''Chakravarthy'' is a 1987 Indian

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-language film, directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty and produced by Kodali Venkateswara Rao. The film stars

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and

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. The film had a musical score by Chakravarthy. It was released on 4 June 1987.

Plot

Anji (

) is a rough and tough guy, but he has soft spot for his sister Laxmi (

). A Swamiji ( J. V. Somayajulu) at his place, provides shelter to a number of orphans. Mohan (

) a childhood friend of Anji comes to that village as a police inspector. The president of that village tries to occupy the ashram by hook or by crook. He even sets the ashram on fire, but Anji, in an attempt to save children, loses his left eye. Swamiji requests Mohan to marry Anji's sister, but Laxmi is already in love with her classmate Prembabu. But, when Prembabu behaves nastily, Anji beats him black and blue, and Prembabu dies later. Now, Inspector Mohan is forced to arrest Chiranjeevi. Meanwhile, Swamiji is prohibited from entering the village on the pretext of he being the thief of temple's ornaments. The village's president is behind this conspiracy. All of a sudden, Chakravarthy, a world-famous disco dancer, comes to that village, who is none other than Anji in disguise, who proves of his innocence in Prembabu's murder case. The president is found guilty for all the evil happenings and is arrested. The story ends with Mohan marrying Laxmi.

Cast

as Anji/Chakravarthy *

as Mohan Rao *

as Rani *

as Lakshmi * J. V. Somayajulu as Swamiji *

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as President

Soundtrack

Music composed by K. Chakravarthy was released through

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. Lyrics were written by

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and

Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing th ...

References

External links

* 1987 films Films scored by K. Chakravarthy Geetha Arts films 1980s Telugu-language films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Films directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty {{1980s-Telugu-film-stub