Chatrapathi (film)

Chatrapathi
Directed by	S. S. Rajamouli
Produced by	S. Hariharan
Starring	Prabhas Raju Uppalapati, Shriya Saran, Bhanupriya, Pradeep Rawat
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography	Senthil Kumar
Editing by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Release date(s)	29 September 2005
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	12.5 crore (US$2.54 million) [citation needed]

Chatrapathi (Telugu: ఛత్రపతి) is a 2005 Telugu film (dubbed into Malayalam with the same title) written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Prabhas plays the lead role and Shriya Saran, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat appear in other roles. The film released on 29 September 2005, it was dubbed into Hindi as Hukumat Ki Jung.

Plot

Sivaji (Prabhas) and Ashok (Shafi) are the sons of Parvati (Bhanupriya). Sivaji is her stepson, but Parvati showers equal affection on both of them and this is not liked by Ashok, who is her real son. They are one of the families living on the coastals of Srilanka. One day, this village is forced to evacuate and Sivaji is separated from the 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 (Shriya).

Here, the port is dominated by Baji Rao (Narendra Jha) 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. The people start calling him Chatrapathi. Ras Bihari (Pradeep Rawat) comes down to Vizag in the hunt for Sivaji since he killed one of his brothers. Also, Ashok lands in the same place. Realizing that Sivaji is his brother, he joins hands with the bad guys. The story is then of Chatrapati's 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

• Prabhas ... Sivaji/Chatrapati
• Shriya Saran ... Neelu
• Bhanupriya ... Sivaji's mother
• Shafi ... Ashok
• Pradeep Rawat ... Ras Bihari
• Narendra Jha ... Baji Rao
• Supreet .... Katraju
• Mumaith Khan ... Special appearance (song)
• Arti Agarwal ... Special appearance (song)

Crew

• Director: S.S. Rajamouli
• Producer: B.V.N.S. Prasad
• Writers: V. Vijayendra Prasad, S.S. Rajamouli
• Dialogues: M. Ratnam
• Music: M.M. Keeravani
• Photographer: K. Yudhish Kumar
• Editing: Antony Gonsalves
• Art director: R. Ravinder
• Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Chandrabose, Akula Abhishek
• Costume designer: Rama Rajamouli
• Choreography: NVK. Anirudh
• Stunt director: Peter Hein

Music

The film has seven songs composed by M. M. Keeravani:

• "A Vachhi B Pai Valli" - M. M. Keeravani, Mathangi
• "Agni Skalani" - M. M. Keeravani, Mathangi, Mangari
• "Summama Suruyaaa" - Kalyani Malik, Sunitha, Smitha, Niraj Pandit
• "Nallnivanee" - K. S. Chitra
• "Manela Tintivira" - Tippu, Smitha, Kalyani
• "Gundusoodi" - M. M. Keeravani, Sunitha
• "Gala Galagala" - K. S. Chitra, Neerippal, Jassie Gift

Box office

• The film had a 100-day run in 54 centres.^[1]

Awards

Nandi Awards^[2]

• Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Bhanupriya
• Nandi Award for Best Music Director - M. M. Keeravani

References

1. ^ "Superhit and Hit Counter". Superhit.co.in. http://www.superhit.co.in/boxoffice.asp?record=chatrapathi100days. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 
2. ^ "Telugu Cinema Etc - Nandi award winners list 2005". Idlebrain.com. 2006-11-11. http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2005.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11. 

External links

• Chatrapathi at the Internet Movie Database

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