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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chinna Vathiyar<br />
| image = Chinna Vathiyar.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]<br />
| producer = Alamelu Subramaniam<br />
| writer = Singeetam Srinivasa Rao<br />[[Crazy Mohan]] <small> (Dialogues )</small><br />
| starring = [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]<br />[[Khushbu]]<br />[[Ranjitha]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = R. Raghunatha Reddy<br />
| editing = Ganesh Kumar<br />
| studio = Swathi Chithra International<br />
| released = {{film date|1995|5|11|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 May 1995 |title=சின்ன வாத்தியார் |language=ta |work=[[Dina Thanthi]]}}</ref><!-- link: https://twitter.com/CINEMANEWS_24/status/1391984509394972672/photo/3 --><br />
| runtime = 132 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Chinna Vathiyar''''' ({{Translation|Young Teacher}}) is a 1995 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[science fiction comedy]] film, directed by [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]. The film stars [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] in a dual role, [[Khushbu]], [[Ranjitha]], [[Goundamani]], [[Senthil]] and [[Nizhalgal Ravi]]. Music was by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and lyrics were by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]. The comedy subplot was inspired by [[Crazy Mohan]]'s play ''Madhu +2''. The film was successful at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 December 2020 |title='Baasha' to 'Sathi Leelavathi': Why 1995 is an unforgettable year for Tamil cinema fans |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/baasha-sathi-leelavathi-why-1995-unforgettable-year-tamil-cinema-fans-138739 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128102555/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/baasha-sathi-leelavathi-why-1995-unforgettable-year-tamil-cinema-fans-138739 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=22 January 2021 |website=[[The News Minute]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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The story revolves around a professor named Chandramouli, who experiments on transferring the soul from one body to another. Professor Chandramouli is married to Janaki. He got help from a student Aravind, who is a bright student and a star in the school. The story begins when the two souls of professor and Aravind are transferred and it makes it uncomfortable to both parties and their girls. Meanwhile, a wealthy girl-abuser Baba took professor's favourite student and sold her to a gang. However, soul-changed professor and Aravind came to rescue her, where Baba flees from the police. Baba comes to know about the miracle medicine produced by the professor to change souls and when the soul changed professor and Aravind came to correct their souls at a cemetery. Professor gets changed, but Aravind's soul went on to a cat. Baba came quickly and hit professor and Baba changed his soul to Aravind's body. The cat with Aravind's soul is put into a nearby well and he flees with the miracle medicine. The new Aravind behaves very differently and engages in many bad activities. Finally, the professor get to know about the change that happened. He finally found the miracle medicine which was hidden in the worshipped anthill. At last after a series of events, Aravind's soul is released from the cat and Baba's soul is trapped within a chicken.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Professor Chandramouli / Aravind<br />
* [[Khushbu]] as Janaki<br />
* [[Ranjitha]] as Mythili<br />
* [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Baba<br />
* [[Goundamani]] as Josiyar<br />
* [[Senthil]] as Josiyar's friend<br />
* [[Kovai Sarala]] as Vimala<br />
* [[Delhi Ganesh]] as Aravind's father<br />
* [[Bhagyalakshmi (actress)|Bhagyalakshmi]] as Bhagyasri<br />
* [[Chinni Jayanth]] as Chinni<br />
* [[C. R. Parthiban]] as Sr. Doctor<br />
* [[Crazy Mohan]] as Doctor<br />
* [[R. S. Shivaji]]<br />
* [[S. N. Lakshmi]]<br />
* Dharani as Josiyar's wife<br />
* [[Idichapuli Selvaraj]] as K. Sethuraman<br />
* [[Pasi Sathya]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was initially titled ''Professor'', and the team subsequently chose to change title hoping to appeal to the Tamil speaking audience.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sitaraman |first=Sandya |date=27 January 1995 |title=Some New Tamil Movie News |url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.culture.tamil/tamil$20movie$20news/soc.culture.tamil/X_3KQ2yl6cE/byePwmRXyc8J |url-status=live |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20110122130054/https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/soc.culture.tamil/tamil$20movie$20news/soc.culture.tamil/X_3KQ2yl6cE/byePwmRXyc8J |archive-date=22 January 2011 |access-date=21 May 2021 |website=Tamil Movie News}}</ref> The comedy subplot was inspired by [[Crazy Mohan]]'s play ''Madhu +2''.<ref name="cult" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinna Vatthiyaat |url=https://avdigital.in/products/chinna-vatthiyaat |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521084858/https://avdigital.in/products/chinna-vatthiyaat |archive-date=21 May 2021 |access-date=21 May 2021 |website=AVDigital}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinna Vathiyar |url=http://www.tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/20458 |access-date=21 May 2021 |website=Songs4all}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration<br />
|-<br />
|1 || "Vatta Pandhu" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]] ||<br />
|-<br />
|2 || "Intha Padukaiyile" || K. S. Chithra ||<br />
|-<br />
|3 || "Kanmaniye Kanmaniye" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]] ||<br />
|-<br />
|4 || "Love Pannidathan" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra ||<br />
|-<br />
|5 || "Atha Maga Rathiname" || Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan ||<br />
|}<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
''Chinna Vathiyar'' attained cult status in Tamil cinema for the Senthil-Goundamani comedy track.<ref name="cult">{{Cite news |last=Sunder |first=Gautam |last2=Srivatsan |first2=S. |date=10 June 2019 |title=Best of 'Crazy' Mohan in Tamil cinema |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/some-of-crazy-mohans-best-works-in-tamil-cinema/article27763647.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221084705/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/some-of-crazy-mohans-best-works-in-tamil-cinema/article27763647.ece |archive-date=21 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0264478}}<br />
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[[Category:1990s science fiction comedy films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]<br />
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