| Chatrapathi | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | S. S. Rajamouli |
| Screenplay by | S. S. Rajamouli |
| Dialogues by |
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| Story by | V. Vijayendra Prasad |
| 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 |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹12.5 crore (US$2.5 million) |
| Box office | est.₹21–22 crore (US$5 million) distributors' share |
Chatrapathi is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film co-written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad. The film stars Prabhas and Shriya Saran while Shafi, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat play supporting roles. Aarthi Agarwal and Mumaith Khan made a guest appearance.
Chatrapathi was released on 29 September 2005, and it emerged as a blockbuster, collecting an estimated distributors' share of ₹32 crore ($5 million) against a budget of ₹12.5 crore ($2.8 million).[1][2][3][lower-alpha 1] The film won two Nandi Awards - Best Supporting Actress for Bhanupriya and Best Music Director for M. M. 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 Chatrapathi.
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
- Prabhas as Sivaji / Chatrapathi
- Manoj Nandam as Young Sivaji
- Shriya Saran as Neelu
- Bhanupriya as Parvati, Sivaji's step-mother and Ashok's mother
- Shafi as Ashok/Akash, Sivaji's step-brother
- Teja Sajja as Young Ashok
- Seiloosh Bhaswanth as Suryudu
- Pradeep Rawat as Ras Bihari
- Narendra Jha as Baji Rao
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Appala Nayudu
- Ajay as Ajay, Sivaji's friend
- Kamal Kamaraju as Sivaji's friend
- Supreeth as Katraju, Baji Rao's right-hand man
- Venu Madhav as Mahesh Nanda
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Commissioner
- Surya as Syed Jaffar Khan
- Subbaraya Sharma as Commissioner's assistant
- Srinivasa Reddy as Appala Nayudu's assistant
- L. B. Sriram as Sattana, Sivaji's neighbor and a tea stall owner
- Jeeva as boat Agent
- Stunt Silva as Satti, Baji Rao's henchman
- Karate Kalyani as Fisherwoman
- Sekhar as Bhadram, Sivaji's best friend
- SS Kanchi as Clerk in Commissioner's Office
- Raghava as Dr. Vihari
- Y. Vijaya
- Anita Chowdary
- Mumaith Khan special appearance in the item song "Mannela Tintivira"
- Aarthi Agarwal special appearance in the song "Summa Masuriyaaa"
Themes
In an interview with Idlebrain.com, Rajamouli described Chatrapathi 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 Chatrapathi, watched Scarface and got inspired by the point of immigrants' problems, but there were no scenic resemblances between the two films.[5]
Soundtrack
| Chhatrapathi | ||||
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| Released | 14 September 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 31:59 | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | M. M. Keeravani | |||
| M. M. Keeravani chronology | ||||
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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.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "A Vachhi B Pai Valli" | Chandra Bose | M. M. Keeravani, Mathangi Jagdish | 4:44 |
| 2. | "Agni Skalana" | Siva Shakti Datta | M. M. Keeravani, Mathangi Jagdish, Mangari | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Summa Masuriyaaa" | Chandra Bose | Sunitha Upadrashta, Smita, Kalyani Malik, Niraj Pandit | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Nallanivanni" | Veturi | K. S. Chithra | 5:30 |
| 5. | "Mannela Tintivira" | Siva Shakti Datta | Tippu, Smita, Karate Kalyani | 4:58 |
| 6. | "Gundusoodi" | Chandra Bose | Sunitha Upadrashta, M. M. Keeravani | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Gala Gala Gala" | Chandra Bose | K. S. Chithra, Jassie Gift, Neerippal | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 31:59 | |||
Reception
Critical reception
A reviewer from The Hindu felt that though the storyline was routine, its screenplay and direction did 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! Chatrapati works to a certain extent thanks to the tall handsome hunk Prabhas."[7] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film 3.5/5 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
| Awards | Category | Nominee | Result |
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| 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 Chatrapathi (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
References
- ↑ "Chatrapati - Post mortem - SS Rajamouli". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ↑ "#Birthdayspecial: Before the grand success of Baahubali, Prabhas delivered these hits". Times Now news. 23 October 2017.
- ↑ Focus, Filmy (4 August 2021). "Box office collections data for Rajamouli's films is here - Filmy Focus". Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - India". World Bank. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ↑ "Interview with SS Raja Mouli by Jeevi". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 22 September 2005.
- ↑ "Film Review:Chatrapati — Sivaji wields mass appeal". The Hindu. 1 October 2005. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Chatrapati". Sify. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ↑ "Chatrapati - Telugu cinema Review - Prabhas, Shriya". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ↑ "Chatrapati: Not worth a watch".
- ↑ "Chatrapati - Telugu cinema - 100 days centers - Prabhas & Shriya". Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ↑ "Telugu Cinema Etc – Nandi award winners list 2005". Idlebrain.com. 11 November 2006. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ↑ "53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-South Winners". CineGoer.com. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ↑ "Kannada film Chatrapathi in trouble over title use". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ "Chatrapathi to be remade in Hindi". India Today.
External links
- Chhatrapati at IMDb