''Chanti'' is a 2004 Indian

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film. The film stars

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and

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in lead roles. The film was directed by

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and produced by Krishna Kishore. The film's music was composed by

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. The film was released on 12 November 2004.https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/chanti/telugu/chanti-movie-reviews-2109-2.html This film was Sobhan's last film as a director before his death in 2008.

Plot summary

Chanti (

), a soldier, arrives at his village for his father Madhav Rao's ( Ranganath) funeral. He is bequeathed a huge property which he plans to use for his blind sister Jyothi (Revathi) to get her married. Unfortunately, the land happens to be between two proposed sites for a road in which the local MLA Sarvarayudu (

Atul Kulkarni Atul Kulkarni (born 10 September 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, English, Odia and Telugu language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actor ...

) has an interest, as it leads to his sugar factory. He offers to buy it from Chanti, who refuses, citing it as a memorial of his father. Chanti's sister is married to Raja Ravindra (

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), Chanti's army friend. However, the MLA kills Raja. Later, Chanti avenges his friend's and father's deaths, protecting his father's memorial site.

Cast

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 2000s Telugu-language films 2004 films Indian action drama films 2000s masala films 2004 action drama films Films directed by Sobhan {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub