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{{Short description|1993 film by Santhana Bharathi}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sinna Mapplai
| image = Sinna Mapplai.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Santhana Bharathi]]
| writer screenplay = [[Crazy Mohan]]<br />Santhana (dialogues)Bharathi
| screenplay = Santhana Bharathi▼
| story = [[P. Kalaimani]]
| starring = [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]<br />[[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]]
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| editing = G. Jayachandran
| studio = Amma Creations
| distributor = <!-- don't add without source -->
| released = {{film date|1993|1|14|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = <!-- don't add without source -->
| gross = <!-- don't add without source -->
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'''''Sinna Mapplai''''' ({{Translation|Young''Younger son-in-law''}}), also spelt '''''Chinna Mappillai''''',<ref>{{Cite book |dateurl=2000https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/857141852 |title=Chinna Mappillai = Sinna Mapplai |urldate=https://www.worldcat.org/2000 |publisher=[[Ayngaran International]] |oclc/=857141852 |urlaccess-statusdate=live13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813063333/https://www.worldcat.org/title/chinna-mappillai-sinna-mapplai/oclc/857141852 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |accessurl-datestatus=13 August 2021live |via=[[WorldCat]] |publisher=[[Ayngaran International]]|oclc = 857141852}}</ref> is a 1993 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed and co-written by [[Santhana Bharathi]]. The film, released on 14 January 1993, stars [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] and [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]], with [[Radha Ravi]], [[Anand (actor)|Anand]], [[Ooha|Sivaranjani]] and [[Visu]] in supporting roles. It washas released on 14 January 1993. The film wasbeen remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Chinna Alludu'' (1993), in [[Kannada]] as ''Coolie Raja'' (1999), and twice in [[Hindi]] as ''Coolie No.1'' ([[Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)|in 1995]] and [[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|in 2020]]).
 
== Plot ==
Thangavel is a bachelor working as a [[coolie]] in a bus stand and a bachelor too. One day, he goes to look for a bride for himself at someone's house. There, he getsis insulted as ifa heporter haswho been working in a bus standworks for small wages. ThatOn nightthat day, hewith comes getsan upset andface, noticeshe is at the marriagebus brokerstand Ambalavananwhere, whomunexpectedly, he had helped before frommeets the moronsmarriage thebroker other dayAmbalavanan, who washe alsohad sittinghelped there.a Thenfew hedays startsearlier. sharingThey thehave incidenta andconversation howin itwhich hadThangavel happenedsays andeverything about how he was neglectedhe at a bride's placeinsulted. WhileAt hethe wassame explaining the issuetime, later he knows that AmbalavananAmbalavan was also insulted somewhereby elseAalavandhan by(also theknown as Periya pannai Aalavandhan [Radha Ravi]) for bringing up thea lowestlow status groom for his Elderelder daughter and her name is (Janaki) [Sukanya].at He felt the groom is not equal to the periyaPeriya pannai's highest statushouse. AfterIn thatrevenge, incidentAmbalavanan ofintends beingto insulted,teach heAalavandhan isa sittingvital withlesson anabout upsetcontrolling facehis atarrogance. a bus standAmbalavanan and also planning toThangavel make a strongdeal lessonwith foreach theother to cheat Periya pannai,. particularlyIn aboutthis hisdrama, arroganceThangavel shouldpretends to be controlled by someone. As a Consequence,rich Brokerman joinsand Thangavelprofessional toof makeengineer acalled planSingapore, ofwho pretendingreturns likeand adecides richto mancheck whoin returnson backthe fromplanning Singaporeof andconstruction lookingbuilds forup ain bride,the whilePeriya he enters herpannai's village,. accidentallyHe noticedgoes Janakito isthe alsovillage drivingto withfind Bullockout Cartthe vehiclesite.
 
