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{{Infobox film
| name = Chanakyan
| image = Chanakyan (film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Promotional poster designed by RK
| director = [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]
| producer = [[Navodaya Appachan]]
| writer = [[Sab John]]<br />T. K. Rajeev Kumar
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Urmila Matondkar]]
* [[Jayaram]]
* [[Thilakan]]
* [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]
}}
| music = [[Mohan Sithara]]
| cinematography = Saroj Padi
| editing = V. N. Raghupathi
| studio = [[Navodaya Studio]]
| distributor =
| released = 1 September 1989
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
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}}

'''''Chanakyan''''' is a 1989 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[thriller film]] produced by [[Navodaya Appachan]] under [[Navodaya Studio]] and directed by [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]] in his directorial debut. Starring [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Urmila Matondkar]], [[Jayaram]], [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], and [[Thilakan]]. The film was a critical and commercial success.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shivpprasadh |first1=S |title=He cast a 3-D spell |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/he-cast-a-3d-spell/article3404301.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=17 March 2019 |date=10 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chaanakyan 1989 Film Climax|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYPQ77ex3w|work=youtube|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kamal's 1989 Chanakyan - A Movie which could be enjoyed even today|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/will-rajeev-kumar-direct-kamal-again.html|work=behindwoods|access-date=14 June 2016|date=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kamal-and-tk-rajeev-kumar-get-together-after-26-years/article7879692.ece|title=A long wait, but worth it|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2015-11-15|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Kamal-Haasans-next-a-Tamil-Malayalam-bilngual/articleshow/49311687.cms|title=Kamal Haasan's next a Tamil-Malayalam bilngual|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2015-10-15|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/kamal-haasan-is-reported-to-team-with-director-tk-rajeev-kumar-for-a-malayalam-tamil-bilingual-project.html|title=Five films per year|publisher=Behindwoods|date=2015-10-15|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{More plot|date=July 2019}}
The film opens with a high tech person named Johnson ([[Kamal Hasan]]) attempting to kill Chief Minister Madhava Menon ([[Thilakan]]) using a radio-operated toy car planted with a bomb, but due to unforeseen circumstances, he fails. Later, Johnson happens to watch a [[Mimicry]] show of an artist named Jayaram ([[Jayaram]]) imitating several celebrity voices. Johnson convinces Jayaram himself as a government employee and makes him to mimic the voice of Madhava Menon reading out and recording a fake Republic Day message - filled with false promises. Later, Johnson plants the latter tape replacing the original tape containing the Chief Minister's message, at the All India Radio Station, Thiruvananthapuram. Madhava Menon is stunned to hear the broadcast of the duplicitous tape and faces severe criticism from his Party for altering the previously approved message

Madhava Menon appoints his friend, DIG K. Gopalakrishna Pillai ([[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]) to investigate this case and he finds out the foul play. While hearing the broadcast Jayaram confronts Johnson. The flashback shows Johnson falling in love with Renu, the daughter of Madhava Menon, then an ambitious politician and he dislikes their relationship. So he decimates and disgraces Johnson's family (which included his parents and three sisters - by arranging the arrest of the family through a unscrupulous police officer on the false charges of prostitution and pimping), but Johnson survives. While Renu commits suicide.

At present, Johnson wants to take revenge on Madhava Menon - with him being a revered politician, even possessing admirers in the Opposition with his charisma and ascending to the position of the Chief Minister. Johnson asks the help of Jayaram for this. Initially Jayaram, who was not aware of Johnson's antecedents and intentions, disapproves and later supports Johnson - and builds a strong rapport with him. They humiliate and [[Character assassination|assassinate the character]] of the Chief Minister - by intervening the broadcasting of a televised message delivered by the C.M and stating outrageous comments regarding the hapless unemployed youth of the State, the visuals in the television broadcast being dubbed by Jayaram. The last nail is thrusted with the swindling of a huge amount from the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, utilising the mimicked voice of Madhava Menon.

In the thrilling and sparking climax, Johnson forces Madhava Menon to shoot him and Johnson dies which was witnessed by the police, thus making the C.M a murderer and destroying his political future.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Johnson
*[[Urmila Matondkar]] as Renu
*[[Jayaram]] as Jayaram
*[[Thilakan]] as Madhava Menon
*[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as DIG K. Gopalakrishna Pillai
*[[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]] as Geethu
*[[Sabitha Anand]] as Jessy (Johnson's sister)
*[[Sreeja]] as Johnson's sister
* Santha Devi as Johnson's mother
*P. C. George as Dy. SP Soman
* [[Jagadish]]
* [[Jagannathan (actor)|Jagannathan]] as Madhava Menon's aide
* Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Security guard
* [[Zainuddin (actor)|Zainuddin]] as Mimicry artist
* [[M. S. Thripunithura]] as Achuthan
* [[Kollam Thulasi]] as Opposition Leader Anantharaman
{{colend}}

== Production ==
The film was initially written for [[Mammootty]], who was unable to do the film. The role subsequently went to Kamal Haasan, who was shooting for ''[[Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989 film)|Apoorva Sagodharargal]]'' in [[Kochi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/a-man-in-the-bar-told-our-hero-that-he-looked-like-kamal-haasan-and-should-try-acting/articleshow/74226517.cms|title='A man in the bar told our hero that he looked like Kamal Haasan and should try acting'|work=[[The Times of India]]|last=Sidhardhan|first=Sanjith|date=20 February 2020}}</ref>

The film marked the first of several collaborations between [[Jayaram]] and [[Kamal Haasan]], with the pair becoming friends on set.<ref>https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jun/29jayaram.htm</ref>

==Music==
#"Kaalvari Kunnil Kannyasuthan" (Bit)
#"Music Of Love"
#"Theme Music"

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDB title|id=0097043}}

{{T. K. Rajeev Kumar}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:1989 films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Mohan Sithara]]
[[Category:1989 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]
[[Category:1980s thriller films]]

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