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{{short description|1987 film by K. Bhagyaraj}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Enga Chinna Rasa
| image = Enga Chinna Rasa.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[K. Bhagyaraj]]
| writer = [[K. Bhagyaraj]]
| starring = {{ubl|K. Bhagyaraj|[[Radha (actress)|Radha]]|[[C. R. Saraswathi]]}}
| producer = S. A. Rajkannu
| music = [[Sankar Ganesh]]
| cinematography = K. Rajpreeth
| editing = T. Thirunavukarasu<br />A. P. Manivannan
| studio = Sree Amman Creations
| distributor = Sree Amman Creations
| released = 17 June 1987
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Enga Chinna Rasa''''' ({{trans|Our little King}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama film]] written, directed and starred as the lead by [[K. Bhagyaraj]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Film List Of Director Barathiraja|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/bhakyaraj04.asp|publisher=Lakshman Shruthi|access-date=22 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bhagyaraj Profile |url=http://www.jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/Bhagyaraj/138 |publisher=Jointscene |access-date=22 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224164354/http://www.jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/Bhagyaraj/138 |archive-date=24 December 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

The story is inspired by the Kannada novel ''Mallammana Pavada'' by [[B. Puttaswamayya]], which incidentally was already adapted into the 1969 Kannada movie ''[[Mallammana Pavaada]]'', whose screenplay was by Telugu director [[P. Pullaiah]], based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story, titled ''[[Ardhangi]]'', which itself was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel ''Swayamsidda'', written by Manilal Banerjee. ''Swayamsiddha'' went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of same name.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ardhangi-1955/article6086551.ece</ref> ''[[Ardhangi]]'' was remade in Tamil as ''[[Pennin Perumai]]'' and in Hindi twice as ''[[Bahurani (1963 film)|Bahurani]]'' in 1963 and as ''[[Jyoti (1981 film)|Jyoti]]'' in 1981.

This movie went on to be remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Abbaigaru]]'', in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Beta (film)|Beta]]'' , in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] as ''[[Annayya (1993 film)|Annayya]]'' and in [[Odia language|Odia]] as ''Santana'' (1998).

==Cast==
*[[K. Bhagyaraj]] as Chinna Rasa
*[[Radha (actress)|Radha]] [voice artist: actress Saritha] as Rukmini
*[[Jaiganesh]]
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]
*[[C. R. Saraswathi]]
*[[Kula Deivam V. R. Rajagopal]]

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0001972|title=Enga Chinna Rasa Songs|access-date=2013-12-27|publisher=raaga}}</ref> The song "Konda Seval" was re-used in its Telugu and Hindi remakes.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trE62_mSiig</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v88_gVY8EU0</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Eduda Melam" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || rowspan=6|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:19
|-
| 2 || "Enn Raathukkam" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 04:23
|-
| 3 || "Kondai Seval Koovum" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[S. Janaki]] || 04:03
|-
| 4 || "Mama Unakku Oru" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki || 04:10
|-
| 5 || "Naan Thandhana" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 04:14
|-
| 6 || "Then Pandi Cheemai" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki || 04:32
|}

==Other versions==
The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2|Year !! rowspan=2|Title !! rowspan=2|Language !! rowspan=2|Director !! colspan=3|Cast
|-
!Step-mother !! Son !! Wife
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Ardhangi]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[P. Pullaiah]] || [[Santha Kumari]] || [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]] || [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Pennin Perumai]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[P. Pullaiah]] || [[Santha Kumari]] || [[Gemini Ganesan]] || [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Bahurani (1963 film)|Bahurani]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || T. Prakash Rao || [[Lalita Pawar]] || [[Guru Dutt]] || [[Mala Sinha]]
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Mallammana Pavaada]]'' || [[Kannada language|Kannada]] || [[Puttanna Kanagal]] || [[Advani Lakshmi Devi]] || [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] || [[B Sarojadevi]]
|-
| 1975 || ''Swayamsiddha'' || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || Sushil Mukherjee || || [[Ranjit Mallick]] || Mithu Mukherjee
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Jyothi (1981 film)|Jyothi]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || [[Pramod Chakravorty]] || [[Shashikala]] || [[Jeetendra]]|| [[Hema Malini]]
|-
| 1987 || ''Enga Chinna Rasa'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[K. Bhagyaraj]] || C. R. Saraswathy || [[K. Bhagyaraj]] || [[Radha]]
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Beta (film)|Beta]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || [[Indra Kumar]] || [[Aruna Irani]] || [[Anil Kapoor]] || [[Madhuri Dixit]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Abbaigaru]]''|| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]] || [[Jayachitra]] || [[Venkatesh (actor)|Venkatesh]] ||[[Meena (actress)|Meena]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Annayya (1993 Kannada film)|Annayya]]'' || [[Kannada language|Kannada]] || [[D. Rajendra Babu]] || [[Aruna Irani]] || [[V. Ravichandran]] || [[Madhoo]]
|-
| 1998 || ''Santan'' || [[Odia language|Oriya]] || || [[Snigdha Mohanty]] || [[Siddhanta Mahapatra]] || [[Rachana Banerjee]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{IMDb title|0155694}}

{{K. Bhagyaraj}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Bhagyaraj]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]

Enga Chinna Rasa - Revision history

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