| Directed by | Krishnan–Panju
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| Starring | Template:Ubl
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| Music by | V. Kumar
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil
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Chakravarthy is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Krishnan–Panju.[1]
It was later remade in Telugu as Mugguru Mithrulu (1985), in Hindi as Dosti Dushmani (1986) and in Kannada as Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara (1988).
Plot
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.[2]
Cast
Adapted from Indian Films:[2]
- Jaishankar
- Srikanth
- Thengai Srinivasan
- S. A. Ashokan
- Senthamarai
- V. S. Raghavan
- Sharada
- Sripriya
- Y. Vijaya
- Manorama
Production
Chakravarthy was directed by the duo Krishnan–Panju, and produced by P. V. T. Productions.[2] The story and dialogues were written by Mahendran.[3] The final length of the film measured Template:Convert.[2]
Soundtrack
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".[2]