Chakravyuham: The Trap

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Chakravyuham: The Trap
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Directed byChetkuri Madhusudhan
Written byChetkuri Madhusudhan
Produced byChetkuri Savithri
Starring
  • Ajay
  • Gnaneswari Kandregula
  • Vivek Trivedi
  • Urvashi pardeshi
  • Pragya Nayan
CinematographyG V Ajay kumar
Edited byJesvin Prabu
Music byBharath Manchiraju
Distributed byMythri Movie Distributors LLP
Release date
  • 2 June 2023 (2023-06-02)
Running time
111.24 Minutes
CountryIndia
Budget2 Cr
Box office2.5 Cr

Chakravyuham-The Trap is a 2023 Indian Telugu language crime thriller film written and directed by Chetkuri Madhusudhan and produced by Chetkuri Savithri co produced by Chetkuri Venkatesh and Chetkuri Anusha under the banner of Sahasra Creations. The film starring Ajay and Gnaneswari Kandregula in the lead roles. [1] [2] [3] The film was released on 2 June 2023. It was also released on Amazon Prime Video on 5 July 2023.

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Plot

The story starts with C.I.Satya narrating his experience during the investigation of the case. The murder of Siri, wife and business partner of Sanjay and family friend of Sharath. Satya, had a gut feeling from the start that Sanjay murdered his wife for a variety of reasons.

Satya starts his investigation and learns that Siri and Sanjay are a happy couple who had a love marriage. He also finds that Siri has been regularly talking to Sharath on the phone for the past 6 months before her death, suspecting infedility. He also discovers about Siri's parents being divorced due to money issues making Siri indifferent to too much money and she decides to donate an ancestor property her grandfather gave her to an old age home. This causes an argument between Siri and Sanjay when the latter objects to it. All characters surrounding the victim are suspected because the murder was staged to look like a robbery yet there was no violent entrance into the house. Mallik is Sanjay and Sharath's manager. Shilpa and Mythri are their trusted employees. Siri and Sanjay's maid is Lakshmi, Ramu is Lakshmi's husband, Shakuntala Devi is Siri's mother, and Srinivas is Siri's stepfather. Ravi, a hooligan, who Sanjay thrashed as he misbehaved with Siri on the road. With this information Satya goes to Ravi's house to nab him, but he is found dead alongside the cash and jewellery which was missing from Siri's house, confirming him to be Siri's killer. Later as the investigation proceeds each character is shown to have their own motive to kill Siri. Despite Satya's great doubts about Sanjay, he attempted to obtain tangible evidence on Sanjay by researching all the characters around Siri, but Satya unexpectedly had to travel through the ups and downs of the characters, ending up with stronger doubts about each figure around Siri than on Sanjay.

Each piece of evidence discovered in this case adds a fresh twist and casts doubt on the individual figure. In the end, it is revealed that the real mastermind behind the murder is Shilpa and Mallik. Shilpa is in love with Sanjay and tries to seduce him multiple times but in vain. Mallik is in love with Shilpa who doesn't care him due to Sanjay. Shilpa seduces Mallik and asks him to kill Siri as she loves Sanjay and promises him to fund his own business once she is in a relation with Sanjay, to which he instantly agrees. They both hire Ravi to kill Siri and Mallik asks Ravi to leave the murder weapon (a paper cutter with Sanjay's fingerprints on it) which Mallik stole from the office (about which Shilpa is unaware) as Mallik plans to trap Sanjay in the case, so that he can have Shilpa for himself. Ravi kills Siri and takes all the cash and jewellery along with the murder weapon. This leads to a squabble between the three, and ends up Mallik and Shilpa killing Ravi. Sharath also finds out about Mallik and Shilpa and the two end up killing him as well. At last, Mallik and Shilpa are imprisoned and Sanjay is free.

After 3 months, Sanjay receives an insurance of both Siri and Sharath valuing 25 crores each and the property which Siri wanted to donate to the old age home valuing another 50 crores. It is shown that it was Sanjay all along who cleverly planned everything from the start. Sanjay an orphan, befriends Sharath, a rich guy and a family friend of Siri's who treats her like his sister. Siri falls in love with Sanjay and the latter cleverly traps her for her property. Sanjay also learns about Shilpa's obsession with him and cunningly manipulates her to kill Siri, without getting him involved and eventually succeeding in it. At the end Sanjay who is happily returning home with the documents, is hit by a truck and the driver informs Satya that the work is done, revealing that Satya figured out Sanjay's plan and killed him as there is no proof of his crime. [1]

Cast

Reception

The film received a mixed critical response. [3] ABP Desam gave the film 2.5 stars out of five. [4]

Home media

The movie was released on Amazon Prime Video on 5 July 2023.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 "Chakravyuham - The Trap: Actor Ajay's mystery crime thriller gets a release date". The Times of India. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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  3. 1 2 Desk, HT Telugu. "Chakravyuham The Trap Movie Review: చ‌క్ర‌వ్యూహం ది ట్రాప్ మూవీ రివ్యూ - మ‌ర్డ‌ర్ మిస్ట‌రీ థ్రిల్ల‌ర్ మూవీ ఎలా ఉందంటే?". Hindustantimes Telugu (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. Chakravyuham Movie Review - 'చక్రవ్యూహం' రివ్యూ : ఆస్తి కోసం ఒకరు, ప్రేమ కోసం మరొకరు - మర్డర్ మిస్టరీలో దోషి ఎవరు? [Chakravyuham Movie Review - 'Chakravyuham' Review : One for property, another for love - who is the culprit in the murder mystery?]. ABP Desam (in Telugu). 2 June 2023. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.