Chanti (2004 film)

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Chanti
Chanti Telugu poster.jpg
Directed by Sobhan
Written byGopi Venkatesh (dialogues)
Screenplay byShahjahan Ravi,
Vivek
Story bySudha Satti
Produced byKrishna Kishore
Starring Ravi Teja
Charmme Kaur
Daisy Bopanna
Atul Kulkarni
Cinematography Prasad Murella
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by Sri
Production
company
Vijaya Bala Productions
Release date
  • 12 November 2004 (2004-11-12)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Chanti is a 2004 Indian Telugu action drama film. The film stars Ravi Teja and Charmme Kaur in lead roles. The film was directed by Sobhan and produced by Krishna Kishore. The film's music was composed by Sri. The film was released on 12 November 2004. [1] [2] This film was Sobhan's last film as a director before his death in 2008.

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Plot summary

Chanti (Ravi Teja), 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) 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 (Raja Ravindra), 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.

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Soundtrack

Chanti
Soundtrack album by
Sri
Released2004
Recorded2004
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Aditya Music
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Konangi Konangi"Sri, Kalpana 6:05
2."Ontlo Netturu" Karthik, Anuradha Sriram 5:29
3."Chema Chekka"Karthik, Kalpana, Grace4:46
4."Rukku Rukku"Gantadi Krishna4:20
5."Guppidi Guppidi"Karthik, Kalpana4:43
6."Mastani Mastani"Karthik, Anuradha Sriram5:03

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