Thotta Chinungi
Thotta Chinungi is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film starring Karthik, Raghuvaran, Revathi, Devayani and Nagendra Prasad.[1] The film was remade in Hindi as Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002) by the same director. It was the Tamil debut film of Devayani.
| Thotta Chinungi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. S. Adhiyaman |
| Written by | K. S. Adhiyaman |
| Starring | Karthik Raghuvaran Revathi Nagendra Prasad Devayani |
| Cinematography | Nagendran |
| Edited by | Gokula Chezhan |
| Music by | Philip Jerry |
Production company | Span Vision |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Gopal is in love with Bhuvana ever since they were children. As adults, they get married.
There are two things Gopal disapproves of, after their marriage: Bhuvana's unemployed younger brother Prasad who lives with them, and Mano, Bhuvana's childhood friend.
Mano is quite handsome and a very famous singer and Bhuvana who is very fond of him, talks to him quite often on the phone. The hardworking Gopal, who loves his wife dearly, wants complete attention from her, when he feels Bhuvana gives undue attention to her friend Mano, he grows gradually very suspicious and believes that Bhuvana and Mano are secretly seeing each other, resulting in throwing Bhuvana out of the house after his jealousy completely overwhelms him.
Bhuvana who equally loves her husband and never fully understood the turmoil he was going through, receives a note of divorce from him and is devastated. Prasad and Mano try to talk to Gopal, but Bhuvana forbids it. Finally, Mano arranges a meeting with Gopal, but the situation fails.
Mano is taken aback upon finding that his platonic relationship with his best friend Bhuvana has caused Gopal with such misconstruings. They argue and Gopal finally leaves. Mano talks to Bhuvana, she thinks it is entirely her fault: If she had understood that Gopal disapproved of her close relationship to Mano, she would have never seen Mano again.
Mano leaves her and promises to never see her again. He talks to his blind girlfriend Amlu (Rohini) about what happened and Amlu finally talks reason into Gopal. Gopal arrives the moment Bhuvana is giving birth, Gopal therefore realises his misapprehensions and the purity of Bhuvana's heart and they make up.
Cast
- Karthik as Mano
- Raghuvaran as Gopal
- Revathi as Bhuvana
- Nagendra Prasad as Prasad
- M. N. Nambiar as Chandrashekar Gopal and Ramya Grandfather
- Devayani as Ramya
- Rohini as Amlu
- Senthil as Pinky
- Padmapriya as Lakshmi, Buvana's and Prasad's mother
- Praveen Gajendran as Young Gopal
- Vichithra as Monica
Production
Thotta Chinungi is the first Tamil film for Devayani.[2] It is also the debut for Priyan (then known as Nagendran) as the lead cinematographer.[3]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by debutants Philip Jerry.[4]
- "Maname Thotta Chinungi" – Hariharan
- "Maname Thotta Chinungi" (female) – Chithra
- "Ramya Ramya" – Mano
- "Rajni Vara Bhavani" – SPB
- "Coke Pepsi" – Suresh Peters
- "Illanthendral Veesum" – Mano
- "Nammoda thalaivar ennalum" – SPB
Reception
New Straits Times said the film "proved easy to watch despite running two hours and 45 minutes".[5]
Remake
Adhiyaman chose to direct his first Hindi film and began remaking Thotta Chinungi in Hindi as Aap Mere Hai Sanam in early 1998.[6] The film languished in production hell and was eventually released in 2002 as Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam.[7][8]
References
- ^ . Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ Praveenkumar, K (25 May 2022). "#UnforgettableOnes: Actress Devayani". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Tamil cinematographer Priyan passes away, celebrities pour in condolences". The Indian Express. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Thotta Chinungi". JioSaavn. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ Vijiyan, K. (1 January 1996). "Love after marriage". New Straits Times.
- ^ Chandra, Anupama (2 March 1998). "After successive flops and press obits, Madhuri Dixit returns to the top". India Today. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ Singh, Kuljinder (31 May 2002). "Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002)". BBC Online. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Bora, Anita (24 May 2002). "Two's company, three's jealousy". Rediff.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
External links
- Thotta Chinungi at IMDb