Chakravyuha (1983 film)
Chakravyuha (; referencing the "chakravyūha") is a 1983 Kannada-language film directed by V. Somashekhar. The film stars Ambareesh and Ambika. This film marked the entry of popular actor Mukhyamantri Chandru into films. Produced by N. Veeraswamy for Eshwari Productions, this film also starred his son V. Ravichandran in a small role. Actor Tiger Prabhakar also featured in an extended cameo role. The film obtained an 'A' certificate without cuts from the CBFC. The film, upon release, met with hugely positive reviews and catapulted actor Ambareesh's career to greater heights and coined him the title "Rebel Star  for his angry young man role. The film's huge success inspired other language industries and was subsequently remade in Hindi as Inquilaab" (1984) and in Telugu as "Mukhyamantri" (1984) starring Krishna with Ambika reprising her role. Plot. When a local hotel is attacked by rowdies, Amarnath repels them. Despite being educated, Amarnath has not gotten a job as all positions force him to compromise his morals. A new politician, Shankarappa, promising an end to corruption gets pelted by the crowd, but Amarnath rescues him. Grateful, Shankarappa trains Amarnath to be a cop, where serves the state honestly until he  discovers a criminal network that includes his Shankarappa as well as his own father-in-law. Blackmailed into collaborating with them, Amarnath soon becomes integrated into the network despite his conscience. Eventually, he becomes a minister with the network's support as they form a government made up of their members. However, Amarnath smuggles a machine gun into the first cabinet meeting and massacres everyone else. Alerted to his plans, his wife Asha rushes to stop him but enters only after his rampage. Amarnath asks Asha to kill him for his crimes but she refuses, and he is arrested despite  the cries of the people. Soundtrack. The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Chi. Udaya Shankar. All the songs composed for the film were received extremely well, especially "Chali Chali" and the title song are considered as evergreen songs. The song "Nija Heluvenu Amma" was adapted from "Toothpaste Irukku", which was composed by the duo for the Tamil film "Ranga".