

The story begins with the childhood scene of all the main characters three brothers (eldest played by veteran Radha Ravi) and youngest sister nandhini (Kushboo Sundar) who is pampered and brought up by three brothers after they lost their parents, Chinna Thambi (Prabhu) is the son of a singer who also earns his livelihood by singing, he is not worldly wise and is amateurish and innocent, his mother (Manorama) lives with him in the outer area of the village where nandhini lives with her brothers, nandhini is considered very lucky by her brothers and each one wakes up to her face, things go awry when one day nandhini falls in love with Chinna thambi and tricks him into marrying him without even him knowing, she falls for him since it was him who saved her life when one of her brothers enemies tried to kill her, story line goes where Chinna thambi without knowing the importance seeks alliance for Nandhini, at last one of her sister in-laws realizes the truth and after a small struggle Chinna Thambi is accepted as Nandhini's husband by all.

Box office records

Chinna thambi, one of the highest grossers of Tamil fim industry, was said to have collected about Rs. 10 crores overall ( US$ 3.3 million at 1992 rates) . All box office records of Tamil movies released before 1992 were broken.

The film completed silver jubilee - i.e. 175 days in 9 screens, 100 days in 47 screens, 50 days in 101 screens. The silver jubilee record of Chinna thambi in 9 screens has not been broken by any other movie, though Rajinikanth starrer Padayappa ( 1999 – 100 days in 85 screens) broke 100 days record of Chinna Thambi.

Cast

• Prabhu Ganesan - Chinna Thambi
• Kushboo - Nandhini
• Manorama - Mother of Chinna Thambi
• Radha Ravi - Eldest Brother

Soundtrack

Soundtrack by Ilayaraaja

No.	Song	Singers
1	Ada Uchcham Thala	Mano
2	Arachcha Santhanam	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
3	Kuyila Pudichchu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
4	Nee Engey	Swarnalatha
5	Poovoma Oorgolam	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha
6	Thuliyile	Chitra
6	Thuliyile	Mano

External links

• Chinna Thambi at the Internet Movie Database
• Chinna thambi Songs