Chinna Poove Mella Pesu

Chinna Poove Mella Pesu (transl. Please speak, little flower) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Robert–Rajasekar. The film stars Prabhu, Ramki, Narmadha, Sudha Chandran and Sabitha Anand. It was released on 17 April 1987 and became highly successful at the box office. The film marked the debut of Ramki^[1] and composer S. A. Rajkumar.

Chinna Poove Mella Pesu
Poster
Directed by	Robert–Rajasekar
Written by	Robert–Rajasekhar
Produced by	S. K. Rajagopal Annadurai Kannadhasan
Starring	Prabhu Ramki Narmadha Sudha Chandran Sabitha Anand
Cinematography	Robert–Rajasekar
Edited by	R. T. Annadurai
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Production company	Esskay Films Combines
Release date	17 April 1987 (1987-04-17)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Raja, a clever student, challenges Rekha, a rich and arrogant girl, to become the number one student. She loses her challenge but she falls in love with Raja. David, a former student, is now an alcoholic. During his college days, he fell in love with Esther but Shanthi was in love with David. Michael, Esther's father, was against their love so he beat David to death and Esther then committed suicide. Later, David survived. David decides to help the young lovers and to fight against the heartless Michael.

Cast

• Prabhu as David
• Ramki as Raja
• Narmadha as Rekha
• Sudha Chandran as Shanthi
• Roshni as Anitha
• Sabitha Anand as Esther
• Shubha
• Senthamarai as Michael
• Chinni Jayanth as Arokiyam
• Kumarimuthu as Arokiyam's father
• Swaminathan as Boopathy
• Annadurai Kannadhasan as Priest

Production

Though Robert–Rajasekar wanted newcomers for the film, they yielded to the producer's wish to cast an established actor. R. Sarathkumar was originally cast as the lead actor, but was replaced by Prabhu.^[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar in his debut.^[3] He also wrote the lyrics.^[4][5] Over one-and-a-half lakh cassettes were sold as of September 1987.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chinna Poove"	P. Jayachandran	04:40
2.	"Collegil Test"	Sundarrajan	04:14
3.	"Ennada Kathal"	Malaysia Vasudevan	04:36
4.	"Kanne Vaa"	Dinesh	02:48
5.	"Kanneer Sindhum"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	04:52
6.	"Poongatrilaadum"	Malaysia Vasudevan	04:43
7.	"Sangeetha Vanil"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam	04:45
8.	"Thotta Idam"	S. P. Sailaja, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	04:09
9.	"Vangadi Vangadi"	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja	04:05
10.	"Yea Pulle Karuppayi"	S. A. Rajkumar	03:34
Total length:			42:26

Reception

On 1 May 1987, V. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express said, "Chinna Poove Mella Pesu is one of the best releases of the season. It does have some contrived sequences, but they are contrived well, and firmly establish Robert–Rajasekar as technicians of calibre."^[7] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised Robert–Rajasekar for succeeding in narrating the story vibrantly without defying the cliches of Tamil cinema while also praising Rajkumar's music and concluded calling it a film which cannot be sure whether it is a passenger or express.^[8]