Chanakya Chandragupta (1977)
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.
- Released
- 1977-08-25
- Genres
- History, Action, War
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- N.T. Rama Rao, N.T. Rama Rao
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- N.T. Rama Rao as Chandragupta Maurya
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Chanakya
- Sivaji Ganesan as Alexander III of Macedon
- Manjula Vijayakumar as Chhaya
- Jaya Prada as Aasa
- S. Varalakshmi as Mura Devi
- Prabhakar Reddy as Parvathakudu
- Mukkamala as Ambhi
- Chalapathi Rao as Kaapalika
- Jayamalini as Special Appearance
- Kaikala Satyanarayana as Rakshasa Mantri
- Rajanala Kaleswara Rao as Mahapadma Nanda