''Chakravyuha'' () is a 2016 Indian

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written and directed by M. Saravanan and produced by N. K. Lohith under the Sunshine Creations banner. An adaptation of Saravanan's own Tamil-language film ''

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'', the film stars

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajk ...

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, and

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Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

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Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

play supporting roles.

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composed the film's score and soundtrack. The film was dubbed in Hindi with the same name by ''Shree International'' and is dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Civil Engineer''. The key sequences of the film (not found in the Tamil version) went on to be re-used in the Odia remake version '' Abhaya'' (2017).

Plot

Sadashivayya, who was a former gangster and present

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Law minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, ...

asks for an illegal

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in student admissions in Government Law College, but the principal refuses. In order to remove the principal, he instigates

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in the law college campus using his students in the college. One of the students manages to come out of the campus, but gets badly wounded. Before fainting, he reveals Sadashivayya's plan to a

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named Lohith. Lohith, along with his compounder friend Sadhu, takes the student to the hospital and learns that he is suffering from blood loss. Lohith then takes Anjali, a college student where he makes her to donate blood, but the next day the student dies, and his grief-stricken mother screams in public. Lohith takes the incident seriously and kidnaps Omkaar, who is the paroled-brother of the Sadashivayya and the prepatators behind the

in the college, where he locks him in an abandoned construction site. The next day, Omkaar tries to escape, but Lohith disguises himself where he thrashes Omkaar and locks him in another room. Sadashivayya tries to find Omkaar, but to no avail where he is arrested as he had given legal assurance for his brother's

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. Lohith then leaves Omkaar in the highway and Omkaar is taken to the hospital by his henchmen. When he learns of his brother's imprisonment, He swears vengeance on Lohith and decide to track Lohith secretly by pretending to be unstable. When the police learn about Omkaar's plan, they try to arrest him, but Omkar escapes and Omkaar stops a biker for lift, who is revealed to be Lohith. Lohith manages to subdue the police. Soon after, Omkaar escapes leaving Lohith. Omkaar then realizes that Lohith was the kidnapper. Later, Anjali, who is in love with Lohith teases him, to which Lohith angrily rejects Anjali. Though devastated, Anjali selflessly calls Omkaar and tells him that she knows the kidnapper. At the hideout, Anjali shows him an article that he crashed in a bike accident. Omkaar knows Anjali was lying where he kidnaps her and brings her to the same building where Lohith had kept Omkaar for days. Meanwhile, ACP Raghu starts interrogating Sadashivayya. Just then, Sadashivayya tries to escape, but Raghu shoots him. Omkaar challenges Lohith to save the people who are beloved to him. Lohith then reaches his home when he deduce that Omkaar was about to kidnap his mother. Lohith thrashes the goons where he brings Omkaar to the same building to learn where Anjali is kept hostage. Lohith manages to save Anjali. When he is taking her to the hospital, Omkaar tries to attack Lohith, but ACP Raghu shoots and kills Omkaar where he salutes Lohith and tells him to leave, Lohith leaves with Anjali and they reunite.

Cast

as Lohith *

as Anjali *

as Omkaar *

as Sadashivayya,

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as Sadhu *

as ACP Raghu *

as Lohith's mother * Sandeep Yadav as a spy * Sithara as a student's mother * Kichcha Sudeep as narrator (

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only)

Production

The movie made a profit before its release. As per sources, the distribution and audio rights of the movie had been sold out for an amount of ₹14 crores.

Development

In February 2015, it was reported that M. Saravanan and

would work together for the first time.

was selected to compose the music for the film. ''Chakravyuha'', was greatly anticipated because of the associated marketing.

Casting

was roped into playing the lead actress role, which marked her debut collaboration with

. Incidentally, actor

Vamsi Krishna Vamsi Krishna is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil films. He made his debut in ''Gharshana'' (2004) and went on to play the antagonist in films including ''Thadaiyara Thaakka'' (2012) and ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013). ...

was approached by director Saravanan to reprise the role he had done in the original, ''

''. However, the dates did not work out, and the role was offered to his friend

Filming

The film went on the floors in 2015. A song shoot has been shot in

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. This is the first Kannada movie whose song is shot in Portugal.

Release

The film release is planned for 29 April 2016, with a premier on 28 April at Australia. It is set to have a global opening and planned to release in more than 50 countries, including the UK,

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, US and Canada.

Soundtrack

Songs of the movie have been released on 17 March 2016, coinciding with the birthday of the actor

composed the soundtrack album (containing 4 songs) and background score for the film. The song recording of the movie commenced already,

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actor

N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. (born 20 May 1983), also known as Jr. N.T.R. or Tarak, is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu cinema. One of the highest paid Telugu film actors, Rama Rao Jr. has won several accolades, including two Fil ...

sung a song ''

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'', which was his first playback singing in

film and

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sung a song ''Yenaithu'', which was her first playback singing in any language, despite not knowing Kannada language. The beginning portion of the song "Ninthalli Nillalaare" reuses a part of Thaman's "Megastar Intro Theme" from '' Bruce Lee: The Fighter'' (2015). The album was also released in Hindi it contains 3 songs and all lyrics by Shree International Company

Critical reception

''Chakravyuha'' received mixed reviews from critics. ''

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'' wrote "how it was interesting that the hero's name is used only four times in the entire movie, that too in the second half only".

Awards and nominations

Mirchi Music Awards

Star as A Singing Sensation - Jr. NTR

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: * Best Actor in a Negative Role – Kannada – Nominated –

* Best Male Playback Singer – Kannada – Nominated - Jr. NTR

References

External links

* {{M._Saravanan_(film_director) 2016 films 2010s Kannada-language films Films scored by Thaman S Kannada remakes of Tamil films Indian action thriller films 2016 action thriller films Films shot in Bangalore Indian films about revenge Films shot in Lisbon Films about corruption in India Indian action drama films Films about kidnapping in India Films set in Bangalore Indian nonlinear narrative films 2016 action drama films 2010s vigilante films Indian vigilante films