''General Chakravarthi'' is a 1978 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

-language film, directed by

D. Yoganand Dasari Yoganand (16 April 1922 – 23 November 2006) was a South Indian film director. Early life Yoganand was born in Madras under British India. His parents were Venkata Das, estate manager under Nawaab Raza Ali Khan of Machilipatnam, and La ...

and produced by Chinna Annamalai. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 16 June 1978, and emerged a success.

Plot

Cast

as General Chakravarthi * K. R. Vijaya as Dr. Bharathi *

Mohan Sharma Mohan Sharma is an Indian film and television actor, film producer, director and screenwriter, who works in South Indian films. He has produced more than 15 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. He became noted through his role in '' C ...

as Sekar * Kavitha as Rani * Thengai Srinivasan as Soman Nayar * Manorama as Ponnamma * T. P. Muthulakshmi as Annamma *

Typist Gopu Gopalarathnam, known by his stage name Typist Gopu, was an Indian actor known for comedy and supporting roles. He acted in over 600 stage plays and 400 films. Career A native of Manakkal, Lalgudi in Trichy district, Gopalarathnam was active ...

as Hotel owner *Usilamani

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.

Reception

P. S. M. of ''

Kalki Kalki ( sa, कल्कि), also called Kalkin or Karki, is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He is described to appear in order to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of exist ...

'' said the film could only be watched for the performances of Ganesan and Vijaya.

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* {{D. Yoganand 1970s Tamil-language films 1978 films Films directed by D. Yoganand Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian Army in films