Chakravyuha (1983 film)

Chakravyuha
Chakravyuha
Directed by	V. Somashekhar
Written by	M. D. Sundar
Produced by	N. Veeraswamy; V. Ravichandran
Starring	Ambareesh; Ambika; Vajramuni
Cinematography	R. Chittibabu
Edited by	Yadav Victor
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production; company	Sri Eswari Productions
Release date	1983
Running time	146 min
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Chakravyuha (lit. 'Labyrinth'; referencing the chakravyūha) is a 1983 Kannada-language film directed by V. Somashekhar. The film stars Ambareesh and Ambika. This film marked the entry of popular actor Mukhyamantri Chandru into films.^[1] Produced by N. Veeraswamy for Eshwari Productions, this film also starred his son V. Ravichandran in a small role. Actor Tiger Prabhakar also featured in an extended cameo role.

The film obtained an 'A' certificate without cuts from the CBFC. The film, upon release, met with hugely positive reviews and catapulted actor Ambareesh's career to greater heights and coined him the title "Rebel Star" for his angry young man role.^[2]

The film's huge success inspired other language industries and was subsequently remade in Hindi as Inquilaab (1984)^[3] and in Telugu as Mukhyamantri (1984) starring Krishna with Ambika reprising her role.

Plot[]

When a local hotel is attacked by rowdies, Amarnath repels them. Despite being educated, Amarnath has not gotten a job as all positions force him to compromise his morals. A new politician, Shankarappa, promising an end to corruption gets pelted by the crowd, but Amarnath rescues him. Grateful, Shankarappa trains Amarnath to be a cop, where serves the state honestly until he discovers a criminal network that includes his Shankarappa as well as his own father-in-law. Blackmailed into collaborating with them, Amarnath soon becomes integrated into the network despite his conscience. Eventually, he becomes a minister with the network's support as they form a government made up of their members. However, Amarnath smuggles a machine gun into the first cabinet meeting and massacres everyone else. Alerted to his plans, his wife Asha rushes to stop him but enters only after his rampage. Amarnath asks Asha to kill him for his crimes but she refuses, and he is arrested despite the cries of the people.

Cast[]

Ambareesh as Amarnath
Ambika as Asha (voice dubbed by B. Jayashree)
Tiger Prabhakar as Anil Raj (extended cameo)
Vajramuni as Bhupathi
Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Seetharam
Shakti Prasad as Police Commissioner Lakshman Rao
Mukhyamantri Chandru as Shankarappa (credited as H. N. Chandrashekhar)
Lakshman as Inspector Prathap
P. Munikrishnappa
Somu
Krishne Gowda as Victor Jayaraj
Raghavachar
B. K. Shankar as Bhupathi's accomplice
A. S. Murthy
G. R. Bheema Rao
Tiptur Siddharamayya
Comedian Guggu
Kannada Raju
Shanthamma as Amarnath's foster mother
Prashanthi Nayak as Kamala
V. Ravichandran as Khoya Khoya Hatachi ^[4] alias Richard Louis (special appearance)

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar.^[5] All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well, especially "Chali Chali" and the title song are considered as evergreen songs. The song "Nija Heluvenu Amma" was adapted from "Toothpaste Irukku", which was composed by the duo for the Tamil film Ranga.

All lyrics are written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Chakravyuha Idu Chakravyuha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2.	"Chali Chali Thalenu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
3.	"Baa Bande"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
4.	"Nija Heluvenu Amma"	P. Susheela, S. Janaki
5.	"Rita Rosy Julie"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

References[]

External links[]

Chakravyuha at IMDb

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[1] Mukhyamantri Chandru: Public Office, Private Life

[2] Rebel star ensures he has a way in power corridor

[3] "Amitabh Bachchan's throwback pic with Sridevi is unmissable". 3 February 2018.

[4] ttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tEkUcfKdnZI&feature

[5] Benkiya Bale songs

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