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{{Infobox film

| name = Vandicholai Chinraasu

| image = Vandicholai Chinraasu.jpg

| border = no

| caption = Poster

| director = Manoj Kumar

| writer = Manoj Kumar
Sivaram Gandhi '(Dialogues)'

| producer = Thirupur Mani

| starring = Sathyaraj
Sukanya
Goundamani

| cinematography = Lakshmi Balan

| editing = M. N. Raja

| music = A. R. Rahman

| studio = Vivekananda Pictures

| released =

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Tamil

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'Vandicholai Chinraasu' is a 1994 Tamil-language masala film directed by Manoj Kumar. This remains the only Sathyaraj film as hero where A. R. Rahman composed the music. It was released on Tamil New Year Day. The film received mixed reviews.

Plot



Chinnrasu lives with his father Rathnasamy and sister. Rathnasamy works in the forest office as a driver. Chinnrasu has an aim to become a district forest officer. Due to some problem, Rathnasamy gets a transfer order, and the family shifts in Vandicholai town. The first plot of the movie showcases the current situation of Chinnrasu. The movie starts from a scene where Chinnrasu is in the jail and will be hanged till death in a couple of month. Hearing this, Chinnrasu remembers his past life and how he gets such a punishment.

Cast



*Sathyaraj as Chinraasu

*Sukanya as Parvathi

*Sivaranjani as Kalyani

*Anandaraj as Santhanapandian

*Goundamani as Kittu

*Delhi Ganesh as Rathnasamy

*S. S. Chandran

*Thalapathy Dinesh

*Vichithra

*Bhavani

*Hariraj as Sankar

*Vijay Krishnaraj as Jailer

*Baby Sridevi as Lakshmi

*Chitti

*Yuvasri

*Premi

Soundtrack



The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman and the lyrics were written by Vairamuthu, Pulamaipithan and Na.Kamarasan. The soundtrack was also released in Telugu as 'Bobbili Paparayudu'. Lyrics were by Vennelakanti.

Reception



'The Indian Express' wrote, "There is nothing new in the story-line. Nor in the scenes. The performance are quite listless." K. Vijiyin of 'New Straits Times' wrote that film "is for die-hard Sathyaraj fans". R. P. R. of 'Kalki' felt Sathyaraj's acting prowess was wasted.

References




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