Rajakeeya Chadarangam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. Chandrasekhara Reddy
Written by	Tripuraneni Maharadhi (dialogues)
Screenplay by	P. Chandrasekhara Reddy
Story by	S. N. Swamy
Based on	The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth August 1 by S. N. Swamy
Produced by	G. Adiseshagiri Rao G. Hanumantha Rao Krishna (Presents)
Starring	Akkineni Nageswara Rao Krishna Sujatha
Cinematography	Lakshman Gore
Edited by	Nageswara Rao, Satyanarayana
Music by	Raj–Koti
Production company	Padmalaya Studios^[1]
Release date	14 January 1989 (1989-01-14)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Rajakeeya Chadarangam (transl. Political Chess) is a 1989 Telugu-language action film, produced by G. Hanumantha Rao, G. Adiseshagiri Rao under the Padmalaya Studios banner, presented by Krishna^[2] and directed by P. Chandrasekhara Reddy.^[3] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna and Sujatha,^[4] with music composed by Raj–Koti.^[5] The film was a remake of the Malayalam film August 1 (1988), itself loosely based on the 1971 British novel The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth.^[6]^[7]

Plot

The film begins with the formation of the new government when a rectitude, Satya Murthy, becomes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. After that, he formed his government by selecting people with a clean image in his cabinet and bringing out several revolutionary changes in the state, overshadowing Joginatham, a strong aspirant for the chairs. They all covetously assemble with Contractor Papa Rao, a political lobbyist, and decide to assassinate CM. Papa Rao contacts a Professional Killer, Narang, for it and keeps the deadline till 1 November. The intelligence bureau detects the catastrophe. They specially appoint a stout-hearted cop, SP Pratap, to hide it. The rest of the story is about how SP Pratap shields CM from the secret killer.

Cast

Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Chief Minister Satya Murthy
Krishna as S.P. Pratap
Sujatha as Savitri
Charan Raj as Professional Killer Narang / Ranjeet Kumar
Nagabhushanam as President Parandhamaiah
Gummadi as I.G. Surendra Nath
Prabhakar Reddy as Contractor Papa Rao
M. Balaiah as D.I.G.Gupta
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Joginadham
Nutan Prasad as Thief
Brahmanandam as Gopi
Babu Mohan as M.L.A.
Pradeep Shakthi as Jungle Jakka
Tyagaraju as Dalal
Vinod as Vinod
Eshwara Rao as Journalist Gopal
KK Sharma
Ram Mohan as M.L.A.
Chidatala Appa Rao as Butler
Jamuna as Governor
Sangeeta as Principal
Srilakshmi as Thief
Priyanka

Crew

Art: Bhaskara Raju
Fights: Thyagarajan
Dialogues: Tripuraneni Maharadhi
Music: Raj–Koti
Story: S. N. Swamy
Editing: Nageswara Rao, Satyanarayana
Cinematography: Lakshman Gore
Producer: G. Adiseshagiri Rao, G. Hanumantha Rao
Presenter: Krishna
Screenplay – Director: P. Chandrasekhara Reddy
Banner: Padmalaya Studios
Release Date: 14 January 1989

References

^ "Rajakeeya Chadarangam (Overview)". IMDb.
^ "Rajakeeya Chadarangam (Banner)". Filmiclub.
^ "Rajakeeya Chadarangam (Direction)". Know Your Films.
^ "Rajakeeya Chadarangam (Cast & Crew)". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Rajakeeya Chadarangam (Review)". The Cine Bay.
^ "Shaji Kailas starts Mammootty`s film". Sify. 12 October 2010.
^ "The Day of the Jackal: Cunning 'Fox'". 13 October 2017.

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