Ashoka Chakravarthy
| Ashoka Chakravarthy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | S. S. Ravi Chandra |
| Produced by | Smt. Kaaja Venkataravamma |
| Written by |
Paruchuri Brothers (story / dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | S. S. Ravi Chandra |
| Starring |
Nandamuri Balakrishna Bhanupriya Suparna Anand |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | Nandamuri Mohana Krishna |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Production company |
Sri Venkateswara Art Productions.[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Ashoka Chakravarthy is a 1989 Telugu, Action film produced by Smt. Kaaja Venkataravamma on Sri Venkateswara Art Productions banner and directed by S. S. Ravi Chandra. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bhanupriya in the lead roles and music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[2] The film was an unofficial remake of Malayalam film Aryan[3]
Plot
Vedam Venkata Ashok (Nandamuri Balakrishna) belongs to an orthodox traditional bramin works as a priest in a temple. Urmila (Bhanupriya) and Ashok are in love. But Urmila's father Shanmukha Sastry (Gollapudi Maruti Rao) has betrayed Ashok's father Vedam (J. V. Somayajulu) and is trying to adopt their whole property pushing them down to below poverty line. Adiseshayya (Narra Venkateswara Rao) and Shanmukha Sastry had planned together and have declared Ashok as a thief and had sent him to jail. After returning from jail, Ashok's father had restricted him to enter into the house. Ashok has now decided to go to any safe place and earn a lot of money due to which he can again be held up his family's pride. In this situation, he comes across Karim Saheeb (Satyanarayana) in Bombay and gets involved in illegal and corrupt activities in the city. By doing all this Ashok turns as Ashoka Chakravarthy and earns lots of money but will he be able to regain his parents confidence and their love, for whom he had jumped into such a trouble.[4]
Cast
- Nandamuri Balakrishna as Ashok
- Bhanupriya as Urmila
- Suparna Anand as Preeti
- Satyanarayana as Karim Saheb
- Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Shanmukha Shastri
- Sharat Saxena as Majid Khan
- Pradeep Shakthi as Police Inspector
- Ranganath as ACP Rohin Albert
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Johnson
- Harish as Salim
- J. V. Somayajulu
- P. L. Narayana as Abdullah
- Narra Venkateswara Rao as Aadi Sheshaiah
- Chalapathi Rao as Krishniah
- Vankayala Satyanarayana as Subba Rao
- Eeswar Rao as Krishna Moorti
- Tata Appa Rao
- Vijaya Rangaraju
- Anjali Devi as Meenakshi
- Tatineni Rajeswari as Alivelu
- Jyothi as Rukmini
- Indira as Gayatri
- Bhagya Lakshmi as Anarkali
Soundtrack
| Ashoka Chakravarthy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film score by Ilaiyaraaja | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 23:15 | |||
| Label | Echo Audio | |||
| Producer | Ilaiyaraaja | |||
| Ilaiyaraaja chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Lyrics written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on Echo Audio Company.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yendaro Mahanubhavulu" | SP Balu, S. Janaki | 5:06 |
| 2. | "Aba Rupamentha" | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:33 |
| 3. | "Limmaripu" | SP Balu,Chitra | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Suvvi Suvvi" | SP Balu,Chitra | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Janak Janak" | SP Balu,S.Janaki | 4:28 |
Total length: |
23:15 | ||
Others
- VCDs and DVDs on - HYDERABAD Videos, Hyderabad
References
- ↑ "Ashoka Chakravarthy (Overview)". IMDb.
- ↑ "Ashoka Chakravarthy (Review)". teluguoldone.
- ↑ "Ashoka Chakravarthy (Cast & Crew)". Chitr.com.
- ↑ "Ashoka Chakravarthy (Story)". The Cine Bay.
- ↑ "Ashoka Chakravarthy (Songs)". Raaga.