Chhatrapati (film)

Chhatrapati
Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad
Written by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad
Starring Prabhas Raju Uppalapati
Shriya Saran
Bhanupriya
Pradeep Rawat
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Distributed by Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
Dil Raju
Release dates
  • 29 September 2005
Running time
 165 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget INR130 million (US$2.1 million)(citation needed)[1]
Box office INR300 million (US$4.8 million)Gross[2]

Chhatrapati is a 2005 Action drama Telugu film written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Prabhas plays the lead role and Shriya Saran, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat appear in other roles. The film released on 29 September 2005, it was dubbed into Hindi as Hukumat Ki Jung. The film was remade in Kannada with the name Chhatrapati with Siddhanth and Priyadarshini in lead roles and in Bengali as Refugee.

Plot

Shivaji (Prabhas) and Ashok (Shafi) are the sons of Parvati (Bhanupriya). Shivaji is her stepson, but Parvati showers equal affection on both of them and this is not liked by Ashok, who is her biological son. They are one of the families living on the coast of Sri Lanka. One day, this villagere are forced to evacuate and Shivaji is separated from the family. He ends up in a different boat and lands in Vizag port. He is brought up in the port itself. But his search for his mother never ceases. In that process he comes across Neelu (Shriya).

Here, the port is dominated by Baji Rao (Narendra Jha) and some goons using refugee labor for their own gain. Shivaji is an aggressive guy, but is controlled by his well wishers. One day, he reacts aggressively in defence of himself and the other refugees. People start calling him Chhatrapati. Ras Bihari (Pradeep Rawat) comes down to Vizag in the hunt for Shivaji since he killed his brother Baji Rao. Ashok, too, lands in the same place. Realizing that Shivaji is his brother, he joins hands with the bad guys. The story is then of Chhatrapati who is searching for his mother and has a bunch of bad guys including his brother on his back while the entire port looks up to him. The plot is loosely based on Scarface.

Cast

Shriya Saran was selected as lead heroine marking her first collaboration with Prabhas.

Music

The film has seven songs composed by M. M. Keeravani. The track "Gundusoodi" has been reused from the song "Kambangaadu" from the 1992 tamil movie Vaaname Ellai also composed by M. M. Keeravani.

Box office

The film had a 100-day run in 54 centers. The film grossed INR300 million (US$4.8 million) in 100 days and became the highest grossing Telugu film of 2005.[3][4]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0843328/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0843328/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0843328/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
  4. ↑ http://idlebrain.com/trade/records/chatrapati100dayscenters.html
  5. ↑ "Telugu Cinema Etc - Nandi award winners list 2005". Idlebrain.com. 11 November 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

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