fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

Chatrapathi is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action drama film co-written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad. The film stars Prabhas and Shriya Saran while Shafi, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat play supporting roles. Aarthi Agarwal and Mumaith Khan made a guest appearance.

Chatrapathi
DVD Cover
Directed by	S. S. Rajamouli
Written by	M. Ratnam (dialogues)
Screenplay by	S. S. Rajamouli
Story by	V. Vijayendra Prasad
Produced by	B. V. S. N. Prasad
Starring	Prabhas Shriya Saran Shafi Bhanupriya Pradeep Rawat
Cinematography	K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Production company	Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
Release date	30 September 2005 (2005-09-30)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹12.5 crore ($2.8 million)
Box office	est.₹21–22 crore ($5 million) distributors' share

The film released on 29 September 2005. It collected an estimated distributors' share of ₹22 crore ($5 million) against a budget of ₹12.5 crore ($2.8 million).[1][2][3][lower-alpha 1] The film won two Nandi Awards - Best Supporting Actress for Bhanupriya and Best Music Director for M. M. Keeravani. The film was remade in Bengali as Refugee (2006), and in Kannada with the same name in 2013. A Hindi remake with the same title began its production in 2021.

Plot

Sivaji and Ashok are the sons of Parvati. Sivaji is her stepson, but Parvati shows equal affection for both of them. This is not liked by Ashok, her biological son. They are one of the families living on the coast of Sri Lanka. One day, these villagers are forced to evacuate the coast. By Ashok's dislike on Sivaji, he lies to his mother that Sivaji died in the fire that was burning everything. Then, he is separated from his family. He ends up in a different boat and lands in Vizag port. He is brought up in the port itself, but his search for his mother never ceases. In that process, he comes across Neelu. Here, the port is dominated by Baji Rao and some goons using refugee labor for their own gain. Sivaji is an aggressive guy but is controlled by his well-wishers. One day, he reacts aggressively in defense of himself and the other refugees. People start calling him Chhatrapati. Meanwhile, Ras Bihari comes down to Vizag in the hunt for Sivaji since he killed his brother Baji Rao. Ashok, too lands in the same place. Realizing that Sivaji is his brother, he joins hands with the bad guys. The story is then of Chhatrapati, who is searching for his mother, and has a bunch of bad guys, including his brother, on his back while the entire port looks up to him.

Cast

Soundtrack

Chhatrapathi
Soundtrack album by M. M. Keeravani
Released	14 September 2005 (2005-09-14)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	31:59
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Rog (2005) Chhatrapathi (2005) Anukokunda Oka Roju (2005)

The film has seven songs composed by M. M. Keeravani. The track Gundusoodi has been reused from the song Kambangaadu from the Tamil movie Vaaname Ellai (1992) also composed by M. M. Keeravani. The song Agni Skalana was inspired from the Main Theme of the video game Myst IV: Revelation (2004) composed by Jack Wall.

Reception

Critical reception

A reviewer from The Hindu felt that though the storyline was routine, its screenplay and direction that did the trick for the film.[5] Sify rated the film 2/5 and wrote, "a swell cast with a young action hero and add a dash of digital wizardry to the stunts and cook up an unimaginative script as an aftermath and serve it piping hot! Chatrapati works to a certain extent thanks to the tall handsome hunk Prabhas."[6] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com observed the film's similarities with Scarface and Deewaar but opined that Chatrapati stands on its own.[7][8]

Box office

The film had a 100-day run in 54 venues.[9]

Awards and nominations

Awards	Category	Nominee	Result
Nandi Awards[10]	Best Supporting Actress	Bhanupriya	Won
	Best Music Director	M. M. Keeravani	Won
53rd Filmfare Awards South [11]	Best Film	B. V. S. N. Prasad	Nominated
	Best Director	S. S. Rajamouli	Nominated
	Best Actor	Prabhas	Nominated
	Best Actress	Shriya Saran	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Shafi	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Bhanupriya	Nominated
	Best Comedian	Venu Madhav	Nominated
	Best Villain	Pradeep Rawat	Nominated
	Best Music Director	M. M. Keeravani	Nominated
	Best Lyricist	Shiva Shaki Datta (for song "Agni Skalana")	Nominated

Dubbed versions and remakes

The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Chandramouli (2013), Malayalam as Chatrapathi (2011) and in Hindi as Hukumat Ki Jung (2009).

The film was remade in Bengali as Refugee (2006) starring Prosenjit and Rambha, and in Kannada with the same name in 2013, with Siddhanth and Priyadarshini.[12] It will be remade in Hindi with Bellamkonda Sreenivas making his debut in Hindi cinema.[13]

Notes

References

External links

• Chhatrapati at IMDb

---