Chanti (2004 film)

Chanti is a 2004 Indian Telugu action drama film. The film stars Ravi Teja and Charmme Kaur in lead roles. The film was directed by Sobhan and produced by Krishna Kishore. The film's music was composed by Sri. The film was released on 12 November 2004 to negative reviews.^[1] This film was Sobhan's last film as a director before his death in 2008.

Chanti
Directed by	Sobhan
Written by	Gopi Venkatesh (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Shahjahan Ravi, Vivek
Story by	Sudha Satti
Produced by	Krishna Kishore
Starring	Ravi Teja Charmme Kaur Daisy Bopanna Atul Kulkarni
Cinematography	Prasad Murella
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Sri
Production company	Vijaya Bala Productions
Release date	12 November 2004 (2004-11-12)
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

The film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Main Insaaf Karoonga 2 (2018).

Plot

Chanti (Ravi Teja), a soldier, arrives at his village for his father Madhav Rao's (Ranganath) funeral. He is bequeathed a huge property which he plans to use for his blind sister Jyothi (Revathi) to get her married. Unfortunately, the land happens to be between two proposed sites for a road in which the local MLA Sarvarayudu (Atul Kulkarni) has an interest, as it leads to his sugar factory. He offers to buy it from Chanti, who refuses, citing it as a memorial of his father. Chanti's sister is married to Raja Ravindra (Raja Ravindra), Chanti's army friend. However, the MLA kills Raja. Later, Chanti avenges his friend's and father's deaths, protecting his father's memorial site.

Cast

• Ravi Teja as K. Murali a.k.a. Chanti
• Charmme Kaur as Vasantha Laxmi
• Daisy Bopanna as Anjali, MLA's sister
• Atul Kulkarni as MLA Challa Sarvarayudu
• Revathy as Jyothi, Chanti's sister
• Raghu Babu as Inspector D. Ram Murthi
• Subbaraju as MLA's brother-in-law
• Banerji as MRO
• Chittajalu Lakshmipati as Appa Rao
• Venu Madhav
• Raghava Malladi as factory labourer
• Mallikarjuna Rao as MLA's lawyer
• M. S. Narayana as Vasantha Laxmi's father
• Ranganath as Retired Subedar Major Madhav Rao, Chanti's father
• Narra Venkateswara Rao as Minister Sesha Rao, MLA's father-in-law
• Raja Ravindra as Raja Ravindra, Chanti's brother-in-law
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Sarpanch
• Kallu Chidambaram as Bus conductor

Production

The film was shot in Palakollu, Rajahmundry and Sangareddy.^[2]

Soundtrack

Chanti
Soundtrack album by Sri
Released	2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Aditya Music

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Konangi Konangi"	Sri, Kalpana	6:05
2.	"Ontlo Netturu"	Karthik, Anuradha Sriram	5:29
3.	"Chema Chekka"	Karthik, Kalpana, Grace	4:46
4.	"Rukku Rukku"	Gantadi Krishna	4:20
5.	"Guppidi Guppidi"	Karthik, Kalpana	4:43
6.	"Mastani Mastani"	Karthik, Anuradha Sriram	5:03

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film two-and-a-half out of five and wrote that "This film is a disappointment from Ravi Teja who is branded as minimum guarantee hero for giving ample entertainment to audiences and decent profits for producers".^[1] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Chanti is best left to the fun-loving bunch out in the front rows".^[3] Deccan Herald wrote "The script, which looks like a rehash of potboilers churned out by the Telugu film industry in the 1980s, falls flat as it treads the all too predictable path. Even director Shoban, who had won accolades for his previous film Varsham, falters with Chanti".^[4] Screen wrote "Director Sobhan chooses an insipid plot and tries to ride on Ravi Teja’s characterisation but it could rebound. [..] Bereft of relevant sub-plots, Shahjahan’s screenplay is repetitive and gives a sense of deja vu."^[5]