Chinna Gounder

Chinna Gounder
Official CD Cover
Directed by	R. V. Udayakumar
Produced by	Venu Chettiyar V. Mohan V. Natarajan
Written by	R. Selvaraj
Screenplay by	R. V. Udayakumar
Starring	Vijayakanth Sukanya Manorama Goundamani Salim Ghouse Senthil Vadivelu
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	A. Karthik Raja
Edited by	B. S. Nagaraj
Production company	Anandhi Films
Distributed by	G. V. Films
Release date	14 January 1992
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Chinna Gounder (translation: Junior Gounder) is a 1992 Tamil language film directed by R. V. Udayakumar and starring Vijayakanth, Sukanya, Manorama, Goundamani, Senthil and Vadivelu. This film was remade into Telugu as Chinarayudu with Venkatesh and Vijayashanti in the lead. It was also remade in Kannada as Chikkejamanru with Ravichandran and Gouthami. The film completed a 100-day run.

Thavasi aka Chinna Gounder (Vijayakanth) is the village landlord and is responsible maintaining law and order in the village. The movie starts with a scene showing how skilfully Chinna Gounder solves a case quickly and is appreciated by an advocate (Ra. Sankaran) seeing his swift decision making skills. Chinna Gounder lives with his mother Aatha (Manorama) and is the most respectable person in the village known for his justice and loyalty. Rivalry exists between Chinna Gounder and his brother-in-law Sakkara Gounder (Salim Ghouse), who is accused of marrying Sundari (Sathyapriya) following Chinna Gounder’s sister’s death.

Sakkara Gounder plans to grab the local temple premises by forging false documents, but Chinna Gounder exposes the frauds committed, thereby preventing the temple premises from going into the hands of the baddies. Sakkara Gounder is angered and waits for an opportunity to knock out Chinna Gounder.

Deivanai (Sukanya) is a poor, talkative girl in the village who has a few goats and runs her life. Deivanai often gets into funny verbal conflicts with Chinna Gounder and his mother. One day Chinna Gounder’s mother is bitten by a snake in their farm and is luckily spotted by Deivanai who offers help and her life is saved. Chinna Gounder thanks Deivanai for her timely help and offers her money which she does not accept. Chinna Gounder is impressed seeing her genuineness.