General Chakravarthi

General Chakravarthi is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by D. Yoganand and produced by Chinna Annamalai. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 16 June 1978,^[2] and emerged a success.^[3]

General Chakravarthi
Poster
Directed by	D. Yoganand
Written by	Selvabharathi
Produced by	Chinna Annamalai
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan K. R. Vijaya
Cinematography	Viswanath Rai
Edited by	R. Vittal
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Vijayavel Films
Release date	16 June 1978 (1978-06-16)
Running time	146 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Chakravarthi is a proud, straightforward, and honest General. He is married to Bharathi and has a daughter, Rani. He gets transferred and intends to take his family with him but they create hurdles and manage to evade going with him. Unknown to him, his daughter is pregnant and the father, Sekar, is believed to be dead. If the General finds out, either he will kill himself in humiliation or will kill his daughter, whom he dotes, in anger or both. How they manage to get the baby out of the way without the father finding out is the rest of the story.

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as General Chakravarthi
• K. R. Vijaya as Dr. Bharathi
• Mohan Sharma as Sekar
• Kavitha as Rani
• Thengai Srinivasan as Soman Nayar
• Manorama as Ponnamma
• T. P. Muthulakshmi as Annamma
• Typist Gopu as Hotel owner
• Usilai Mani

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[4]

Song	Singers	Length
"Azhagiya Kiligalin "	Vani Jairam	04:01
"Oh my dear doctor"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	04:33
"Nee Enna Kannana"	T. M. Soundararajan	03:52
"Kingini Kingini Kadhal"	L. R. Eswari	03:02
"Who Is The Black Sheep"	T. M. Soundararajan	04:35

Reception

P. S. M. of Kalki said the film should be watched for the performances of Ganesan and Vijaya.^[5]