Chatrapathi (2005 film)
{{short description|2005 film directed by S. S. Rajamouli}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chatrapathi
| image = Chhatrapati movie poster.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| writer =
| screenplay = S. S. Rajamoulii
Dialogues:
M. Rathnam
| starring = Prabhas
Shriya Saran
Shafi
Bhanupriya
Pradeep Rawat
| director = S. S. Rajamouli
| story = V. Vijayendra Prasad
| producer = B. V. S. N. Prasad
| distributor = Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
| editing = Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
| studio = Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
| cinematography = K. K. Senthil Kumar
| released = {{Film date|2005|09|29|df=y}}
| runtime = 165 minutes
| narrator =
| music = M. M. Keeravani
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Chatrapathi is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who also co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Prabhas
The film follows Sivaji, a Sri Lankan refugee who gets separated from his mother after his brother Ashok falsely declares him dead. Raised in Visakhapatnam's criminal docks, he grows into a rebel leader hailed as "Chatrapathi". Now he must choose between vengeance and reuniting with the mother who believes him dead, while his vengeful brother and his enemy Ras Bihari join forces.
Chatrapathi was released on 29 September 2005 and emerged as a blockbuster, collecting an estimated distributors' share of {{INR}}21 crore against a budget of {{INR}}12.5 crore.{{Cite web |title=Chatrapati - Post mortem - SS Rajamouli |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/chatrapati.html |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Idlebrain.com}}{{cite web|title=#Birthdayspecial: Before the grand success of Baahubali, Prabhas delivered these hits|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/prabhas-hit-films-telugu-baahubali-billa-mr-perfect-darling-varsham-yogi-chhatrapathi/160229|work=Times Now news|date=23 October 2017}}{{Cite web |last=Focus |first=Filmy |date=2021-08-04 |title=Box office collections data for Rajamouli's films is here - Filmy Focus |url=https://filmyfocus.com/box-office-collections-data-for-rajamoulis-films-is-here/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |language=en-US}}{{Efn|The average exchange rate in 2005 was 44.10 Indian rupees ({{INR}}) per 1 US dollar (US$).{{Cite web |date= |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - India |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2021&locations=IN&start=1960&view=chart |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=World Bank}}|name=exchange2005}} The film won two Nandi Awards - Best Supporting Actress for Bhanupriya and Best Music Director for Keeravani. The film was remade in Bengali as Refugee (2006), in Bangladeshi Bengali 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
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- Prabhas as Sivaji / Chatrapathi
- Shriya Saran as Neelu, Shivaji's girlfriend
- Bhanupriya as Parvati, Sivaji's step-mother and Ashok's mother
- Shafi as Ashok/Akash, Sivaji's step-brother
- Pradeep Rawat as Ras Bihari
- Narendra Jha as Baji Rao
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as MLA Appala Nayudu
- Master Teja as Young Ashok
- Manoj Nandam as Young Sivaji
- 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 / Katusumo
- 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"
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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 (1983), 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/ssrajamouli.html|title=Interview with SS Raja Mouli by Jeevi|website=Idlebrain.com|access-date=22 September 2005}}
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
| name = Chatrapathi
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = M. M. Keeravani
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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2005|9|14}}
| recorded = 2005
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| genre = Feature film soundtrack
| length = 31:59
| language = Telugu
| label = Aditya Music
| producer = M. M. Keeravani
| prev_title = Allari Bullodu
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Sri Ramadasu
| next_year = 2006
}}
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 plagiarized from the Main Theme of the video game Myst IV: Revelation (2004) composed by Jack Wall.
{{track listing
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| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 31:59
| title1 = A Vachhi B Pai Valli
| lyrics1 = Chandra Bose
| extra1 = M. M. Keeravani, Mathangi Jagdish
| length1 = 4:44
| title2 = Agni Skalana
| lyrics2 = Siva Shakti Datta
| extra2 = M. M. Keeravani, Mathangi Jagdish, Mangari
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Summa Masuriyaaa
| lyrics3 = Chandra Bose
| extra3 = Sunitha Upadrashta, Smita, Kalyani Malik, Niraj Pandit
| length3 = 4:40
| title4 = Nallanivanni
| lyrics4 = Veturi
| extra4 = K. S. Chithra
| length4 = 5:30
| title5 = Mannela Tintivira
| lyrics5 = Siva Shakti Datta
| extra5 = Tippu, Smita, Karate Kalyani
| length5 = 4:58
| title6 = Gundusoodi
| lyrics6 = Chandra Bose
| extra6 = Sunitha Upadrashta, M. M. Keeravani
| length6 = 4:18
| title7 = Gala Gala Gala
| lyrics7 = Chandra Bose
| extra7 = K. S. Chithra, Jassie Gift, Neerippal
| length7 = 4:40
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Reception
= Critical reception =
The Hindu wrote "The film has all the masala ingredients for the present day young generation. Though the storyline is routine, it is the directorial treatment and good screenplay that do the trick for the film."{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100108540200.htm |title=Film Review:Chatrapati — Sivaji wields mass appeal |date=1 October 2005 |access-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141231143403/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/01/stories/2005100108540200.htm |work=The Hindu |archive-date=31 December 2014}} 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! Chhatrapathi works to a certain extent thanks to the tall handsome hunk Prabhas."{{Cite web|title=Chatrapati|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/chatrapati-review-telugu-pclvMPbhjeici.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221020140/https://www.sify.com/movies/chatrapati-review-telugu-pclvMPbhjeici.html|archive-date=2016-02-21|access-date=2021-12-03|website=Sify}} Jeevi of Idlebrain gave 3.5/5 stars 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.{{Cite web|title=Chatrapati - Telugu cinema Review - Prabhas, Shriya|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-chatrapati.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-03|website=Idlebrain.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013062022/http://www.idlebrain.com:80/movie/archive/mr-chatrapati.html |archive-date=13 October 2005 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/oct/04chat.htm | title=Chatrapati: Not worth a watch }}
=Box office=
The film had a 100-day run in 54 venues.{{Cite web |url=http://idlebrain.com/trade/records/chatrapati100dayscenters.html |title=Chatrapati - Telugu cinema - 100 days centers - Prabhas & Shriya |access-date=6 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913050030/http://idlebrain.com/trade/records/chatrapati100dayscenters.html |archive-date=13 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Awards and nominations
Remakes
The film was remade in Bengali as Refugee (2006), in Bangladeshi Bengali as Kothor (2007), and in Kannada with the same name in 2013, with Siddhanth and Priyadarshini.{{Cite news |title=Kannada film Chhatrapathi in trouble over title use |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/kannada-film-chhatrapathi-in-trouble-over-title-use/articleshow/27400846.cms |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} It was remade in Hindi with the same name starring Bellamkonda Sreenivas making his debut in Hindi cinema.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/it-s-official-prabhas-and-ss-rajamouli-s-chhatrapathi-to-be-remade-in-hindi-1744513-2020-11-27|title=Chhatrapathi to be remade in Hindi|website=India Today|date=27 November 2020 }}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0843328|Chhatrapati}}
{{S. S. Rajamouli}}
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Category:2000s Telugu-language films
Category:2005 action drama films
Category:Films scored by M. M. Keeravani
Category:Telugu films remade in other languages
Category:Films directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Category:Indian action drama films
Category:Films about Indian slavery
Category:Films about social issues in India
Category:Films shot in Visakhapatnam
Category:Indian crime drama films
Category:Films about dysfunctional families
Category:Films about immigration
Category:Films about organised crime in India