Chennakesava Reddy
| Chennakesava Reddy | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | V. V. Vinayak |
| Produced by | Bellamkonda Suresh |
| Written by | Paruchuri Brothers(dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | V. V. Vinayak |
| Story by | V. V. Vinayak |
| Starring |
Nandamuri Balakrishna Shriya Tabu |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | Ajay Vincent |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Production company |
Sri Sai Ganesh Productions |
Release dates |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Chennakesava Reddy is a 2002 (Telugu: చెన్నకేశవ రెడ్డి), action film produced by Bellamkonda Suresh on Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner, directed by V. V. Vinayak. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shriya and Tabu in the lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film met with positive reviews from critics as well as audience and recorded as Hit at box office.
Plot
Bharat (Balakrishna) is a sincere and dedicated police officer in Mumbai. In a short span of time, he is regarded as a fearless officer who could single-handedly bring the guilty to justice. Preethi (Shreya) is a medico and daughter of Police Commissioner Prasad (Vizag Prasad). She falls head over heels for Bharat, but this does not make any difference to the storyline of the present stream of faction backdrop movies.
Meanwhile, another super cop, Sivakrishna, working in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, becomes a person in the news as a daring and dashing police officer who never bows his head to politicians. Inevitable Sivakrishna becomes an itch to local faction leader, Dhanunjaya Reddy (Anantraj), who runs a parallel government in that region. When Sivakrishna falls victim to the political clout of Dhanunjaya Reddy he is demoted and transferred to Tihar Jail as a lower rank officer. In between is shown a statue of Chenna Kesava Reddy, who is considered as a man of high respect in the region and is missing for the past 22 years.
Sivakrishna finds Chenna Kesava Reddy in Tihar Jail being imprisoned on some false case. Sivakrishna makes every effort to get Chennakesava Reddy released. When Chennakesava Reddy returns to his village after 22 years, he is pompously welcomed by one and all. Chennakesva Reddy halts the factionalist activities of Dhanunjaya Reddy and his henchmen.
After knowing the return of Chennakesva Reddy, his wife and son come to see him. Now the movie turns into the flashback, in which Chennakesava Reddy is shown as a generous and the most revered man in the village but has the rivalry with Venkata Reddy (Jayaprakash Reddy). In one of the worst spar between the rivals, Chennakesava Reddy’s rivals hack his entire family members to death. When their bid to kill Chennakesava Reddy falls short, they wangle some false case against him and send him to Tihar Jail. However, Chennakesava Reddy's wife Sita (Tabu), younger son Bharat (Balakrishna) escape the attack by Venkata Reddy and his men with the help of his follower and reach Mumbai.
Chennakesave Reddy starts taking revenge on his rivals one after the other and there happens to be none to dare Chennakesave Reddy in the Seema. In order to counter him, Dhanunjaya Reddy gets Bharath posted in Seema. The movie continues with the son the chasing father to arrest – father moving ahead in his mission revenge.
Cast
- Nandamuri Balakrishna as Chennakesava Reddy & Bharat (Duelrole)
- Shirya as Preethi
- Tabu as Seeta
- Devayani as Chennakesava Reddy's Sister
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Venkat Reddy
- Anand Raj as Dhanunjaya Reddy
- Mohan Raj as Jai Reddy
- Prudhvi Raj as Chennakesava Reddy's Brother-in-law
- Devan as Judge
- Siva Krishna as S.P.
- Ahuti Prasad as Seeta's Brother
- Chalapathi Rao as Satthi Reddy
- Vizag Prasad as Police Commissioner Prasad
- Raghu Babu as Venkat Reddy's Son
- Brahmanandam as Seema Satry
- Ali as Shahrukh Khan
- L.B. Sriram as Hippi Lahari
- Venu Madhav as Prisoner
- M.S. Narayana
- Annapurna as Chennakesava Reddy's Mother
Soundtrack
| Chennakesava Reddy | ||||
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| Film score by Mani Sharma | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:23 | |||
| Label | Supreme Music | |||
| Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
| Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Mani Sharma. All songs are Hit tracks. Music released on Supreme Music Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Care" | Chandrabose | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Hai Hai" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | SP Balu, Sunitha | 5:29 |
| 3. | "Bakara Bakara" | Chandrabose | Udit Narayan, Chitra | 5:19 |
| 4. | "Nee Koppulona" | Srinivas | SP Balu, Kousalya | 5:04 |
| 5. | "Em Pilla Kushalama" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | SP Balu, Sujatha | 5:12 |
| 6. | "Telupu Telupu" | Chandrabose | SP Balu,Chitra | 4:39 |
Total length: |
30:23 | |||
Release
The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil as Adhikesavan.