''Chandraguptha Chanakya'' is a 1940 Indian

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ...

historical drama film produced and directed by C. K. Sachi with Bhavani K. Sambamurthy and

N. C. Vasanthakokilam Nagapattinam Chandrashekharan Vasanthakokilam (1919 – 7 November 1951) was a Carnatic singer and actress. Her work included the performances of kritis by Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar and in the years after Indian independence, sh ...

in the lead roles.

Storyline

Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya (350-295 BCE) was a ruler in Ancient India who expanded a geographically-extensive kingdom based in Magadha and founded the Maurya dynasty. He reigned from 320 BCE to 298 BCE. The Maurya kingdom expanded to become an empi ...

is the founder of the

Maurya Empire The Maurya Empire, or the Mauryan Empire, was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in the Indian subcontinent based in Magadha, having been founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, and existing in loose-knit fashion until 1 ...

. His advisor was

Chanakya Chanakya (Sanskrit: चाणक्य; IAST: ', ; 375–283 BCE) was an ancient Indian polymath who was active as a teacher, author, strategist, philosopher, economist, jurist, and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya o ...

who is traditionally identified as Kautilya who authored ''

Arthashastra The ''Arthashastra'' ( sa, अर्थशास्त्रम्, ) is an Ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, political science, economic policy and military strategy. Kautilya, also identified as Vishnugupta and Chanakya, is ...

''. The film brought alive these two personalities.

Cast

Bhavani K. Sambamurthy as ''Chandragupta''

as ''Princess Chaaya''
Brihadambal
T. K. Kalyanam
S. S. Kokko and P. Saradambal

Soundtrack

Papanasam Sivan composed the music.

, who is an accomplished musician rendered a few songs.

References

External links

* * - Bhavani K. Sambamurthy * - A song from the film 1940 films 1940s Tamil-language films Indian black-and-white films Indian historical drama films 1940s historical drama films 1940 drama films {{1940s-Tamil-film-stub