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{{Infobox film
| name = Chinnappadass
| image = Chinnappadass poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[C. V. Rajendran]]
| writer = [[M. G. Vallabhan]] (dialogues)
| producer = Chithra Ramu<br />[[Chitra Lakshmanan]]
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]] <br />[[Radha (actress)|Radha]]
| cinematography = A. Sabapathy
| editing = N. Chandran
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Seethalakshmi Art Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1989|7|28|ref1=}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Chinnappadass''''' is a 1989 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[C. V. Rajendran]], his final film as director.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2018 |title=Veteran film director Rajendran passes away |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/020418/veteran-film-director-rajendran-passes-away.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031104/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/020418/veteran-film-director-rajendran-passes-away.html |archive-date=9 November 2020 |access-date=9 January 2023 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> The film stars [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Radha (actress)|Radha]]. It is a remake of the 1987 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Insaaf (1987 film)|Insaaf]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |year=2020 |isbn=978-81-938482-2-7 |pages=871}}</ref> The film was released on 28 July 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=சின்னப்பதாஸ் / Chinnappadass (1989) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/chinnappadass |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118065027/https://screen4screen.com/movies/chinnappadass |archive-date=18 November 2023 |access-date=22 October 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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Chinnappadass, who is a post-graduate in law and a law college professor, gets suspended from his teaching job when he thrashes rowdies who happen to be the children of corrupt ministers who tried to molest his sister. Due to compulsion, Chinnappadass had to join the smuggling gang of Ravi Prakash. When Dileep tries to rape Radha, she commits suicide. Chinnappadass then pretends to be amnesiac to find the truth. However, he is shocked to find Radha's look alike twin sister who is Dr. Kavitha. In the end, Chinnappadass with the help of Inspector Balaraman catches all baddies and finally marries Dr. Kavitha.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|* [[Sathyaraj]] as Chinnappadass
* [[Radha (actress)|Radha]] as Inspector Radha and Dr. Kavitha
* [[Sunitha (actress)|Kodai Mazhai Vidya]]
* [[S. S. Chandran]] as Inspector Balaram
* [[Captain Raju]] as Ravi Prakash
* [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Dileep
* [[Delhi Ganesh]]
* [[Veeraraghavan]]
* [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]]
* R. Neelakandan
* Pradeep Sakthi as Micheal De Souza
* Kokila as Chinnappadass's sister}}

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinnappadass |url=https://avdigital.in/products/chinnappadass |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210101827/https://avdigital.in/products/chinnappadass |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=22 October 2021 |website=AVDigital}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2014 |title=Chinnappadas |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/chinnappadas/3AVbtoNFsm0_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927134246/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/chinnappadas/3AVbtoNFsm0_ |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=27 September 2023 |work=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| "Athu Ithu Ethuthan" || rowspan=2|[[K. S. Chithra]] || rowspan=2|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|-
| "Vaanam Thodatha Megam"
|-
| "Paadum Bakthai Meeraa || K. S. Chithra, [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || rowspan=3|[[Gangai Amaran]]
|-
| "Baley Baley" || K. Veeramani, [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
|-
| "Pakku Vethalai" || K. S. Chithra, Malaysia Vasudevan
|}

== Reception ==
P. S. S. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote that the well-chosen exteriors, the settings, the costumes, and the lavishly spent currencies all spent with the intention of doing something useful in a somewhat believable story would have been overwhelming.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=பி. எஸ். எஸ். |date=20 August 1989 |title=சின்னப்ப தாஸ் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1989/aug/20-08-1989/p37.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=Ta |page=37 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220731045536/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1989/aug/20-08-1989/p37.jpg |archive-date=31 July 2022 |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0319183}}

{{C. V. Rajendran}}

[[Category:1989 Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s masala films]]
[[Category:1989 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1989 action films]]
[[Category:1989 films]]
[[Category:Films about educators]]
[[Category:Films directed by C. V. Rajendran]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films set in universities and colleges]]
[[Category:Films shot in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by M. G. Vallabhan]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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