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{{infobox film<br />
| name = Chakravarthy<br />
| director = [[Krishnan–Panju]]<br />
| story = [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]<br />
| music = [[V. Kumar]]<br />
| studio = P. V. T. Productions<br />
| released = 1977<br />
| runtime = 157 minutes<ref name="Indian Films" /><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| starring = {{ubl | [[Jaishankar]] | [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] | [[Thengai Srinivasan]] | [[S. A. Ashokan]]}}<br />
}}<br />
'''''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><br />
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It was later remade in Telugu as ''Mugguru Mithrulu'' (1985), in Hindi as ''[[Dosti Dushmani]]'' (1986) and in Kannada as ''[[Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara]]'' (1988).<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Jaishankar]]<br />
* [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]]<br />
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]]<br />
* [[S. A. Ashokan]]<br />
* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]]<br />
* [[V. S. Raghavan]]<br />
* [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]<br />
* [[Sripriya]]<br />
* [[Y. Vijaya]]<br />
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''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" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack of the film was composed by V. Kumar, and the lyrics were written by Kannadasan. The playback singers were [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[S. Janaki]], [[P. Susheela]] and Manorama. The songs featured were "Aadharama Nirkkum", "En Ooru Mysore", "Thathalanguthu", "Gangai Yamunai" and "Aarathi Yedungadi".<ref name="Indian Films" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0233424}}<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by Krishnan–Panju]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by V. Kumar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Mahendran (filmmaker)]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s action drama films]]<br />
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