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Wikipedia article
'Chennakesava Reddy' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by V. V. Vinayak. The film is produced by Bellamkonda Suresh under the Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Tabu, and Shriya Saran with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was commercially successful and emerged as one of the biggest hits in Balakrishna's career.
Plot
Bharat is a sincere and dedicated police officer in Mumbai. In a short period, he is regarded as a fearless officer who could single-handedly bring the guilty to justice. Preethi is a medico and the daughter of Police Commissioner 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 the 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. Inevitably, Sivakrishna becomes an irritation to local faction leader, Dhanunjaya Reddy, 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 Chennakesava Reddy, who is considered a man of high respect in the region and has been missing for the past 22 years.
Sivakrishna finds Chennakesava Reddy in Tihar Jail having been imprisoned for some false cases. 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. Chennakesava Reddy halts the factionist activities of Dhanunjaya Reddy and his henchmen.
After knowing of the return of Chennakesava Reddy, his wife and son come to see him. Several years ago, Chennakesava Reddy was a generous and the most revered man in the village but has a rivalry with Venkata Reddy. In one of the worst incidents 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 cases against him and send him to Tihar Jail. However, Chennakesava Reddy's wife, Sita, and younger son Bharat escape the attack by Venkata Reddy and his men with the help of his followers and reach Mumbai.
Chennakesava Reddy starts taking revenge on his rivals one after the other, and there happens to be none to dare Chennakesava Reddy in Seema. To counter him, Dhanunjaya Reddy gets Bharath posted in Rayalaseema. The film continues with the son chasing the father to arrest the father, moving ahead in his mission of revenge.
Cast
* Nandamuri Balakrishna as Chennakesava Reddy / Bharath Reddy (Dual role)
* Tabu as Seeta
* Shriya Saran as Preethi
* Jaya Prakash Reddy as Venkat Reddy
* Anand Raj as Dhanunjaya Reddy
* Mohan Raj as Jai Reddy
* Brahmanandam as Seema Sastry
* Ali as Lagaan Khan
* Annapurna as Draupadi, Chennakesava Reddy's mother
* Devayani as Janaki, Chennakesava Reddy's sister
* Babloo Prithiveeraj as Krishna Reddy, Chennakesava Reddy's brother-in-law
* Devan as Judge Ravi Reddy
* L.B. Sriram as Hippi Lahari
* Venu Madhav as Prisoner
* Siva Krishna as S.P. Ramaraju
* Ahuti Prasad as Shivaji Reddy, Seeta's brother
* Chalapathi Rao as Sathi Reddy
* Vizag Prasad as Police Commissioner Prasad
* Raghu Babu as Giri Reddy, Venkat Reddy's son
* Nagineedu as Minister
* Ponnambalam
* M. S. Narayana
* Fish Venkat as Venkat
Soundtrack
Music was composed by Mani Sharma. Music was released on Supreme Music Company.
Reception
'The Hindu' critic Gudipoodi Srihari in his review appreciated Balakrishna's portrayal of dual roles of father and son, in addition to Sharma's music score. However, he added that: "The father-son clash looks routine and dilutes the spirit of the movie." 'Sify' rated 3/5 and criticised the film stating, "it is the same old Rayalaseema faction fight recreated with more sprinkling of blood and gore."
References
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