So, he bets with her about who would win in the drive between his car and her cart. Finally, his car broke down while she went forward, with her easily winning. Since that moment, he starts falling in love with her and plans to marry Janaki by pulling a con, plus wants to break her father's arrogance as per the Ambalavanan plans, and his money-minded thoughts too. As the days go by, a day comes up when Periya Pannai came to the bus stand to pick up the other bus to visit his daughter in her house, suddenly his son in law is caught up by his eyesights felt like he was deceived by someone who works as a coolie (Porter) in a bus stand takes others luggage for the low wages, later, he ashamed in himself for being cheated and couldn't digest too. As soon as Thangavel was noticed by father in law, he gets alerted with striking out to make a sudden plan in tricky ways, that is, his father-in-law should have believed the person he met is his younger brother. Both his son-in-law and his brother are in no communication at all. After everything was explained, Everybody has trusted his words at the end of the conversation, and the rest of the story is told about How Thangavel maintain the lies efficiently and overcomes these issue with ambalavanan support, it has been screenplay in comical ways until the end of the movie part.
While he is on the way to the village, Thangavel luckily meets Janaki driving a [[bullock cart]]. He makes a bet with her to join in a race between his car and her cart. The race begins. At one stage, somewhere on his way, Thangavel's car breaks down, so Janaki takes an easy win. Upon meeting her, Thangavel falls in love with Janaki and plans to marry her, fulfilling his plan with Ambalavanan and his desires for social status and a bride. The marriage goes through as planned, and time passes.
 
One day, the Periya pannai comes to the city and gets off from the bus. Suddenly, he meets his son-in-law working at the bus stand and feels that he is being deceived by Thangavel. Later, he murmurs he will let his daughter know everything about what was happened in the bus stand. Then, when Thangavel comes back to the house, he is stopped by Janaki. He makes a new plan to tell his father-in-law that the person he met was his younger brother. All of them trust his words. Moreover, Periya pannai decides to let his second daughter marry him. He makes a plan without Ambalavanan's knowledge, then lets him know the details later on. What Thangavel and Ambalavanan do with these cheating plans carries forward to add interest to the remainder of the film.
 
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Thangavel/ Vairavel<ref name="film companion" />
* [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] as Janaki<ref name="film companion" />
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Aalavandhan / Periya Pannai<ref name="IE review" />
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* [[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Vinod's father
* [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] as an actor
* Mannangatti Subramaniam as kanakkupilliKanakkupilli
* [[Kavithalayaa Krishnan]]
}}
 
== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], [[Gangai Amaran]] and [[Piraisoodan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinna Mappillai / Raakaye Koyil |url=https://avdigital.in/products/chinna-mappillai-raakaye-koyil |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227101917/https://avdigital.in/products/chinna-mappillai-raakaye-koyil |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=AVDigital}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1993 |title=Chinna Mapillai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/chinna-mapillai-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1237084174 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073424/https://music.apple.com/in/album/chinna-mapillai-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1237084174 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=[[Apple Music]]|date=January 1993 }}</ref> The song "Vennilavu Kothipathanu" is set in [[Madhyamavati]] raga,{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=167}} and "Kadhorum Lolakku" is set in [[Natabhairavi]].{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=134}}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! SongsSong !! SingersSinger(s) !! LyricsLyricist
|-
| "Vaanam Vazhthida" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
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| "Kadhorum Lolakku" || Mano, S. Janaki
|-
| "Kanmanikkul Chinna" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Minmini]], [[Uma Ramanan]]
|-
| "Ada Mama Nee" || Mano || Gangai Amaran
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== Release and reception ==
''Sinna Mapplai'' was released on 14 January 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sundaram |first=Nandhu |date=27 June 2018 |title=From 'Gentleman' to 'Amaravathi' : Revisiting popular films which released 25 years ago |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/gentleman-amaravathi-revisiting-popular-films-which-released-25-years-ago-83756 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073451/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/gentleman-amaravathi-revisiting-popular-films-which-released-25-years-ago-83756 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "[''Sinna Mapplai''] is a hilarious, racy comedy of the [[P. G. Wodehouse|Wodehousian]] sort with engaging situations, well directed by Santhana Bharathi"."<ref name="IE review" /> ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]''{{'s}} critic advised not to ask about the story, or logic and other unnecessary things, but to put aside the old films that suddenly come to their mind. The critic addedpraised the comedy, adding that Prabhu, Visu, Radha Ravi and others would make the audience laugh for two hours.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=31 January 1993 |title=சின்ன மாப்ளே |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1993-01-31/page/n33/mode/2up |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |pages=33 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230227041740/https://archive.org/details/kalki1993-01-31/page/n33/mode/2up |archive-date=27 February 2023 |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref> At the |magazine=[[14thKalki Cinema(magazine)|Kalki]] Express|pages=33 Awards|language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]],}}</ref> Crazy Mohan won the Best Dialogue Writer awardfor the film at the [[14th Cinema Express Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 1994 |title=''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' adjudged best film |pagesurl=3 |workhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=[[The Indian Express]]v2FlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=339%2C511626 |agencyurl-status=Express News Servicelive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408054633/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v2FlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=339%2C511626,511626 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |access-date=22 February 2021}}{{cbignore |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=3 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=Express News Service}}</ref>
 
