''Chakkara Viyugam: The Battle of Brains'' ( Wheel Strategy) is a 2008 Indian

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starring

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, and

Daisy Bopanna Daisy Bopanna is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language films. Personal life Bopanna is from Kodagu. She attended Aurobindo School, pre-university at Kumarans College and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine A ...

. It is directed by

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. The film released in April 2008.

Cast

as Kanna *

as Inspector Sathish Mishra *

as Sandhya *

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as Bose * Vijay Raj *

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as Police officer * Shankar as Kanna's friend *

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Production

Natarajan Subramaniam and the crew of ''

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'' (2006) collaborated for a second time for this film The film was shot in Chennai and Kolkata. The film is produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, who previously produced ''

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'' (2007), which featured Subramaniam as the cinematographer.

was cast as the heroine.

Soundtrack

Songs by Karthik Raja and lyrics written by

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. *"Idyatha Kaanam" -

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, Karthik Raja *"Padaithal… Kaathal" - Karthik Raja,

*"Idhu Thaan Chakraviyugam" -

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*"Neer Aadiduvoom" - Karthik,

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, Snehan, Kanishka *"Yei… Unnidam" -

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, Karthik Raja

Release

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'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and stated that "No two ways about it, the film is an unmitigated endurance test".

References

External links

* 2008 films 2008 drama films Indian drama films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Karthik Raja {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub