Major Chandrakanth (1993 film)

Major Chandrakanth
Directed by	K. Raghavendra Rao
Produced by	Mohan Babu
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Sharada Mohan Babu Ramya Krishna Nagma Brahmanandam Amrish Puri Srihari
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography	A. Vincent
Production company	Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures
Release date	23 April 1993
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Major Chandrakanth is a 1993 Telugu patriotic-drama film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) and Mohan Babu play the lead roles, while Sharada, Ramya Krishna, Nagma, Amrish Puri, Srihari, Manoj Manchu and Brahmanandam play other important roles. It was produced by Mohan Babu under his Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures banner. The music was scored by M. M. Keeravani, story-dialogues written by the Paruchuri brothers, lyrics composed by Jaladi-Gurucharan-Rasaraju, cinematography by A. Vincent and art by Bhaskara Raju. The film was released on 23 April 1993. The film was declared as a blockbuster, and later went on to celebrate its silver jubilee. This film is perhaps a last glimpse in N. T. Rama Rao's long film career.

N.T.R. plays the titular role of Major Chandrakanth, a sincere military soldier and freedom fighter who always fights for justice. He retires from the military and returns home to his family in Hyderabad. His son Shivaji (Mohan Babu) is a smuggler who works for MP Gnaeswar Rao (Amrish Puri). Major Chandrakanth, not knowing he is a smuggler, wishes to see his son and grandchildren join the military and become righteous like him. He gets into many clashes with Gnaeswar.

One day when Shivaji questions his father of why he still fights for justice when he's retired, he tells how important justice is. This inspires Shivaji to quit smuggling but at the same time Chandrakanth comes to know of him being a smuggler. Shivaji is sent to jail but he is given a bail. Major Chandrakanth is annoyed of knowing his son as a smuggler. Shivaji then reveals to him why he became a smuggler. He actually saves Ramya Krishna's life when she is being kidnapped by a bunch of goons. Ramya Krishna thanks and brings him to her home. That's when she reveals to him that she's a smuggler and he just helped her smuggle a bunch of diamonds. She asks him to join but he formally rejects it. Before he leaves, she says one day smuggling will become necessary for him.