Indrudu Chandrudu
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| Directed by | Suresh Krissna |
| Produced by | D.Rama Naidu |
| Screenplay by | Kamal Haasan |
| Story by | Paruchuri Brothers |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Vijayashanti Srividya Charan Raj Jayalalitha |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | P. S. Prakash |
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24 November 1989 |
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Running time
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158 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Indrudu Chandrudu is a 1989 Telugu-language Indian feature film directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by D.Rama Naidu, starring Kamal Haasan, Vijayashanti and Charan Raj in lead roles.
The story of the film is inspired by Richard Dreyfuss's 1988 film Moon over Parador, which was based on a short story by Charles G. Booth called Caviar for His Excellency. It was later dubbed in Tamil as Indran Chandran and in Hindi as Mayor Sahab.
G.K Rayudu (Kamal Haasan) is a corrupt Mayor and along with his assistant Charan Raj takes bribe and sells a market to a rich businessman and forces the poor people doing business in the land to move out threatening physical harm. Although Rayudu is married (to Srividya), he has a mistress. Rayudu comes to find out that his assistant and his mistress are married and has been cheating him out of his money for a long time. He finds the assistant’s stash of diamonds and takes it. After spending some time with his wife and kids, Rayudu gets a change of heart and decides to expose his and his assistant’s illegal activities. Before he leaves, he hides the diamonds inside one of his children’s toys. His assistant finds out, murders Rayudu in a fit of rage and stores the body in a freezer.
Panicking that soon people will realize that the Mayor is missing, he notices Rayudu's younger lookalike, Chandram (Kamal Haasan) in a mental institution. Deducting that Chandram is faking his mental breakdown to beat a murder charge and avoid jail, they blackmail Chandram into playing the Mayor till a major deal is completed and the assistant gets a lot of money. Chandram is promised freedom if he is successful. Chandram learns Rayudu’s speech and mannerisms and with heavy prosthetics and make up, becomes a suitable double for the Mayor.
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