''Justice Chakravarthy'' is a 1984

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-language legal drama film, produced and directed by

Dasari Narayana Rao Dasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1947 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and politician known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, in addition to Hindi cinema. He has directed more than 150 ...

under his Taraka Prabhu Films banner. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao,

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, Sumalatha, Suhasini and music composed by

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Plot

The film opens with Justice Chakravarthy (Akkineni Nageswara Rao), a champion of justice, leading a happy life with his wife Jayanthi (Jayasudha), three children - Kalyan (also Akkineni Nageswara Rao) who is an advocate, Inspector Pavan Kumar (Murali Mohan) and a daughter Lakshmi (Suhasini). Chakravarthy loves his daughter dearly and arranges her marriage to a seemingly intelligent man named Pratap (Pratap Pothan). However, after the marriage, it is revealed that Pratap is a hardcore criminal who had married Lakshmi only to protect himself from the judiciary. When Pratap's henchman Ganganna (Arjan Janardhan Rao) is caught by the police and a case is filed in court, Pratap threatens Chakravarthy to give a judgment in his favor. However, Chakravarthy refuses and sentences him. Enraged, Pratap kills Lakshmi and cleverly escapes the sentence using a cunning lawyer named Baroda Bachchan (Dasari Narayana Rao). Chakravarthy is pressured to give a judgment in favor of Pratap, but he refuses, causing his entire family to leave him. Jayanthi passes away due to the stress of the situation. Chakravarthy decides to take revenge and kills Pratap, surrendering himself to the police. In court, he agrees to being guilty, but Baroda Bachchan arrives and proves Chakravarthy innocent. However, Chakravarthy's conscience haunts him as he cannot accept that he took the law into his own hands. Thus, he alone enters the court hall, stands in the witness box, prosecutes himself, and gives himself a judgment of death sentence. The next day, Chakravarthy is found dead in the court hall.

Cast

* Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Justice Chakravarthy & Kalyan (Dual role) *

as Jayanthi * Sumalatha as Latha * Suhasini as Lakshmi *

as Lawyer Baroda Bachchan * Murali Mohan as Inspector Pavan Kumar * Pratap K. Pothen as Pratap *

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as Dawood *Arjan Janardhan Rao as Gaganna *

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as herself in

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* Anuradha as item number *Vijaya Chamundeswari (daughter of Savitri) as Pavan's wife

Crew

*Art: Bhaskar Raju *Choreography: Saleem *Stills: M. Krishna *Fights: Sambasiva Rao *Playback: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam,

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

, S. P. Sailaja *Music:

*Editing: B. Krishnam Raju *Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj *Story - Screenplay - Dialogues - Lyrics - Producer - Director:

*Banner: Taraka Prabhu Films *Release Date: 20 September 1984

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Lyrics were written by Dasari Narayana Rao. Music released on SEA Records Audio Company.

References

{{Dasari Narayana Rao 1980s legal drama films Indian legal drama films Indian courtroom films Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao Films scored by Ramesh Naidu 1980s Telugu-language films