Chanakya Chandragupta (1977)
చాణక్య చంద్రగుప్త
The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. It begins with the Greek invader Alexander intruding on our borders, Magadha as his last step of sovereignty. Discerning it, fear-defying scholar Chanakya is under trace of the dynamic King to hinder it.
- Date of release
- 1977-08-25
- TMDB
- 8.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 58m
- Genres
- History, Action, War
- Director
- N.T. Rama Rao
Casting
- N.T. Rama Rao — Chandragupta Maurya
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao — Chanakya
- Sivaji Ganesan — Alexander III of Macedon
- Manjula Vijayakumar — Chhaya
- Jaya Prada — Aasa
- S. Varalakshmi — Mura Devi
- Prabhakar Reddy — Parvathakudu
- Mukkamala — Ambhi
- Chalapathi Rao — Kaapalika
- Jayamalini — Special Appearance
- Kaikala Satyanarayana — Rakshasa Mantri
- Rajanala Kaleswara Rao — Mahapadma Nanda
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