Chanakya 2019

Chanakya is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language spy action thriller film directed by Thiru and produced by Rama Brahmam Sunkara under AK Entertainments banner. The film features Gopichand, Zareen Khan and Mehreen Pirzada in the lead roles, is marking Thiru's Telugu debut as director and Khan's acting debut in Telugu films, it also stars Nassar, Rajesh Khattar, Upen Patel, Sunil, Jayaprakash, Raja Chembolu and Adarsh Balakrishna in the supporting roles. The film marks the second collaboration between Gopichand & Mehreen after Pantham. The music of the film is composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar and Sricharan Pakala. The film follows an undercover agent named Arjun, who races against time to rescue his teammates after they are kidnapped by a Pakistani terrorist named Sohail. Disavowed by his agency after his cover gets blown, he sets out on the rescue operation in Karachi. He enlists the help of another RAW agent Zubeida to accomplish the mission. Chanakya was released theatrically on Friday, 4 October 2019 and turned out to be an average grosser, grossing over ₹20 crore at the box office.