Chinna (2001 film)

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Chinna
Directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
Written byDasari Narayana Rao
Starring
CinematographyGadiraju Srinivasa Rao
Edited byB. Krishnamraju
Music by S. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Tharaka Prabhu Films
Release date
  • 25 May 2001 (2001-05-25)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Chinna is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao starring Dasari Arun Kumar, Shilpa Shinde (credited as Akanksha) and himself.

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Plot

Chinna is a jobless graduate, who works inside his van selling food and drinks alongside his friends. He is influenced by his bus driver father Ramachandra and often takes the law into his own hands. Mini visits his shop and an argument ensues, which results in her spilling the Pepsi on his face. Mini's friends throw away a large quantity of the food of Chinna's shop's, which results in him summoning Mini to court. Chinna and Mini eventually fall in love, but little does he know that Mini, belongs to a politician family headed by her father Appa Rao.

Chinna's van is set on fire by Appa Rao's men and Chinna and his friends go to Appa Rao's residence to protest. The collector orders Appa Rao's son to go to jail but is eventually released with the police inspector twisting the case that the van exploded due to electric shock. His other son sets Ramachandra's bus on fire. As the press media is present, Appa Rao orders his son that set fire to the bus to go to jail. Appa Rao uses his influence in court to make the judge say that Ramachandra is mentally ill. A deeply saddened Ramachandra eventually dies.

Chinna eventually becomes a police officer. He takes the law in his own hands and fights back Appa Rao's men in revenge for his father's death and justice for the nation.

Cast

Production

This film marked the debut of Shilpa Shinde. [1] After the failure of Greeku Veerudu (1998), Dasari Narayana Rao decided to focus on this film fully and postponed the shooting of Kondaveeti Simhasanam (2002). [2] This film also marked the first time that Dasari Narayana Rao shot abroad for his films with two of songs being canned in New Zealand. [3] [2] As of January 2001, the film was in post-production. [4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "An artiste set to dazzle". The Hindu . 11 July 2002. Archived from the original on 30 June 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Viswanath doing a guest role in Chinna". Idlebrain.com . 13 September 2000. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Dasari to shoot his songs in abroad for the first time". Idlebrain.com. 4 September 2000. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Chinna to be released in Srilanka". Idlebrain.com. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Sri. "Reviews of 2001 Released Movies - Chinna". Telugucinema.com . Archived from the original on 10 February 2002. Retrieved 2024-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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