Chakravarthy (1977 film): Difference between revisions

'''''Chakravarthy''''' is a 1977 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[Krishnan–Panju]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=019-563579-5 |pages=586 |orig-date=1994}}</ref>

It was later remade in Telugu as ''Mugguru Mithrulu'' (1985), in Hindi as ''[[Dosti Dushmani]]'' (1986) and in Kannada as ''[[Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara]]'' (1988).

Chakravarthy, a rich boy; Ranjit, a criminal's son brought up by Chakravarthy's family; and Prakash are close friends. Chakravarthy, who becomes a renowned surgeon, finds his short temper the main cause of the rift between him and Ranjit, who had become a police officer. Chakravarthy, by saving Ranjit's wife from molestation and rescuing Ranjit's own sister from the slums, eventually clears his friend's misunderstandings about him.<ref name="Indian Films">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AckHAQAAIAAJ&q=Ranjit |title=Indian Films |publisher=Allied Publishers |year=1978 |pages=124}}</ref>

* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]]

* [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]

* [[Y. Vijaya]]

''Chakravarthy'' was directed by the duo [[Krishnan–Panju]], and produced by P. V. T. Productions.<ref name="Indian Films" /> The story and dialogues were written by [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahendran |title=சினிமாவும் நானும் |publisher=Karpagam Publications |year=2013 |pages=344 |language=Tamil |trans-title=Cinema and Me |author-link=Mahendran (filmmaker) |orig-date=2004}}</ref> The final length of the film measured {{convert|4281.54|metres|feet}}.<ref name="Indian Films" />

* {{IMDb title|0233424}}