''Chinnodu'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Kanmani. It stars

Sumanth Yarlagadda Sumanth Kumar (born 9 February 1975), known mononymously as Sumanth, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the eldest grandson of Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. He is also a partner in Annapurna ...

and Charmy Kaur in the lead roles while Rahul Dev, Chandra Mohan, Rajiv Kanakala, and

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956) is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised as one of India's finest and highest-paid comic actors, he holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen cred ...

play supporting roles. It was remade in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

as '' Hara'' and in Bangladesh as '' Nishpap Munna''.

Plot

Chinna is born in jail to a mother who dies during childbirth. The jailer Pashupati feels sorry for Chinna and adopts him. He brings up Chinna along with his son Sanjay and daughter. However, Pashupati's father never acknowledges Chinna since he was born to a prisoner. In an ensuing episode, Chinna kills Pashupati's brother and is jailed. Upon release, Pashupati and his family tell Chinna to stay away from them. Chinna moves into a rough neighborhood that happens to be under the control of the local mafia. He overpowers the mafia and becomes a protector for the local people, while trying to make amends with his foster family. Despite Chinna's efforts, they mistreat him as he's a criminal, with the exception of Pashupati's wife, who is kind to Chinna for some reason. Anjali, a clerk in the police commissioner's office, enters as a co-tenant into Chinna's house. She falls in love with Chinna. However, she mistakenly assumes that Chinna is a soft-natured guy and is unaware of his reputation and murderous past. Their relationship breaks when Anjali finally discovers the truth about Chinna. In the end, it was revealed that Pasupathi's wife accidentally killed Pashupathi's brother and Chinna took the blame to protect her. After learning this truth, Pasupathi's family apologized to Chinna for mistreating him and welcome him back into the family, reuniting him with Anjali as well.

Cast

Production

After directing a "non-commercial film on artistic lines" with ''

Naa Oopiri '' Naa Oopiri'' () is a 2005 Telugu language film directed by Kanmani (director), Kanmani and starring Vadde Naveen, Sangeetha Krish, Sangeetha, and Anjana Sukhani, Anjana in the lead roles. This film marks the Telugu debut of Anjana, Kanmani, D ...

'', Kanmani directed ''Chinnodu'' on a "mass scale."

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Ramana Gogula Ramana Gogula is an Indo-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, music composer and singer of film music and Indian pop. His notable film compositions include '' Premante Idera'' (1998), '' Thammudu'' (1999), '' Badri'' (2000)'', Johnny'' ( ...

and released by

Aditya Music Aditya Music India Private Limited is an Indian music record label company, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana. Overview The company was founded b ...

Reception

A critic from '' Rediff.com'' rated the film out of 5 and wrote that "Chinnodu is for those who like action, but it is Sumanth who steals the show". Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' called the film "average".

References

External links

* 2000s Telugu-language films 2006 action films 2006 films Indian action films Telugu films remade in other languages Films set in prison Films about murder Films about orphans {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub