Chanakya Sapatham
Chanakya Shapatham is a 1986 Indian Telugu language action film starring Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Rao Gopal Rao and Satyanarayana, produced by D. V. S. Raju and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.
The film marked the third collaboration of Chiranjeevi with Raghavendra Rao after two highly successful films : Adavi Donga and Kondaveeti Raja. However, unlike their previous ventures, Chanakya Shapatham was a critical and commercial failure. Paruchuri brothers had scripted all three films.
Plot
Chanakya, a customs officer at an airport, is the son of a Military Major who is about to be awarded Padma Shri for his services. Chanakya catches the smuggling ring of Rana, and in retaliation they frame Chanakya's father for smuggling diamonds. Faced with humiliation, Chanakya challenges the villains of proving his father's innocence and bringing the culprits to justice. Shashirekha, an airhostess who works with Chanakya, who has problems with her sister's family, for her mother-in-law always threatens for more dowry. The rest of the story deals with how both of them fight for their causes in settling their professional and personal issues and come out successfully to be united in the marital knot forms the story.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Chakravarthy.