Chanakyan

One of the best thrillers of Indian cinema. Thats Chanakyan.Its an absolutely brilliant film. Backed by a fantastic screenplay & scintillating performances,Chanakyan is a must watch. It's a treat to watch Kamal Haasan & Thilakan perform. The film features one of the best climax ever. One of the major highlights of the film is it's background score by Mohan Sithara, which is truly exceptional. Hats off to the captain of the film T.K.Rajeev Kumar.The most shocking aspect of this film is that the producer Navodaya Appachan incurred losses owing to the origin of cassette piracy when it released.I don't mind watching this film a hundred times. It's an evergreen film which proves to be a spine chilling thriller every time you watch it !

Fantastic movie! One of the most different revenge movies made in India. Normally, the protagonist makes use of his brawns, rather than brains to avenge the villains. Kamal himself has acted in a dozen action thrillers of the same type. But Chanakyan is a mind blowing film which handles 'revenge' in an extremely different way. Kamal, Jayaram and Thilagan have given a knock out performance. Urmila Matongkar looks gorgeous.

Years after his family gets massacred by a politician, Johnson returns with a masterplan to destroy his him. The only difficulty is - his enemy is none other than the Chief minister of Kerala! Revealing more of the story isn't good...So guys, get the DVD and watch it!

I can never forget the first time i saw this film n i couldn't believe this was a malayalam film, never even knew Kamal Hasan had acted in such a film...No doubt he must have liked the story, it's engaging from scene one... This is no doubt one of the finest malayalam vendetta thriller films, if not one of the best indian thriller films imo....everything is top notch especially the technical side, from using the gadgets for revenge n the ideas behind each scheme...It was equal to watching a Hollywood thriller film...No loud dialogues, no larger than life superheroes, it's all a brain game like chess...I read the lead role was meant for mammootty, no doubt he would've done a fine job but the fact remains this role was meant for Kamal Hasan...U don't expect a lean short man to become so cunning, intelligent n dangerous, and he breathes life into this character, even the bgm is so apt... All movie lovers irrespective of language who likes to watch malayalam films must not miss this classic revenge thriller...The interesting fact is It still can be remade into present time... A film ahead of it's time in Indian film... Tragedy that director Rajeev Kumar couldn't make a brilliant film as this one in his future career...This remains one of his of his most finest works.

This is a well thought out story that is superbly done considering when this movie was actually made. As usual, Haasan shows himself to be a creative and pioneering artist, while once again, delivering an outstanding performance.

'Chanakyan' has a significant relevance in Malayalam cinema and may be in Indian cinema too. It is a revenge story and first of its kind. The cinema not only reveals the acting perfection of Kamal Hassan and Thilakan but also shows how technology can be used to deceive a whole state. The film came when TV was becoming popular as a household device and Doordarshan was a strange and astonishing entertainment medium to the common people. The film boasts of using technological experiments in the content of the story which one can hardly think at that time. T.K.Rajeev Kumar surprised everyone with this film. Urmila Mandotkar made debut in malayalam with this film. Jayaram also gave a good performance.