Chatrapathi (2005 film)

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Chhatrapathi
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Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Written byS. S. Rajamouli (Screenplay)
V. Vijayendra Prasad (Story)
M. Rathnam (Dialogues)
Produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad
Starring Prabhas
Shriya Saran
Shafi
Bhanupriya
Pradeep Rawat
Cinematography K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Distributed by Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
Release date
  • 29 September 2005 (2005-09-29)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹12.5 Crore
Box office₹16.5 Crore (Distributors' Share)

Chhatrapathi is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film co-written & directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad. The film stars Prabhas and Shriya Saran, alongside Shafi, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat play supporting roles. M. M. Keeravani composed the music, while Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and K. K. Senthil Kumar handled the cinematography and editing.

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Chhatrapathi was released on 29 September 2005 and emerged as a super hit, collecting an estimated distributors' share of ₹16.5 Crore ($3.74 Million) against a budget of ₹12.5 Crore ($2.83 Million). [1] [2] [3] [lower-alpha 1] The film won two Nandi Awards - Best Supporting Actress for Bhanupriya and Best Music Director for Keeravani. The film was remade in Bengali as Refugee (2006), in Bengali Bangladesh as Kothor (2007), in Kannada with the same name in 2013 and in Hindi with the same name in 2023.

Plot

Parvati lives on the coast of Sri Lanka and adopts Sivaji as her son. Parvati shows equal affection to her biological son Ashok, but Ashok becomes jealous of Sivaji. One day, the villagers are forced to evacuate the coast and a fire accident occurs. Ashok separates Sivaji from his family by lying to Pravati that Sivaji died in the fire accident. Sivaji ends up in a different boat and lands in Vizag port, which is dominated by Baji Rao, who uses refugee labor for his gain.

Years later, Sivaji grows up to be an aggressive guy and still searches for his mother. One day, Sivaji reacts violently in defense of the other refugees and kills Baji Rao's right-hand man Katraju after he killed a child named Suri. Enraged, Baji Rao attacks the slum and kills Sivaji's friend when he tried to save other children in the port. Sivaji revolts against Baji Rao and hacks him to death, thus leading the people to refer him as Chhatrapathi.

Baji Rao's brother Ras Bihari arrives in Vizag and learns about his brother's death and begins to hunt Sivaji. Ashok also lands in the same place, where he realizes that Sivaji is his brother and joins hands with Ras Bihari. Despite this, Sivaji manages to reunite with Parvati and also kills Ras Bihari, thus saving the port from any danger. Ashok also realize his mistake and apologize to Sivaji and Parvati, where they reunite and live happily.

Cast

Themes

In an interview with Idlebrain.com , Rajamouli described Chhatrapathi as a "mother sentiment film", which also deals with the exploitation of immigrants who come to India from the places and live without any official identity. When questioned about similarities to the American film Scarface , he said that his father V. Vijayendra Prasad, who wrote Chhatrapathi, watched Scarface and got inspired by the point of immigrants' problems, but there were no scenic resemblances between the two films. [5]

Soundtrack

Chhatrapathi
Soundtrack album by
M. M. Keeravani
Released14 September 2005 (2005-09-14)
Recorded2005
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length31:59
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Rog
(2005)		Chhatrapathi
(2005)		 Anukokunda Oka Roju
(2005)

The film has seven songs composed by M. M. Keeravani. The track Gundusoodi has been reused from the song Kambangaadu from the Tamil movie Vaaname Ellai (1992) also composed by M. M. Keeravani. The song Agni Skalana was inspired from the Main Theme of the video game Myst IV: Revelation (2004) composed by Jack Wall.

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."A Vachhi B Pai Valli" Chandra Bose M. M. Keeravani, Mathangi Jagdish 4:44
2."Agni Skalana"Siva Shakti DattaM. M. Keeravani, Mathangi Jagdish, Mangari3:09
3."Summa Masuriyaaa"Chandra Bose Sunitha Upadrashta, Smita, Kalyani Malik, Niraj Pandit4:40
4."Nallanivanni" Veturi K. S. Chithra 5:30
5."Mannela Tintivira"Siva Shakti Datta Tippu, Smita, Karate Kalyani 4:58
6."Gundusoodi"Chandra BoseSunitha Upadrashta, M. M. Keeravani4:18
7."Gala Gala Gala"Chandra BoseK. S. Chithra, Jassie Gift, Neerippal4:40
Total length:31:59

Reception

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote "The film has all the masala ingredients for the present day young generation. Though the storyline is routine, it is the directorial treatment and good screenplay that do the trick for the film." [6] Sify rated the film 2/5 and wrote, "a swell cast with a young action hero and add a dash of digital wizardry to the stunts and cook up an unimaginative script as an aftermath and serve it piping hot! Chhatrapathi works to a certain extent thanks to the tall handsome hunk Prabhas." [7] Jeevi of Idlebrain gave 3.5/5 stars and observed that the film's similarities with Scarface and Deewaar , but opined that it stands on its own owing to Rajamouli's direction and Prabhas' performance. [8] [9]

Box office

The film had a 100-day run in 54 venues. [10]

Awards and nominations

AwardsCategoryNomineeResult
Nandi Awards [11] Best Supporting Actress Bhanupriya Won
Best Music Director M. M. Keeravani Won
53rd Filmfare Awards South [12] Best Film B. V. S. N. Prasad Nominated
Best Director S. S. Rajamouli Nominated
Best Actor Prabhas Nominated
Best Actress Shriya Saran Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Shafi Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Bhanupriya Nominated
Best Comedian Venu Madhav Nominated
Best Villain Pradeep Rawat Nominated
Best Music Director M. M. Keeravani Nominated
Best Lyricist Shiva Shaki Datta (for song "Agni Skalana")Nominated

Dubbed versions and remakes

The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Chandramouli (2013), in Malayalam as Chhatrapathi (2011), and in Hindi as Hukumat Ki Jung (2009).

The film was remade in Bengali as Refugee (2006) starring Prosenjit and Rambha, in Bengali Bangladesh as Kothor (2007), with Alexander Bo and Moumita, and in Kannada with the same name in 2013, with Siddhanth and Priyadarshini. [13] It was remade in Hindi with the same name starring Bellamkonda Sreenivas making his debut in Hindi cinema. [14]

Notes

  1. ↑ The average exchange rate in 2005 was 44.10 Indian rupees (₹) per 1 US dollar (US$). [4]

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