''Chinna Muthu'' is a 1994 Indian

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-language action drama film written and directed by Shanmuga Sundaram in his debut. The film stars

Radha Ravi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi mononymously called as Radha Ravi is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of veteran actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brot ...

in the title role with Rajeev, Y. G. Mahendran, Vaishnavi, and Chandrasekhar in supporting roles. It was released on 19 February 1994.

Plot

Cast

Production

''Chinna Muthu'' marked the directorial debut of Shanmuga Sundaram, who earlier worked as a dialogue writer for ''

Annaamalai ''Annaamalai'' (also spelt ''Annamalai''; ) is a 1992 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action drama film directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. A remake of the 1987 Hindi film ''Khudgarz'', itself based on Je ...

'' (1992). Radha Ravi played the title role, and it was his third film which he had produced under his production company.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

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, with lyrics by

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he firs ...

Release and reception

''Chinna Muthu'' was released on 19 February 1994. Malini Mannath of ''

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'' 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".

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* {{IMDb title 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 action drama films 1994 directorial debut films 1994 films Films scored by Deva (composer) Indian action drama films Tamil-language Indian films