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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = General Chakravarthi<br />
| image = General Chakravarthi.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[D. Yoganand]]<br />
| producer = [[Chinna Annamalai]]<br />
| writer = Selvabharathi<br />
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[K. R. Vijaya]]<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = Viswanath Rai<br />
| editing = R. Vittal<br />
| studio = Vijayavel Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|1978|06|16|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 146 minutes{{sfn|Dharap|1978|p=316}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''General Chakravarthi''''' is a 1978 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[D. Yoganand]] and produced by [[Chinna Annamalai]]. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and [[K. R. Vijaya]]. It was released on 16 June 1978,<ref>{{Cite web |title=191-200 |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612041348/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp20.htm |archive-date=12 June 2021 |access-date=10 July 2021 |website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref> and emerged a success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2016 |title=செலுலாய்ட் சோழன் சிவாஜி தொடர் 149 – சுதாங்கன் |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/17018 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710062955/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/17018 |archive-date=10 July 2021 |access-date=10 July 2021 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai |language=ta}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Chakravarthi is a proud, straightforward, and honest General. He is married to Bharathi and has a daughter, Rani. He gets transferred and intends to take his family with him but they create hurdles and manage to evade going with him. Unknown to him, his daughter is pregnant and the father, Sekar, is believed to be dead. If the General finds out, either he will kill himself in humiliation or will kill his daughter, whom he dotes, in anger or both. How they manage to get the baby out of the way without the father finding out is the rest of the story.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as General Chakravarthi<br />
*[[K. R. Vijaya]] as Dr. Bharathi<br />
*[[Mohan Sharma]] as Sekar<br />
*[[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]] as Rani<br />
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Soman Nayar<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Ponnamma<br />
*[[T. P. Muthulakshmi]] as Annamma<br />
*[[Typist Gopu]] as Hotel owner<br />
*[[Usilai Mani]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]], with lyrics by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Chakravarthy Tamil FIlm EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/general-chakravarthy-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903045633/https://mossymart.com/product/general-chakravarthy-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |archive-date=3 September 2021 |access-date=3 September 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singers !! Length<br />
|-<br />
| "Azhagiya Kiligalin " ||[[Vani Jairam]]|| 04:01<br />
|-<br />
| "Oh my dear doctor" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[P. Susheela]] || 04:33<br />
|-<br />
| "Nee Enna Kannana" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 03:52<br />
|-<br />
| "Kingini Kingini Kadhal" || [[L. R. Eswari]] || 03:02<br />
|-<br />
| "Who Is The Black Sheep" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 04:35<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
P. S. M. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' said the film should be watched for the performances of Ganesan and Vijaya.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=பி. எஸ். எம். |date=25 June 1978 |title=ஜெனரல் சக்கரவர்த்தி |url=https://ibb.co/tHmgD0B |url-status=usurped |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703070326/https://ibb.co/tHmgD0B |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Dharap |first=B. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AckHAQAAIAAJ&q=General+Chakravarthy |title=Indian Films |publisher=Motion Picture Enterprises |year=1978}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|1440176}}<br />
{{D. Yoganand}}<br />
[[Category:1978 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1978 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1978 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by D. Yoganand]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army in films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]</div>Ayman