Chanakyan (film)

Chanakyan
Directed by	T K Rajeev Kumar
Produced by	ARTI Films
Written by	Sab John, aka John E
Starring	Kamal Haasan Jayaram Thilakan Madhu Urmila Matondkar
Music by	Mohan Sithara
Cinematography	Saroj Padi
Editing by	Raghupathi
Release date(s)	1989
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chanakyan (Malayalam: ചാണക്യൻ) is a 1989 Malayalam film directed by T K Rajeev Kumar, and starring Kamal Haasan, Jayaram and Urmila Matondkar.

Plot

Johnson (Kamal Haasan) falls in love with the daughter of a politician Madhava Menon portrayed by Thilakan. Madhava Menon does not like the relation and he destroys Johnson's family. Johnson wants to take revenge on the politician. Johnson takes the help of a mimicry artist Jayaram, played by Jayaram for this. At first Jayaram does not know Johnson's intentions, but when he knows the real reason behind it, he supports Johnson. Johnson uses clever tactics for his revenge. He asks Jayaram to mimic the voice of the politician, who is now the chief minister of Kerala and read out false promises through TV and radio. This humiliates the politician in public. Finally, he forces the politician to shoot him and Johnson dies thus making the politician a murderer and destroying his political future.

Cast

• Kamal Hasan as Johnson
• Urmila Matondkar as Renu
• Jayaram as Jayaram
• Thilakan as Madhava Menon
• Madhu as DIG K. Gopalakrishna Pillai
• Sithara as Geethu
• Sabitha Anand as Jessy
• Santha Devi as Johnson's mother
• Jagadish
• Jagannathan as Madhava Menon's aide
• Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Security guard
• Sainuddin as Mimicry artist
• M. S. Thripunithura as Geethu's father
• Kollam Thulasi

External links

• Chanakyan (film) at the Internet Movie Database