| Chanakya | |
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| Directed by | Thiru |
| Screenplay by | Thiru |
| Dialogues by | |
| Story by | Thiru |
| Produced by | Rama Brahmam Sunkara |
| Starring | Gopichand Zareen Khan Mehreen Pirzada |
| Cinematography | Vetri Palanisamy |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Songs: Vishal Chandrasekhar Sricharan Pakala Score: Sricharan Pakala |
Production company | AK Entertainments |
Release date |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | est. ₹40 crore[1] |
Chanakya is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language spy action thriller film directed by Thiru and produced by Rama Brahmam Sunkara under AK Entertainments banner. The film features Gopichand, Zareen Khan and Mehreen Pirzada in the lead roles, is marking Thiru's Telugu debut as director and Khan's acting debut in Telugu films, it also stars Nassar, Rajesh Khattar, Upen Patel, Sunil, Jayaprakash, Raja Chembolu and Adarsh Balakrishna in the supporting roles. The film marks the second collaboration between Gopichand & Mehreen after Pantham.[2][3] The music of the film is composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar and Sricharan Pakala.[4][5]
The film follows an undercover agent named Arjun, who races against time to rescue his teammates after they are kidnapped by a Pakistani terrorist named Sohail. Disavowed by his agency after his cover gets blown, he sets out on the rescue operation in Karachi. He enlists the help of another RAW agent Zubeida to accomplish the mission.
Chanakya was released theatrically on Friday, 4 October 2019.
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- ^ "Gopichand dons a spy's hat for his upcoming film Chanakya". Times of India. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Chanakya: Gopichand, Mehreen Pirzada's upcoming Telugu spy thriller gets a title and logo". firstpost.com. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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