Chennakeshava Reddy
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Chennakesva Reddy is a 2002 Tollywood Faction Film, directed by V.V. Vinayak, released on 25 September 2002. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in double role father-son characther, while Shriya Saran
and Tabu
play the female lead.
Meanwhile another super cop, Sivakrishna working in Rayalseema region of Andhra Pradesh becomes person in news as 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 lower rank officer. In between we are 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 Chennakeshava Reddy released. When Chennakeshave 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 flash back, in which Chennakeshava Reddy is shown as a generous and the most revered man in the village but has rivalry with Venkata Reddy (Jayaprakash Reddy). In one of the worst spar between the rivals Chennakeshava Reddy’s rivals hack his entire family members to death. When their bid to kill Chennakeshava Reddy falls short, they wangle some false case against him and send him to Tihar Jail. However, Chennakeshava 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.
Chennakeshave Reddy starts taking revenge on his rivals one after the other and there happens to be none to dare Chennakeshave 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
Its An Hit Verdict.
Shriya Saran
Shriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
and Tabu
Tabu (actress)
Tabu is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film...
play the female lead.
Synopsis
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 the justice. Preethi (Shreya) is a medico and daughter of Police Commissioner Prasad (Vizag Prasad). She falls head over heels for our Mr Bharat, but this does not make any difference to the storyline of present stream of faction backdrop movies.Meanwhile another super cop, Sivakrishna working in Rayalseema region of Andhra Pradesh becomes person in news as 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 lower rank officer. In between we are 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 Chennakeshava Reddy released. When Chennakeshave 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 flash back, in which Chennakeshava Reddy is shown as a generous and the most revered man in the village but has rivalry with Venkata Reddy (Jayaprakash Reddy). In one of the worst spar between the rivals Chennakeshava Reddy’s rivals hack his entire family members to death. When their bid to kill Chennakeshava Reddy falls short, they wangle some false case against him and send him to Tihar Jail. However, Chennakeshava 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.
Chennakeshave Reddy starts taking revenge on his rivals one after the other and there happens to be none to dare Chennakeshave 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
Its An Hit Verdict.
Cast
- Nandamuri Balakrishna...... Chennakeshava Reddy / Bharath
- Shriya SaranShriya SaranShriya Saran , also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films, as well as a few films in English, Malayalam and Kannada...
...... Preeti - TabuTabu (actress)Tabu is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film...
...... Sita - Devayani...... Chennakeshava Reddy's sister
- Jaya Prakash ReddyJaya Prakash ReddyJaya Prakash Reddy is a Telugu actor born at Sirivella, Allagadda , Kurnool district, in Andhra Pradesh, India. He came into the limelight with the movie "Samarasimha Reddy" where he played the role of Veera Raghava Reddy. That movie marked him as one of the best villains in Tollywood. Foldly...
...... Venkata Reddy - Chalapathi Rao......
- Siva Krishna...... Sivakrishna
Singers
- S. P. BalasubrahmanyamS. P. BalasubrahmanyamSripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...
- Udit NarayanUdit Narayan-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...
- Shankar MahadevanShankar MahadevanShankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...
- Sunitha
- Kousalya
- Sujatha MohanSujatha MohanSujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...
- ChitraK. S. ChithraK. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...
Tracks
- Don't Care : Shankar Mahadevan
- Haie Haie : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Sunitha
- Bakara Bakara : Udit Narayan, Chitra
- Nee Kopulona : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Kousalya
- Ooranta Utsavam : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Sujatha Mohan
- Telupu Telupu : S.P. Balasubramaniam, Chitra