Chakravyuh

Chakravyuh – A War You Cannot Escape
Directed by	Prakash Jha
Produced by	Prakash Jha Sunil Lulla
Written by	Anjum Rajabali Sagar Pandya
Screenplay by	Anjum Rajabali Prakash Jha
Starring	Arjun Rampal Esha Gupta Manoj Bajpayee Kabir Bedi Om Puri Anjali Patil Abhay Deol
Music by	Salim-Sulaiman, Aadesh Shrivastava, Shantanu Moitra, Sandesh Shandilya, Vijay Verma.
Cinematography	Sachin Krishna
Edited by	Santosh Mandal
Production company	Prakash Jha Productions Eros International Media Ltd (EIML)
Distributed by	Base Industries Groups
Release date	24 October 2012 (2012-10-24)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹200 million (US$3.0 million)
Box office	₹170.3 million (US$2.5 million) (3rd week domestic nett)

Chakravyuh (चक्रव्यूह "Squared formation") is a 2012 Indian political war film directed by Prakash Jha starring Arjun Rampal in the lead role with Abhay Deol, Esha Gupta, Manoj Bajpai and Anjali Patil in supporting roles. Chakravyuh aims to be a social commentary on the issue of Naxalites. The first theatrical trailer of Chakravyuh was released at midnight on 16–17 August 2012. The film released on Durga Puja. Chakravyuh released in 1100 cinemas in India. Despite being well-praised and really close to reality, the movie failed to attract an audience. The plot is inspired by 1973 Hindi film Namak Haraam, and the 1997 Telugu film Sindhooram.

Adil Khan (Arjun Rampal), a highly decorated police officer is posted to Nandighat, after a horrifying massacre of 84 policemen. Within days, he discovers that the Maoists, led by the ruthless and charismatic Rajan (Manoj Bajpai), effectively control the area. They are able to swiftly thwart Adil's most determined efforts. Despite holding a position of enormous power as the SSP of Nandighat, Adil has never felt so helpless in his career.

But then, into his life, re-enters Kabir (Abhay Deol). Rootless, aimless, the quintessential rolling stone. His only anchor in life has always been his friendship with and his loyalty for Adil. The maverick proposes an outrageous plan: He will infiltrate Rajan's group and be Adil's informer, and together they will smash the Maoist organization in Nandighat. In spite of his apprehensions, Adil agrees.

Sure enough, Kabir gets in and craftily wins their confidence, as only he can. He secretly begins informing Adil, who starts attacking the Maoists with great success. An enormous cache of arms is raided; two top national leaders and 63 activists are killed at an arms-training camp, and Rajan himself is captured. Within weeks, Adil-Kabir turn the game, pushing the Maoists onto the back foot.