Chinna Gounder is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by R. V. Udayakumar, starring Vijayakanth, Sukanya, Manorama, Salim Ghouse, Sathyapriya, Goundamani, Senthil and Vadivelu. It was released on 15 January 1992, during Pongal. The film was remade in Telugu as Chinarayudu, and in Kannada as Chikkejamanru.

Plot

Thavasi alias Chinna Gounder is a rich and respected landlord in Coimbatore district. His family has been the hereditary Village Judge for a group of 18 villages and Thavasi takes over that work 10 years after his father's death. Thavasi's father, in an ill condition was asked to preside over a very tricky case and died before passing judgement. The case was that then a newly built village temple stood on a land belonging to Sundari (second wife of Sakkarai). Sakkarai's first wife is Thavasi's elder sister. Sakkara had cited law and sealed off the temple premises a day before its opening. Thavasi investigates the case and clearly proves that the document of land purchase is fake and arrives at a conclusion that the temple premises belongs to the Village. He is appreciated by a district judge upon seeing his swift decision-making skills. Chinna Gounder lives with his mother Aatha and is the most respectable person in the village, known for his justice and loyalty. Rivalry exists between Chinna Gounder and his brother-in-law Sakkara Gounder, who is accused of Chinna Gounder's sister's death and following marriage with Sundari.