The film saw Sundar and Arjun collaborating for second time after ''[[Giri (film)|Giri]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web |date=19 January 2005 |title=Sundar C’s ‘Chinna’ |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/19012005-5.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207061221/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/19012005-5.shtml |archive-date=7 February 2005 |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref> Filming began on 17 January 2005 and was held at Rameshwaram, Dhanushkodi and Pamban.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 January 2005 |title=Sundar C, Arjun duo again in 'Chinna' |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/21012005-2.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207064941/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/21012005-2.shtml |archive-date=7 February 2005 |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[D. Imman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinna (2005) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Chinna-songs-T0000686 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231018051606/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Chinna-songs-T0000686 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>
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== Reception ==
''Indiaglitz'' wrote, "Sundar C has a penchant for comedy capers that are low on logic but high on entertainment. Chinna is unlike Sundar C's film, which is not just very serious but also lacks his trademark humour. However thanks to a fast narration and good performance by Sneha, Chinna manages to leave an impression with the audience."<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2005 |title=Chinna Review |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/chinna-tamil-movie-review-7541.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412132354/https://www.indiaglitz.com/chinna-tamil-movie-review-7541.html |archive-date=12 April 2023 |access-date=17 March 2023 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote, "Arjun, expectedly, does his fights and stunts with flair, his intense grim look suiting the role well. It's when the story moves into the second half that the director falters".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=22 July 2005 |title=Chinna |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2005/07chinna.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015214310/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2005/07chinna.asp |archive-date=15 October 2006 |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> Malathi Rangarajan of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "The first aspect that strikes one as odd is the number of climaxes that stretch the length of the film beyond a point of endurance. With better control over the script, the narration would have been more interesting".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=22 July 2005 |title=A long winding narration |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/07/22/stories/2005072200510200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120092427/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/07/22/stories/2005072200510200.htm |archive-date=20 November 2006 |access-date=18 October 2023 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Visual Dasan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote Sundar made a masala out of mixing ''Gunaa'' and ''Kadhal Konden'' in second half, praised Sneha's acting and Sundar for casting antagonists Mansoor Ali Khan and Ponnambalam in humouroushumorous characters and concluded saying is it possible to make a new film on age old plot just for the screenplay which never stumbles.<ref>{{citeCite magazine |last=தாசன் |first=விஷுவல் |date=31 July 2005 |title=சின்னா |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2005-07-31/page/n1/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.istoday/hUuvT20240421144438/https://archive.org/details/kalki2005-07-31/page/n1/mode/2up |archive-date=21 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=1 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Regarding the Telugu dubbed version ''Koti'', a critic from ''[[Telugucinema.com]]'' wrote that "it is pucca [pakka] Tamil film – typical Tamil films’ clichés like a street song, silly comedy, and excessive melodrama. It hardly impresses.".<ref>{{citeCite web |last=G. |first=Jalapathy |date=28 April 2009 |title=Movie review: Koti |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/koti.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20090428164849/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/koti.php |archive-date=28 April 2009 |workaccess-date=26 June 2024 |website=[[Telugucinema.com]]}}</ref>