== Remakes ==
The film was remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Chinna Alludu'' (1993), in [[Kannada]] as ''Coolie Raja'' (1999),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chauhan |first=Gaurang |date=18 December 2020 |title=Not just the Varun Dhawan starrer, Govinda's Coolie No 1 was a remake too |url=https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/bollywood/article/not-just-the-varun-dhawan-starrer-govindas-coolie-no-1-was-a-remake-too/696184 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813063358/https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/bollywood/article/not-just-the-varun-dhawan-starrer-govindas-coolie-no-1-was-a-remake-too/696184 |archive-date=13 August 2021 |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=[[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]]}}</ref> and twice in Hindi, directed by [[HindiDavid Dhawan]] with the titleas ''Coolie No. 1'': ([[Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)|in 1995]] and [[Coolie No. 1 (2020 film)|in 2020]]).<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 July 2019 |title=Remake of ''Coolie No. 1'' a new film: David Dhawan |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/remake-of-coolie-no-1-a-new-film-david-dhawan/1567078 |url-status=live |access-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228073426/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/remake-of-coolie-no-1-a-new-film-david-dhawan/1567078 |archive-date=28 December 2020}}</ref> and|access-date=29 andNovember twice in2020 |work=[[Bengali]] [[Bangladesh]] as [[CoolieOutlook (1997Indian filmmagazine)|CoolieOutlook]] in 1997 and in 2013 as |agency=[[AdorerIndo-Asian JamaiNews Service|IANS]].}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*''[[Coolie (1997 film)|Coolie]]'' (1997) and ''[[Adorer Jamai]]'' (2011), Bangladeshi remakes
 
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="film companion">{{Cite web |last=Keramalu |first=Karthik |date=9 December 2020 |title=Prabhu, Venkatesh, Govinda, Shashi Kumar... Is Varun Dhawan Coolie No 1 or 5? |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/prabhu-venkatesh-govinda-shashi-kumar-is-varun-dhawan-coolie-no-1-or-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109081127/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/prabhu-venkatesh-govinda-shashi-kumar-is-varun-dhawan-coolie-no-1-or-5/ |archive-date=9 January 2021 |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref>
<ref name="IE review">{{Cite news |last=MM |date=17 January 1993 |title=Wodehousian |pagesurl=7https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-4llAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nJ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2218%2C1464659 |workurl-status=[[The Indian Express]]live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417090936/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nidid=P9oYG7HA76QC-4llAAAAIBAJ&datsjid=19930117nJ4NAAAAIBAJ&printsecpg=frontpage&hl2218%2C1464659 |archive-date=en17 April 2024 |access-date=1617 JuneApril 2015}}{{cbignore2024 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=7 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
}}
 
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0317239}}
 
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