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Chennakesava Reddy is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by V. V. Vinayak. The film is produced by Bellamkonda Suresh under the Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Tabu, and Shriya Saran with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was commercially successful and emerged as one of the biggest hits in Balakrishna's career.[1]

Chennakesava Reddy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	V. V. Vinayak
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by	V. V. Vinayak
Story by	V. V. Vinayak
Produced by	Bellamkonda Suresh
Starring	Nandamuri Balakrishna Tabu Shriya Saran
Cinematography	Ajayan Vincent
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	Sri Sai Ganesh Productions
Release date	25 September 2002 (2002-09-25)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Bharat is a sincere and dedicated police officer in Mumbai. In a short period, he is regarded as a fearless officer who could single-handedly bring the guilty to justice. Preethi is a medico and the daughter of Police Commissioner Prasad. She falls head over heels for Bharat, but this does not make any difference to the storyline of the present stream of faction backdrop movies.

Meanwhile, another super cop, Sivakrishna, working in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, becomes a person in the news as a daring and dashing police officer who never bows his head to politicians. Inevitably, Sivakrishna becomes an irritation to local faction leader, Dhanunjaya Reddy, who runs a parallel government in that region. When Sivakrishna falls victim to the political clout of Dhanunjaya Reddy, he is demoted and transferred to Tihar Jail as a lower rank officer. In between is shown a statue of Chennakesava Reddy, who is considered a man of high respect in the region and has been missing for the past 22 years.

Sivakrishna finds Chennakesava Reddy in Tihar Jail having been imprisoned for some false cases. Sivakrishna makes every effort to get Chennakesava Reddy released. When Chennakesava Reddy returns to his village after 22 years, he is pompously welcomed by one and all. Chennakesava Reddy halts the factionist activities of Dhanunjaya Reddy and his henchmen.

After knowing of the return of Chennakesava Reddy, his wife and son come to see him. Several years ago, Chennakesava Reddy was a generous and the most revered man in the village but has a rivalry with Venkata Reddy. In one of the worst incidents between the rivals, Chennakesava Reddy's rivals hack his entire family members to death. When their bid to kill Chennakesava Reddy falls short, they wangle some false cases against him and send him to Tihar Jail. However, Chennakesava Reddy's wife, Sita, and younger son Bharat escape the attack by Venkata Reddy and his men with the help of his followers and reach Mumbai.

Chennakesava Reddy starts taking revenge on his rivals one after the other, and there happens to be none to dare Chennakesava Reddy in Seema. To counter him, Dhanunjaya Reddy gets Bharath posted in Rayalaseema. The film continues with the son chasing the father to arrest the father, moving ahead in his mission of revenge.

Cast

Soundtrack

Chennakesava Reddy
Film score by Mani Sharma
Released	2002
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	30:23
Label	Supreme Music
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Indra (2002) Chennakesava Reddy (2002) Bobby (2002)

Music was composed by Mani Sharma. Music was released on Supreme Music Company.[2]

Reception

The Hindu critic Gudipoodi Srihari in his review appreciated Balakrishna's portrayal of dual roles of father and son, in addition to Sharma's music score. However, he added that: "The father-son clash looks routine and dilutes the spirit of the movie."[3] Sify rated 3/5 and criticised the film stating, "it is the same old Rayalaseema faction fight recreated with more sprinkling of blood and gore."[4]

References

External links

• Chennakesava Reddy at IMDb

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