Chinna Muthu

Chinna Muthu is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Shanmuga Sundaram in his debut. The film stars Radha Ravi in the title role with Rajeev, Y. G. Mahendran, Vaishnavi, and Chandrasekhar in supporting roles. It was released on 19 February 1994.

Chinna Muthu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shanmuga Sundaram
Written by	Shanmuga Sundaram
Produced by	Radha Ravi Bhagyalakshmi Radha Ravi
Starring	Radha Ravi
Cinematography	V. Ranga
Edited by	L. Kesavan
Music by	Deva
Production company	B. R. R. Art Enterprises
Release date	19 February 1994 (1994-02-19)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Radha Ravi as Chinna Muthu
• Rajeev as Mookaiyan
• Vaishnavi
• Padmashri
• Ravikanth
• Y. G. Mahendran
• Chandrasekhar
• Roopesh Raj as Thangarasu
• Asha as Shenbagam

Production

Chinna Muthu marked the directorial debut of Shanmuga Sundaram, who earlier worked as a dialogue writer for Annaamalai (1992). Radha Ravi played the title role, and it was his third film which he had produced under his production company.^[1]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva, with lyrics by Vairamuthu.^[2][3]

Song	Singers	Length
"Chinna Muthu" (Lady)	Jikki	02:26
"Chinna Muthu" (Men)	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	02:25
"Chinna Muthu" (Pathos)	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	01:14
"Edhazh Oram"	K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	03:26
"Parandhadhadi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	05:00
"Soodana Manasu"	K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	04:43
"Vadugapattiku Valathupakkam"	K. S. Chithra, Gangai Amaran	05:02
"Valathu Kaalai"	Swarnalatha, Malaysia Vasudevan	04:16

Release and reception

Chinna Muthu was released on 19 February 1994.^[4] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express gave a negative review, criticising Radha Ravi because "he indulged in a lot of over-acting" and that his earlier productions were "much better efforts".^[1]