Parama Veera Chakra

Parama Veera Chakra is a 2011 Telugu action film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, his 150th film, and produced by C. Kalyan under Teja Cinema. Nandamuri Balakrishna plays a double role, with Ameesha Patel, Neha Dhupia, Sheela Kaur and Jayasudha. Mani Sharma composed the music. It was a Sankranti 2011 release, and although reviews were poor, it won the Sarojini Devi Award for a Film on National Integration at the 2010 Nandi Awards.

What the story is about

As a man known as “Bobbili Puli” Major Chakradhar is sentenced to death, a pregnant woman vows that her son will join the army and names him Chakradhar. Years later her son is instead a top film star, much to her disapproval. A colonel, Jitendra, approaches him with a story about an army officer, Major Jai Simha, and tells it to him in detail.

Jai Simha is a fiercely patriotic officer who will slap a minister for disrespecting the national anthem. After rescuing and marrying a young woman, Rajani, from a corrupt MP’s son, and capturing a dreaded terrorist, he finds himself framed as a traitor. As Chakradhar becomes absorbed in the role, the line between the film he is preparing and a real mission begins to blur.

Cast and crew

• Nandamuri Balakrishna as Major Jai Simha and as Chakradhar
• Ameesha Patel as Rajani
• Neha Dhupia as Razia Sultana
• Sheela Kaur as Sheela, a devoted fan
• Murali Mohan as Colonel Jitendra
• Nagineedu as the MP
• Vijayakumar as Kumar
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Rajani’s father
• Brahmanandam as a scientist and Ali as Robo

Director: Dasari Narayana Rao. Producer: C. Kalyan (Teja Cinema). Music: Mani Sharma. Runtime: 160 minutes.

Music and release

The soundtrack was released on 29 December 2010 at a function at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad; Aditya Music bought the audio rights. The film opened over the Sankranti weekend in January 2011.

Reviews and awards

Critics were unimpressed. A critic from IANS, in a review carried by India Forums, wrote that despite “a surefire winning combination with top technicians and two Bollywood actress[es]”, it “fails to please the audience because of the age old narrative technique and a miserable script”. Even so, the film won the Nandi Sarojini Devi Award for a Film on National Integration. We have not found box-office figures from a named outlet.

Where to watch Parama Veera Chakra

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Parama Veera Chakra and the review it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.