Chhatrapati

Chatrapathi is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film co-written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad. The film stars Prabhas and Shriya Saran while Shafi, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat play supporting roles. Aarthi Agarwal and Mumaith Khan made a guest appearance. Chatrapathi was released on 29 September 2005, and it emerged as a blockbuster, collecting an estimated distributors' share of 32 crore ($5 million) against a budget of 12.5 crore ($2.8 million). The film won two Nandi Awards - Best Supporting Actress for Bhanupriya and Best Music Director for M. M. Keeravani. The film was remade in Bengali as Refugee (2006), in Bengali Bangladesh as Kothor (2007), in Kannada with the same name in 2013, and in Hindi with the same name in 2023. Plot Parvati lives on the coast of Sri Lanka, who adopts Sivaji as her son and shows equal affection to her biological son Ashok, but Ashok becomes jealous of Sivaji. One day, the villagers are forced to evacuate the coast, where a fire accident occurs and Ashok lies that Sivaji died in the fire accident thus separating him from his family. Sivaji ends up in a different boat and lands in Vizag port, which is dominated by Baji Rao who uses refugee labor for his gain. Years later, Sivaji grows up to be an aggressive guy and still searches for Parvati. One day, Sivaji reacts violently in defense of the other refugees and kills Baji Rao's right-hand man Katraju after he killed a child named Suri. Enraged, Baji Rao attacks the slum and kills Sivaji's friend when he tried to save other children in the port. Sivaji revolts against Baji Rao and hacks him to death, where people starts referring to him as "Chatrapathi".