Chakara Viyugam

Chakkara Viyugam: The Battle of Brains (transl. Wheel Strategy) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Udhayabhanu Maheswaran, starring Natty Subramaniam, Jayasurya, and Daisy Bopanna. The film released on 14 April 2008, and failed at the box office.^[1]

Chakara Viyugam
Poster
Directed by	Udhayabhanu Maheswaran
Written by	Udhayabhanu Maheswaran
Starring	Natty Subramaniam Jayasurya Daisy Bopanna
Cinematography	Dwaraganath
Edited by	Krishnamoorthy – Sivanandan
Music by	Karthik Raja
Production companies	Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Nataraja Arts
Release date	14 April 2008 (2008-04-14)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Natty Subramaniam as Kanna
• Jayasurya as Inspector Sathish Mishra
• Daisy Bopanna as Sandhya
• Anandsami
• Raaghav as Bose
• Vijay Raj
• Nellai Siva as Police officer
• Shankar as Kanna's friend
• K. Subash

Production

Natty Subramaniam and the crew of Naalai (2006) collaborated for a second time for this film The film was shot in Chennai and Kolkata.^[2] The film is produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, who previously produced Jab We Met (2007), which featured Natty as the cinematographer.^[3]

Soundtrack

Songs by Karthik Raja and lyrics written by Snehan.^[4]

• "Idyatha Kaanam" – Bela Shende, Karthik Raja
• "Padaithal… Kaathal" – Karthik Raja, Snehan
• "Idhu Thaan Chakraviyugam" – Bhavatharini
• "Neer Aadiduvoom" – Karthik, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran, Snehan, Kanishka
• "Yei… Unnidam" – Saindhavi, Karthik Raja

Reception

Sify gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and stated that "No two ways about it, the film is an unmitigated endurance test".^[3] The Hindu wrote, "If you dig suspense and thrill and are willing to take a few protracted scenes in your stride, Chakravyugam could be up your alley".^[5]