Ashoka Chakravarthy

Ashoka Chakravarthy
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by	S. S. Ravi Chandra
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (story / dialogues)
Screenplay by	S. S. Ravi Chandra
Produced by	Smt. Kaaja Venkataravamma
Starring	Nandamuri Balakrishna Bhanupriya
Cinematography	Nandamuri Mohana Krishna
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Sri Venkateswara Art Productions.
Release date	29 June 1989 (1989-06-29)
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Ashoka Chakravarthy is a 1989 Telugu action film produced by Smt. Kaaja Venkataravamma under the Sri Venkateswara Art Productions banner and directed by S. S. Ravi Chandra. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bhanupriya in the lead roles and music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was an official adaptation of the Malayalam film Aryan with several changes to suit the audience. It is the official remake of Priyadarshan's 1988 Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam blockbuster Aryan.

Plot

Vedam Venkata Ashok (Nandamuri Balakrishna), an orthodox traditional Brahmin, works as a priest in a temple. Urmila (Bhanupriya) and Ashok are in love. But Urmila's father Shanmukha Sastry (Gollapudi Maruti Rao) has betrayed Ashok's father Vedam (J. V. Somayajulu) and is trying to seize their whole property, pushing them below the poverty line. Adiseshayya (Narra Venkateswara Rao) and Shanmukha Sastry had planned together and had declared Ashok as a thief and had him sent to jail. After returning from jail, Ashok's father had restricted him from entering the house. Ashok has now decided to go to any safe place and earn a lot of money, so that he can again hold up his family's pride. In this situation, he comes across Karim Sahab (Satyanarayana) in Bombay and gets involved in illegal and corrupt activities in the city. By doing all this, Ashok becomes Ashoka Chakravarthy and earns lots of money, but will he be able to regain his parents' confidence and their love, for whom he had jumped into such trouble?

Cast

• Nandamuri Balakrishna as Ashok
• Bhanupriya as Urmila
• Suparna Anand as Preeti
• Satyanarayana as Karim Saheb
• Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Shanmukha Shastri
• Sharat Saxena as Majid Khan
• Pradeep Shakthi as Police Inspector
• Ranganath as ACP Rohin Albert
• Subhalekha Sudhakar as Johnson
• Harish as Salim
• J. V. Somayajulu
• P. L. Narayana as Abdullah
• Narra Venkateswara Rao as Aadi Sheshaiah
• Chalapathi Rao as Krishniah
• Vankayala Satyanarayana as Subba Rao
• Eeswar Rao as Krishna Moorti
• Tata Appa Rao
• Vijaya Rangaraju
• Anjali Devi as Meenakshi
• Tatineni Rajeswari as Alivelu
• Jyothi as Rukmini
• Indira as Gayatri
• Bhagyalakshmi as Anarkali

Crew

• Art: Srinivasa Raju
• Choreography: Siva Shankar
• Fights: Thyagarajan
• Story - Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
• Lyrics: Veturi Sundararama Murthy
• Playback: SP Balu, S. Janaki, Chitra
• Music: Ilaiyaraaja
• Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
• Cinematography: Nandamuri Mohana Krishna
• Producer: Smt. Kaaja Venkataravamma
• Screenplay - Director: S. S. Ravi Chandra
• Banner: Sri Venkateswara Art Productions
• Release Date: 29 June 1989

Soundtrack

Ashoka Chakravarthy
Film score by Ilaiyaraaja
Released	1989
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	23:15
Label	Echo Audio
Producer	Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja chronology
Rudranetra (1989) Ashoka Chakravarthy (1989) Prema (1989)

Music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Lyrics written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on Echo Audio Company.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Yendaro Mahanubhavulu"	SP Balu, S. Janaki	5:06
2.	"Aba Rupamentha"	SP Balu, Chitra	4:33
3.	"Limmaripu"	SP Balu, Chitra	4:33
4.	"Suvvi Suvvi"	SP Balu, Chitra	4:35
5.	"Janak Janak"	SP Balu, S. Janaki	4:28
Total length:			23:15

External links

• Ashoka Chakravarthy at IMDb