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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|1986 Telugu film starring Chiranjeevi}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| image = Chanakya Shapatham.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao|K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
| producer = [[D. V. S. Raju]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = K. Raghavendra Rao<br />
| story = [[Paruchuri Brothers]]<br />
| starring = [[Chiranjeevi]]<br/>[[Vijayashanti]]<br/>[[Rao Gopal Rao]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]]<br />
| cinematography = K. S. Prakash<br />
| editing = Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao<br />
| studio = D. V. S. Productions<br />
| distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --><br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1986|12|18}}<br />
| runtime = 2 hours 28 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
}}<br />
'''''Chanakya Shapatham''''' ({{translation|''Chanakya's vow''}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Telugu language]] [[action film]] starring [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Vijayashanti]], [[Rao Gopal Rao]] and [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]], produced by [[D. V. S. Raju]] and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=C |first=Narayana Rao |date=2 January 1987 |title=మరో చిరంజీవి మార్కు చిత్రం - చాణక్య శపథం |trans-title=Film with Chiranjeevi's Mark: Chanakya Sapatham |url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1987/Jan/2-jan-1987.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913111725/http://zaminryot.com/pdf/1987/Jan/2-jan-1987.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2016 |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=[[Zamin Ryot]] |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2021 |title=35 ఏళ్ళ ‘చాణక్య శపథం’ |url=https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/chanukya-shapatham-has-completed-35-years-105774.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108063815/https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/chanukya-shapatham-has-completed-35-years-105774.html |archive-date=8 January 2025 |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=[[NTV (India)|NTV]] |language=te}}</ref><br />
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The film marked the third collaboration of Chiranjeevi with Raghavendra Rao after two highly successful films : ''[[Adavi Donga]]'' and ''[[Kondaveeti Raja]]''. However, unlike their previous ventures, ''Chanakya Shapatham'' was a critical and commercial failure. [[Paruchuri brothers]] had scripted all three films.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Chanakya, a customs officer at an airport, is the son of a Military Major who is about to be awarded [[Padma Shri]] for his services. Chanakya catches the smuggling ring of Rana, and in retaliation they frame Chanakya's father for smuggling diamonds. Faced with humiliation, Chanakya challenges the villains of proving his father's innocence and bringing the culprits to justice. Shashirekha, an airhostess who works with Chanakya, who has problems with her sister's family, for her mother-in-law always threatens for more dowry. The rest of the story deals with how both of them fight for their causes in settling their professional and personal issues and come out successfully to be united in the marital knot forms the story.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{|class="wikitable" <br />
|- <br />
!Actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chanakya Sapadam |url=https://indiancine.ma/AASV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250108052456/https://indiancine.ma/AASV/info |archive-date=8 January 2025 |access-date=20 January 2024 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref><br />
!Role<br />
|-<br />
| [[Chiranjeevi]] <br />
| Chanakya<br />
|-<br />
| [[Vijayashanti]] <br />
| Shashirekha "Shashi" (Voice Dubbed by Saritha)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rao Gopal Rao]]<br />
| Rana<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]]<br />
| Major Nagarjuna <br />
|-<br />
| [[Annapurna (actress)|Annapurna]]<br />
| Janaki, Chanakya's mother <br />
|-<br />
| [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]]<br />
| Chakri, Rana's son<br />
|-<br />
| [[Suthi Velu]]<br />
| Yugandhar<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sri Lakshmi (actress)|Sri Lakshmi]]<br />
|Chitti<br />
|-<br />
| [[Kantha Rao]]<br />
|Shashi's father<br />
|-<br />
|[[Suryakantham (actress)|Suryakantham]]<br />
|Durgamma<br />
|-<br />
|[[Rajyalakshmi]]<br />
|Savithri<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sakshi Ranga Rao]]<br />
|Dr. Arogyam<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ranganath (actor)|Ranganath]]<br />
|Ranga<br />
|-<br />
|Chidathala Apparao<br />
|Jacky<br />
|-<br />
|[[Chitti Babu (Telugu actor)|Chitti Babu]]<br />
|Kaky<br />
|-<br />
| [[Chalapathi Rao]]<br />
| Damodharam, Senior Customs Officer<br />
|-<br />
| Eswara Rao<br />
|Shashi's brother<br />
|-<br />
|[[Y. Vijaya]] <br />
|Shashi's sister-in-law<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bob Christo]] <br />
|Nero, Diamonds Smuggler<br />
|}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[K. Chakravarthy|Chakravarthy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chanakya Sapadham (1986) |url=https://www.raaga.com/telugu/movie/chanakya-sapadham-songs-A0003843 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250108064048/https://www.raaga.com/telugu/movie/chanakya-sapadham-songs-A0003843 |archive-date=8 January 2025 |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |language=en}}</ref>{{tracklist<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Mellaga Alluko<br />
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balu]], [[S. Janaki]]<br />
| title2 = Vari Vari Varichelo<br />
| extra2 = S. P. Balu, S. Janaki<br />
| title3 = Soku Thotalo<br />
| extra3 = S. P. Balu, S. Janaki<br />
| title4 = Vedi Vedi Valupulu<br />
| extra4 = S. P. Balu<br />
| extra5 = S. P. Balu, [[P. Susheela]]<br />
| title5 = Nee Banda Bada<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|chanakya_shapadham}}<br />
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{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}<br />
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[[Category:1986 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1986 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1986 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. Chakravarthy]]</div>Scopex