Chinna Durai

<p>The film marked the directorial debut of Chandra who earlier assisted Aabavanan. Chandra’s earlier directorial venture remains unreleased and the way Chandra handled the budget impressed producer Balu who offered him the opportunity to direct . The filming was entirely held at . The soundtrack was composed by . wrote “The best things in Chinna Dorai are the child, who’s not more than six months old, Mani Vannan and the costumes, particularly those of Roja and Sharath Kumar”. D. S. Ramanujam of said the film “would have generated more response had it had been released some five years ago. So old fashioned are the story, screenplay and direction of R. Chandra with each weather-beaten turn being easily predictable”.</p>