Chaithanya

Name	Chaithanya |

Chaithanya is a 1991 thriller Telugu film written and directed by Prathap K. Pothan.

Plot

A garage mechanic, Chaithanya, played by Akkineni Nagarjuna is the Chief mechanic for the upcoming Roots Company Challenge 1991 Automotive rally race - which starts via the route from Chennai coast to Goa coast. The route which is noted for drug smuggling & terrorist weapon trade. Retired Major Harischandra prasad played by Girish Karnad is the Chief guest for the Rally, his daughter Padmini played by gautami also competes for the Roots Challenge Trophy. Further, Chaitanya's close friend Sudhakar who is a journalist played by chinna after being caught by the goons when the journalist witnesses the murder of city D.I.G. The journalist gets murdered by the group of goons near his garrage, The D.I.G.'S murder happens to be planned by an high profile unknown criminal. Police commissioner played by Kota Srinivasa Rao who is a close associate to Harischandra prasad is upto unweaving the mysterious murder of D.I.G and the journalist.

On the other hand, Chaithanya finds himself beaten by the goons after he comes to the assistance of his journalist friend. When he regains his senses he finds himself with a revolver in his hand and in Police custody, arrested and charged with the homicide of the very friend he tried to assist. With evidence pointing toward his guilt, he has virtually no defense and may well spend the rest of his life in prison or be hanged. He manages to escape from the prison with the help of Chaitanya's garage assistant(a drunkyard) named Golconda played by Chinnijayanth through the journalist's friend (joseph) in a water truck. Intrestingly, in guise of the journalist's friend (joseph),the high profile criminal's henchmen is hidden in the truck.

The criminal's henchmen plans to blast the truck and kill chaitanya who flees from S.Kota prison in the same water truck. But, after a battle with the henchmen,inside the water truck, Chaitanya escapes and jumps from the water truck into a lake and the henchmen dies in the water truck explosion. Police send Chaitanya's case to CBI as they come to a conclusion that it was chaitanya who got killed in the water truck explosion.

Now, Chaitanya gets to participate in the 'one halt race' by joining at a mile stone of the route, being in guise of the garage assistant's race car . Chaitanya also finds out that among 3 cars of the rally,the photogarphs of D.I.G's murder caught by his journalist friend are hidden.In another twist, with the help of Padmini (who drives one of the 3 cars of the Rally),how Chaitanya unweaves the mystery behind all this crime and how padmini and chaitanya fall in love in the process and who is the high profile criminal?? adds to the rest of the plot and suspense in the film.

References

1. *http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254210/

2. *http://chaitanya.moviedost.com/

4. *http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0899227/

5. *http://www.vebtoday.com/profiles/nagarjuna.html

6. *http://www.chakpak.com/movie/chaitanya/8468

7. *http://wapedia.mobi/en/Prathap_Pothan

Category:1991 films Category:Indian films Category:Telugu-language films