''Chanakya Shapatham'' () is a 1986 Indian

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starring

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and Satyanarayana, produced by D. V. S. Raju and directed by

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. The film marked the third collaboration of Chiranjeevi with Raghavendra Rao after two highly successful films : ''

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'' and ''

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''. However, unlike their previous ventures, ''Chanakya Shapatham'' was a critical and commercial failure.

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had scripted all three films.

Plot

Chanakya, a customs officer at an airport, is the son of a Military Major who is about to be awarded

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for his services. Chanakya catches the smuggling ring of Rana, and in retaliation they frame Chanakya's father for smuggling diamonds. Faced with humiliation, Chanakya challenges the villains of proving his father's innocence and bringing the culprits to justice. Shashirekha, an airhostess who works with Chanakya, who has problems with her sister's family, for her mother-in-law always threatens for more dowry. The rest of the story deals with how both of them fight for their causes in settling their professional and personal issues and come out successfully to be united in the marital knot forms the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakravarthy.

References

External links

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