Chaitanya (film)

Chaitanya is a 1991 Telugu road movie, produced by Sathyam Babu on Sri Tirumalesa Productions banner, written and directed by Prathap K. Pothan. Starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Gautami in lead roles and music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Chaitanyas journalist friend Sudhakar Chinna witnesses the murder of the city D.I.G. in a park. The D.I.G.s murder happens to have been planned by a high profile unknown criminal. Later, Sudhakars murdered by a gang near his garage because he witnessed the murder of the D.I.G. Chaitanya finds himself beaten by the gang after he comes to the assistance of Sudhakar. When he regains his senses he finds himself with a revolver in his hand and in police custody, arrested and charged with the homicide of the friend he tried to assist. With evidence pointing toward his guilt, he has virtually no defense and may well spend the rest of his life in prison or be hanged. He manages to escape from the prison with the help of Chaitanyas garage assistant, Golconda a drunkard, through the journalists friend Joseph in a water tanker. Disguised as the journalists friend, the high profile criminals henchman is hidden in the tanker.The police commissioner Kota Srinivasa Rao, who is a close associate of Harischandra Prasad, attempts to solve the mysterious murder of D.I.G. and the journalist. The criminals henchman plans to blast the water tanker and kill Chaitanya who flees from Srungavarapukota prison in the same water tanker. But, after a battle with the henchman inside the water tanker, Chaitanya escapes and jumps from the water tanker into a lake and the henchman dies in the water tanker explosion. Police send Chaitanyas case to CBI as they come to the conclusion that it was Chaitanya who was killed in the explosion. Chaitanya gets to participate in the One Halt Race by joining at a milestone on the route, in the guise of the garage assistants race car. He finds out that the photographs of D.I.G.s murder caught by his journalist friend are hidden in one of the three cars of the rally. In another twist, Padmini happens to drive the car in whichphotograph was hidden. ........

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