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Chakri Toleti (born Chakravarthi Toleti) is an Indian film screenwriter, director, actor, and visual effects coordinator known for his works in Tamil cinema, and Telugu cinema. Chakri made his directorial debut with the bilingual films Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and Eeenadu (2009) a remake of Neeraj Pandey's Hindi film, A Wednesday (2008). In 2012, he directed a gangster film Billa II.
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Dasavatharam (2008)
, 3h5Directed by K.S.Ravikumar
Origin Inde
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Transport films, Musical films, Political films, Disaster films
Actors Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal, Mallika Sherawat, K. R. Vijaya, Nagesh, P. Vasu
Roles Sairam
Rating72%
Bio-scientist Govindarajan Ramaswamy speaks at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium about chaos theory and the butterfly effect. He begins by reciting events from the 15th century in Chidambaram, when King Kulothunga Chola II, a Saivite, persecutes Vaishnavites and intends to destroy an idol of Govindaraja. Rangarajan Nambi, a Vaishnavite, protects it and offends the king, who orders Rangarajan to be executed by being submerged into the sea with the idol, succeeding.
Mayuri (1985)
, 2h22Directed by Srinivasa Rao Singeetham
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Dance films, Films about disabilities
Actors Sudha Chandran, P. L. Narayana, Nirmalamma, Suthi Veerabhadra Rao, Mukku Raju, Chakri Toleti
Roles Step brother of Mayuri
Rating69%
The real story of a classical dancer, who loses her leg in an accident and fights her way back as a dancer.
Chinna Veedu (1985)
Directed by K. Bhagyaraj
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Kalpana, K. Bhagyaraj, Kovai Sarala, Jai Ganesh, Priya, Chakri Toleti
Rating72%
Madanagopal is a bachelor who has great dreams about his future wife. He imagines a girl to be his dream girl who has all sorts of beauty right from head to foot. But his parents arrange marriage with a girl Bhagyalakshmi without his consent. Gopal shocks on seeing the photograph of his future wife as she is a fat, ugly and uncultured and not even near to his expectations of his dream girl according to him. On the day of marriage he runs away from the marriage hall and because of which marriage stops. Gopal parents find him and make him to marry her as their daughter needs to marry the brother of bride.
Sagara Sangamam (1983)
, 2h40Directed by K. Viswanath
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Musical films
Actors Kamal Haasan, Sarath Babu, S. P. Sailaja, Saakshi Ranga Rao, Chakri Toleti, S. K. Misro
Rating87%
Balakrishna (Kamal Haasan) is an economically disadvantaged but multi-talented dancer, adept at the Indian classical dances of Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, Kathak, etc. Fondly called Balu, his simple and honest soul does not permit him to attain professional success in the commercial world that requires a certain level of moral laxness. Madhavi (Jayaprada), a wealthy young woman and a dance patron, notices his talent and acts as his benefactress, helping him secure an opportunity to participate in a high-level classical dance festival.
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Billa II (2012)
, 2h9Directed by Chakri Toleti
Genres Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Ajith Kumar, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah, Vidyut Jamwal, Prabhu, Sudhanshu Pandey
Rating60%
David Billa (Ajith Kumar), a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee along with several others, arrives at the town of Rameswaram in boat. After being interrogated by an arrogant civil servant, he is let into the refugee camp where he befriends Ranjith (Yog Japee). David makes his presence felt, when he slaps Muthu (Theepatti Ganesh) one of the rogue workers around for making a derogatory comment. The refugee camp is constantly terrorised by a corrupt police officer Raghubir Sinha (Krishna Kumar). After witnessing the brutal murder of one of the inmates at his hands, David attacks Raghubir when he tries to forcefully detain one of his friends. Raghubir then gets David tortured in prison, and vows to make him suffer. A few days later, Muthu calls David and Ranjith aside and promises them work. Billa and Ranjith are hired to transport fish from Rameshwaram to Chennai. But unknown to them, the truck they were driving had diamonds inside, and Raghubir had alerted his men on the highway to catch them red-handed. As per the plot they get caught in the check post, and after realising what had happened, Billa kills all the cops and drive the truck to its destination. Here they meet Selvaraj (Ilavarasu) who is pleased by Billa's loyalty and includes him in his businesses. Billa gets back and murders Raghubir as well as the arrogant civil servant he had initially met at the camp. He then goes to meet his elder sister (Janaki Sabesh) and his niece Jasmine (Parvathy Omanakuttan) in a church. When they see his gun, they realise that he is involved in crime. Not knowing what to say, Billa simply walks away.
Eenadu (2009)
, 1h46Directed by Chakri Toleti
Actors Daggubati Venkatesh, Kamal Haasan, Lakshmi Narayan, Ganesh Venkatram, Anuja Iyer, Sriman
Eashwar Prasad (Daggubati Venkatesh) standing at the lakeshore, describes in a voice-over about his termination due to a common man walked into his life and turning everything topsy-turvy. This scene leads into the flashback. An unnamed man (Kamal Haasan) is shown strategically placing a travel bag within a train in a railway station, bus and in a multiplex at Hyderabad. He proceeds to place another bag, under the false pretense of lodging an FIR, in the toilet of a police station located at Lakdi-ka-pool, Hyderabad. He then arrives on the rooftop of a building under construction near Raj Bhavan road and sets up his base of operations, equipped with various modern technology gadgets and instruments. He calls up Eashwar and informs him that 5 bombs have been placed in different locations throughout Hyderabad, which are programmed to explode simultaneously within four hours. The common man demands that he would like to negotiate with a senior Government official. Eashwar seeks the services of the Chief Secretary(Lakshmi) to act as the negotiator. Eashwar also alerts his team involved in intelligence research and surveillance, tapping all the available resources in gathering preliminary information and tracing the location of the caller. Meanwhile, the caller tips off TV9 news reporter Shilpa Rajkumar (Anuja Iyer), telling her to reach Lakdi-ka-pool police station immediately as it is going to be "the most important day of her life".
Unnaipol Oruvan (2009)
, 1h46Directed by Chakri Toleti
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Mohanlal, Kamal Haasan, Lakshmi Narayan, Ganesh Venkatram, Nassar, Anuja Iyer
Rating79%
The recently dismissed police commissioner of Chennai, Inspector General Raghavan Maraar (Mohanlal), describes in a voice-over about his sudden termination due to a common man who walked into his life. An unnamed man (Kamal Haasan) is shown strategically placing a travel bag in a train in the Chennai Central railway station and in a shopping mall. He proceeds to place another bag, under the false pretense of lodging an FIR, in the toilet of a police station in Anna Salai, Chennai.