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{{Infobox film
| name           = Chatrapathy
| image          = Chatrapathy 2004 poster.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| director       = Srimahesh
| producer       = Babu Raja
| starring       = [[R. Sarathkumar]]<br />[[Nikita Thukral]]
| cinematography = Karthik Raja
| editing        = V. Jaishankar
| music          = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
| studio         = JJ Films
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|11|11}}
| country        = India
| language       = Tamil
}}
'''''Chatrapathy''''' is a 2004 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[action thriller film]] directed by Srimahesh. The film stars [[R. Sarathkumar]] and [[Nikita Thukral]] whilst [[Vadivelu]], [[Mahadevan (actor)|Mahadevan]], and [[Adithya (actor)|Adithya Menon]] play supporting roles. The film was released on 11 November 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chatrapathy (2004) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/chatrapathy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111110544/https://screen4screen.com/movies/chatrapathy |archive-date=11 November 2023 |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>
== Plot ==
Saravanan is a bus driver and Kili is the bus cleaner in a college. He also takes care of an orphanage which is home to many children and old-aged people. Indhu, a student of the college, tries to woo Saravanan. Meanwhile, a few rowdies are found dead. Those rowdies happened to be henchmen of Chakravarthy, a local powerful politician. It is revealed that Saravanan is the man behind the murders.
A flashback is shown where Saravanan's actual name is Chatrapathy. He is an army major and recipient of [[Param Vir Chakra]], the highest military decoration in India. On his visit to his native village in Tamil Nadu, Chatrapathy finds that Chakravarthy has grabbed majority of the land in his village from poor farmers with plans of constructing a beer factory. Chakravarthy also troubles Chatrapathy's widowed sister by forcing her to hand over her land where she runs a small orphanage. As Chatrapathy opposes this, Chakravarthy and his henchmen beat up Chatrapathy and his sister cheating, following which she dies. They also demolish the orphanage, which leads to the deaths of a few children. They also finally grab the land. An angered Chatrapathy kills Chakravarthy's henchmen and goes into hiding to escape from police, waiting for an opportunity to kill Chakravarthy.
Chakravarthy finds out that Chatrapathy is behind him for taking revenge and tries to protect himself. However Chatrapathy kills Chakravarthy cheating in the end and surrenders to the police. The court hands over Chatrapathy to the army.
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[R. Sarathkumar]] as Major Chatrapathy aka Saravanan
*[[Nikita Thukral|Nikita]] as Indhu
*[[Vadivelu]] as Kili
*[[Mahadevan (actor)|Mahadevan]] as Chakravarthy Pandian
*[[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]] as Vajravelu, Chakravarthy's brother-in-law
*[[Prakash Raj]] as Karuppusamy, Chakravarathy's henchman
*[[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Vishwanathan, Chakravarathy's henchman
*[[Manivannan]] as Jagadhalapradhaban, Chakrvarathy's henchman
*[[Nadhiya]] as Shakunthala Devi, Chakrvarathy's henchman
*[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Kalyani, Chakravarathy's henchman
*[[Radha Ravi]] as SoundaraPandi, Chakrvarathy's henchman
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Vellathurai, Chakrvarathy's henchman
*[[Adithya Menon]] as Siva
*[[Saranya Ponvannan]] as Saravanan's sister
*[[Pooja Lokesh]] as Chakravarthy's deputy
*[[Rajesh (Tamil actor)|Rajesh]]
*[[Ilavarasu]] as Deputy Commissioner
*[[Sabitha Anand]]
*[[Jasper (actor)|Jasper]]
*[[Madhan Bob]]
*[[Pyramid Natarajan]]
*[[Vasu Vikram]]
*[[Singamuthu]]
*[[Bonda Mani]]
*[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] as Judge
*[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] in a special appearance
}}
==Production==
The film was shot in various locations including Chennai, Pondicherry, Tuticorin, New Delhi, Kumbakonam, Bangkok, Kulu Manali and Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 October 2004 |title=Chatrapathy |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/previews/new/chatra.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216063254/http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/previews/new/chatra.shtml |archive-date=16 February 2005 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2 November 2004 |title=Chatrapati |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/chatrapati |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051205000603/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/chatrapati.asp |archive-date=5 December 2005 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref>
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]] and released on Star Music.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2004 |title=Chatrapathy |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/chatrapathy/JY2okdwUYAw_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207052157/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/chathirapathi/JY2okdwUYAw_ |archive-date=7 February 2024 |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref>
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 21:59
| title1 = Kaadhal Theviravathi
| extra1 = [[Mathangi Jagdish]], [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]]
| lyrics1 = [[Arivumathi]]
| length1 = 4:39
| title2 = Naanga Ninna
| extra2 = [[Pop Shalini]], [[Palakkad Sreeram]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]]
| lyrics2 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Nee Ragasiyamaga
| extra3 = [[Vasundhara Das]], [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
| lyrics3 = [[P. Vijay]]
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Ore Oru Raathirikku
| extra4 = [[Malathy Lakshman|Malathi]]
| lyrics4 = [[Na. Muthukumar]]
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Vettripathi Veerapathi
| extra5 = Nellai Muthuperumal, S.A. Rajkumar
| lyrics5 = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
| length5 = 3:34
}}
== Reception ==
S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "The film has love, sentiment, and heroism as the title suggests. The dialogue is crisp and director Srimahesh who makes his debut is also in charge of story, screenplay and dialogue. He should have worked a little more, mainly in the second half".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=19 November 2004 |title=Chatrapathi |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/11/19/stories/2004111902260301.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215190812/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/11/19/stories/2004111902260301.htm |archive-date=15 December 2004 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Visual Dasan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised the acting of Sarathkumar and Nikitha and Rajkumar's music and also appreciated the director portraying Sarathkumar's transformation and flashback.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=தாசன் |first=விஷுவல் |date=21 November 2004 |title=சத்ரபதி |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2004-11-21/page/8/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240207052651/https://archive.org/details/kalki2004-11-21/page/8/mode/2up |archive-date=7 February 2024 |access-date=7 February 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=8 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> ''[[Sify]]'' wrote, "''Chatrapathy'' is an escapist film meant only for those who enjoy mass masala films devoid of any logic or reason".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chatrapathy |url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=13610221&ctid=5&cid=2429 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041208091159/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=13610221&ctid=5&cid=2429 |archive-date=8 December 2004 |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:2000s Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2004 action thriller films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]